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Originally Posted by DVaut1
wat? Okay, so, back to what I actually wrote: tom wrote about how conservatives "seem against" this level of security. I posted that no, actually, some are perfectly fine with it, and those are aren't actually aren't adhering to a normative principle, they're just upset the state is making everyone (and just not scary dark people) go through security theater.
the typical conservative claim on talk radio goes something like this: "i saw a TSA agent making an old lady get out of a wheelchair to be frisked and then a guy with a long beard and turban walks right through."
you can ad the "scary dark narrative" to it, whatever, that's your normal fall back and it's you adding that. To me and others its about assigning risk to the groups who are most prone to be doing whatever it is you are supposed to be screening for and whatever their nationality, skin color or religion then who gives a flying ****. Now does that make me or you more obsessed with race?
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Now we're just onto you being indignant that I think a lot of the right easily manipulated racists and bigots who respond to right wing media types racist dog whistles? That's cool too, I guess.
This has seemed like a Drudge driven thing and he's always been more libertarian than conservative so whatever. He likes to try to drive issues that offend him. My issue with you guys is everything is an apparent racial dog whistle, especially when you are losing.
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I mean a bunch of the rhetoric isn't even dog whistles. Go watch that Hannity/Malkin video. She openly declares that she's in favor of draconian security measures, so long as the TSA agents discriminate beforehand, and only apply the security measures to foreigners. Drudge's photo today, as YOU conceded, was basically "oh noes the Muslims feelin up the Christians, WTF AMERICA!!"
I could give a flying flip about Hannipie but i have heard Malkin enough (who is not white) to know that she believes that we should profile. She thinks they should know who is suspect (higher risk) before they get to the airport and only those in a suspect pool should be subject to further scrutiny beyond passing through normal checkpoints. I don't know if she wants them all felt up and radioactive from xrays.
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So, is it:
- the right wing media types like Malkin and Drudge aren't making racist appeals? Like I invented that all in my mind?
- or the right wing media types are making racist appeals, but the right wing hoi polloi, like the freepers and yahoo commenters et al cited, aren't responsive to it?
- something else?
I thought it was a bigoted appeal? Meh, i don't know but I do know if it was Mexicans flying planes into buildings and trying to down jet liners i would not get offended if Mexicans got a lot extra pre security. In fact i'd be pointing my rage at those in my race causing me to get the extra screening.