A reader writes:
This may be the posting from the
right that is the most obvious and damning incidence of racism that I have yet seen, more so even than photoshopped images of Obama as a witch-doctor
or a shoe-shine boy.
The statement from the commenter, approved by Reynolds – that the fact that the photo was on the White House's flickr page was proof that "they don't see what we see" – showed clearly what type of world-view was fueling his adverse reaction to this photograph. No explicit words are needed.
The truth of the matter is, the commenter is 100% accurate. They look at this photo, and they can't help themselves. They see Obama as not knowing his "place", being "uppity" and, as you put it, "condescending" to a white man. What they do not seem to realize, is that their seeing this as somehow damaging to Obama is an indictment of themselves, not of the President.
My favorite Hot Air contender for a caption:
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