Look how adorable and happy she is. I will never understand all the hateorade flowing for this lovely family. And Bo is all, "I was lead to believe there would be grilled cheese."
Srsly, I think it's got to be racism. There's just no reason people could hate them so much, other than that they don't like the fact that our First Family is black and beautiful.
@SuperRounder: I have to believe everyone who dislikes the Obama children is guilty of being a bigot. What's to hate about a well-behaved 11-year-old? It takes a real asshole to call a child "ghetto trash" but clearly freepers have a lot of experience with assholey-ness.
@willwriteforfood: I really can't even fathom disliking a child. I'm not happy about the screaming baby on an airplane, but I don't dislike him or her. I sure as hell don't hate. Jeebus-- they're children!
@BeckySharper: I am not discounting racism at all. But don't forget, the haters are Republicans, and they hated the Clintons just as much. They were horrible to Chelsea and horrible to Hillary. In fact, they still are.
@willwriteforfood: i think racism is a convenient form for their vileness. it is said a lot, but the things said about chelsea when she was just child were terrifying (and a lesson to me), and existing structures of sexism are/were used to batter her and sec'y clinton.
i think you could say that much of what said about bill clinton is about sexism. much of the vitriol takes the shape of bashing the kind of women he chooses. at first, a lot of these people were going after barack with michelle, "what kind of man chooses a woman like that?"
these are hateful, disgusting people, who use existing cudgels to abuse others, if racism works they use it, if sexism works they use it because it's easier than substance. i would fall on the side of saying that palin was a victim of sexism, she is also stupid, hateful, and incompetent at her job, but it's easier to make cunt jokes since you just have to repeat them, and not think anything.
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(As is Malia, of course)
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@edwina3: SQUEE!!!
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Of course now it's a nonchalant head nod and a "'sup."
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2. Snoopy is shiftless.
3. Socialism!
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Srsly, I think it's got to be racism. There's just no reason people could hate them so much, other than that they don't like the fact that our First Family is black and beautiful.
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That could be because you don't seem like the type to drink Bigotry Ice.
I'm not saying everyone who dislikes the Obamas is guilty of being a bigot, but there's a lot of hate for these folks floating around for no reason.
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i think you could say that much of what said about bill clinton is about sexism. much of the vitriol takes the shape of bashing the kind of women he chooses. at first, a lot of these people were going after barack with michelle, "what kind of man chooses a woman like that?"
these are hateful, disgusting people, who use existing cudgels to abuse others, if racism works they use it, if sexism works they use it because it's easier than substance. i would fall on the side of saying that palin was a victim of sexism, she is also stupid, hateful, and incompetent at her job, but it's easier to make cunt jokes since you just have to repeat them, and not think anything.
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And yeah, I remember how Limbaugh loved to bag on Chelsea Clinton's looks when she was all of freakin' 12 years old. They're classy, that bunch.
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This has made me sitting for jury duty much easier to handle.
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