2 min readSep 4, 2017
- The birther conspiracy theory you’re trying to downplay is one that was promoted by the president of the United States. Your entire argument here is exactly the kind of both-siderism I wrote about in the original article. The existence of conspiracy theories elsewhere does not somehow obviate the fact that Donald Trump used a racist conspiracy theory about the first black president to launch his rise to power in the Republican Party. I fervently wish he had been into UFO conspiracy theories instead!
- Your use of “mascot minority groups” demonstrates a severe lack of understanding of or sympathy for people who are fighting for their rights in the courts, in the legislatures and in the streets every day. Do me a favor and read up on the Moral Mondays movement in North Carolina. And again, you’re trying to point the finger at someone else in a poor attempt to ignore the core issue at hand, which is policies that perpetuate systemic racism. If a progressive complains about racism among working class whites, that does not give you license to ignore the existence of laws that make it harder for black people to vote in this country. It’s a lame, lame excuse.
- As to your final point, do me a favor and go look up the last couple floor votes in the House and Senate on immigration policy and ask yourself which party has shown the stronger commitment to actually reforming our immigration system. All the other stuff you’re talking about is downstream from the main problem I wrote about: only one of our major political parties has a real commitment to the Congressional immigration reform you say you support…and even then, it’s far from universal.
