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In reply to the discussion: why do republicans hate Obama so much? [View all]mother earth
(6,002 posts)53. They are filled with hate & fear & greed. What they fear most is truth & the people who recognize
their BS for what it is, lies used for manipulation. They are in the bubble that suffocates, this is what's killing the country.
It works on those who absorb that hate & fear. Racism is a huge part of it, the rest is sheer arrogance. There's no room for patriotism or doing what is best for the whole when you operate on that level, even when a thing is right & you completely KNOW it.
It's amazing they are deluded that there is any level of christianity in their ignorance. That's the confounding part of all of it.
It is absolutely racism, there is no other explanation.
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Yep, that's the root cause, black and not one of theres. The republicans, the teabagger types, are
RKP5637
Sep 2012
#55
YUP ... that is also why they hate Michelle ... she also destroys a critical sterorotype they need.
JoePhilly
Sep 2012
#21
Even if they won't admit it to themselves, you and everybody who responded knows
gateley
Sep 2012
#8
MAINLY BECAUSE HE IS BLACK!!! The rest is just window dressing, its about race.
winstars
Sep 2012
#19
Easy - it is ripping their cold hearts out that a Black Man is in the White House!
liberal N proud
Sep 2012
#27
They think black men belong in jail, not in the WHITE House. It offends their racist heads.
appleannie1
Sep 2012
#30
Because he represents the half of America that doesn't think the Earth is flat and 6,000 yrs old.
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2012
#48
Racism is part of the reason. Republicans love successful black people as long as they are employees
Monk06
Sep 2012
#51
They are filled with hate & fear & greed. What they fear most is truth & the people who recognize
mother earth
Sep 2012
#53