2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumFreedomworks (for whites only) Goes Full-Tilt Secessionist
No one ever said Freedomworks (for whites only) had any care for racial sensitivity, but yesterday's call to support "nullification of Obamacare" in South Carolina seems calculated to stir up even more white resentment than there is already.
In a newsletter sent to their members Sunday, Freedomworks' Vice President Adam Brandon called for more members to join the battle to repeal, or in South Carolina's case, nullify Obamacare:
Last Tuesday, FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe gave the keynote address at a rally to support nullifying ObamaCare in South Carolina. Progressives are watching this fight all across America. They know that if ObamaCare is nullified, it could be the end of Obamas radical health care takeover.
Matt went down to South Carolina to cheer on this important effort. The State House already passed the measure. Now its the Senates turn to act.
Nullifying ObamaCare in South Carolina could set a precedent for the rest of the country. Americans are fed up with the health care takeover. Premiums are going up across the country. Hard working citizens are losing their coverage. The economy is in trouble and ObamaCare only makes it worse.
http://crooksandliars.com/2014/01/freedomworks-goes-full-tilt-secessionist
By right-wing standards, that rhetoric is actually pretty mild, except for that term "nullification." South Carolina's nullification crisis in 1832 foreshadowed the issues which framed the Civil War 30 years later. Here we are today using the same kind of rhetoric and inflammatory language over...health care?
Faygo Kid
(21,477 posts)He threatened to lead a military expedition into South Carolina and hang the nullifiers. And they knew he wasn't kidding, and that ended that, until 1861.
Considered retiring to South Carolina, but talked to some folks who did that, and they couldn't get out fast enough. Scary right wing down there.
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)If slavery could be re-instituted, South Carolina would lead the way. Lynching was a way of life there at one time. Alabama and Mississippi could not hold a candle to the engrained hate I witnessed. For some reason S.C. has not been in the forefront of movies or the media in general regarding racism. Even the recent movie "Radio" played down the inherent racism. I was on the Anderson S. C. high school football team depicted in that movie and knew Radio. The story is glamorized B.S.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)It's The Law!!!
Thanks, Obama!
on point
(2,506 posts)giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)NCLefty
(3,678 posts)principles he subscribes to[11]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Kibbe
Also, what's his facial hair? Is that how they did it back in the old south or what?