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UCmeNdc

(9,589 posts)
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 03:59 PM Jan 2014

Freedomworks (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 Obama’s radical health care takeover.

Matt went down to South Carolina to cheer on this important effort. The State House already passed the measure. Now it’s the Senate’s 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?

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Freedomworks (for whites only) Goes Full-Tilt Secessionist (Original Post) UCmeNdc Jan 2014 OP
Andrew Jackson was a SOB, but he got this right Faygo Kid Jan 2014 #1
I was born and raised there. When I became "of age" I got out fast. Lint Head Jan 2014 #5
Reminds me of the best thing about Obamacare... Cracklin Charlie Jan 2014 #2
Just a statement that the right wing doesn't support the constitution.... on point Jan 2014 #3
These damn idiots giftedgirl77 Jan 2014 #4
"Kibbe is also a devoted Grateful Dead fan and has said that Deadheads exemplify the self-organizing NCLefty Jan 2014 #6

Faygo Kid

(21,477 posts)
1. Andrew Jackson was a SOB, but he got this right
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 04:07 PM
Jan 2014

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)
5. I was born and raised there. When I became "of age" I got out fast.
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 06:07 PM
Jan 2014

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.

NCLefty

(3,678 posts)
6. "Kibbe is also a devoted Grateful Dead fan and has said that Deadheads exemplify the self-organizing
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 10:00 PM
Jan 2014

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?

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