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In reply to the discussion: The Slow Motion Lynching of President Barack Obama - By Frank Schaeffer [View all]AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)In any case, we do, sadly, have a real problem with fauxgressives out there.....however, though, not all of them are necessarily anti-Obama. For one prominent example, there are, unfortunately, as I've had to learn over the past few months, some people(though certainly not the majority by far) who use the social justice movement as a vehicle for excusing their prejudices, bigotry, and even racism(occasionally).....particularly *many*(not all, no, but many, yes) of the "all white people are to blame for racism/only white people can be racist, People of Color cannot be racist" types; some of these fellows actually claim to be pro-Obama.....and a lot of these guys actually take that other stuff and use it as an excuse to be assholes whenever some legitimate criticism *does* get made.....which only feeds the other problem.
So, it's more complex than just "oh, Obama's not liberal enough.", or "Bush Lite! Bush Lite!" type stuff. Faux wannabe progressives do in fact come from both sides of the Obama debate(pro and anti) as well as varying stripes of left ideology and all shapes, sizes, and yes, ethnicities too.