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You just EXACTLY quoted the point I was making MrFarstrider Send a noteboard - 20/07/2013 06:04:25 PM

All of the things that you quoted just said "these are the things that define my (the President's) life. These are things I've experienced and define me like Trayvon Martin and not the mass of white people who innocently racially profile and are also my constituents."

Like I said, I am NOT going to be naive and assume that the President can't define himself based off of his experiences. Its impossible to tell somebody that they can't feel a certain way. But what is to be expected is for somebody like the President, a leader of all Americans and the Free World, to not vocalize these personal definitions that say I represent these people but I think these other people are bad because of their skin color and the actions they do. It provides a racial divide from the most powerful man on Earth. His comment empower racial tensions and divide more than anybody else can.

The important thing for him to do is to remain neutral, support his justice system, encourage the free speech of people who don't agree with the outcome, and emphasize that free speech stays peaceful.

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"Trayvon Martin could have been me." President Obama - 19/07/2013 11:27:21 PM 1618 Views
My interpretation is that he's being incredibly racist...against blacks - 19/07/2013 11:52:37 PM 982 Views
I think you're right - 19/07/2013 11:54:41 PM 874 Views
From the litlle I heard on NPR I had a couple real problems with it - 20/07/2013 12:53:40 AM 932 Views
Would he just shut up about it already? *pukes a little in mouth* *NM* - 20/07/2013 04:20:07 AM 390 Views
Yeah. As someone who voted for Obama and would do so again, this is embarrassing. - 20/07/2013 10:10:53 AM 792 Views
Ditto. Except I didn't vote for him a second time. - 21/07/2013 01:34:54 AM 908 Views
Does it matter now? Martin is still dead and Zimmerman will stay free. It's over. - 20/07/2013 04:24:43 AM 803 Views
It makes a great deal of difference - 20/07/2013 04:40:55 AM 857 Views
C'mon guys. It's sounding very "I'm not a racist, I swear!" in here. - 20/07/2013 03:32:08 PM 993 Views
I can't like your reply enough. *NM* - 20/07/2013 03:42:00 PM 400 Views
"I am not a racist I swear it" is what we are reduced for not agreeing on race - 20/07/2013 04:44:52 PM 865 Views
No. As I'll say to Isaac in a minute, I'll apologize for lumping everyone in - 20/07/2013 08:06:49 PM 851 Views
for me his about what will work not what is fair - 22/07/2013 06:06:13 PM 909 Views
It has to be both. Period. Nobody will accept someone else trying to change them - 22/07/2013 07:29:15 PM 931 Views
sorry I don't see where he says a change in behaviour is part of the solution - 23/07/2013 06:29:16 PM 796 Views
He did not talk about the case - 23/07/2013 07:32:44 PM 814 Views
A touch over the top don't you think? - 20/07/2013 05:20:21 PM 834 Views
One comment, maybe. If anyone has taken offense - 20/07/2013 09:09:45 PM 837 Views
Re: One comment, maybe. If anyone has taken offense - 20/07/2013 11:53:08 PM 870 Views
As mentioned - 21/07/2013 12:18:14 AM 906 Views
Re: As mentioned - 21/07/2013 02:25:30 PM 829 Views
You just EXACTLY quoted the point I was making - 20/07/2013 06:04:25 PM 913 Views
Em... not so sure I did. - 20/07/2013 10:19:54 PM 757 Views
I think he's wrong for continuing to talk about it, and doing so in this manner - 21/07/2013 06:59:11 AM 953 Views
We will also have to agree to disagree. - 21/07/2013 10:25:13 AM 974 Views
There are more important things for him to be focusing on, I think. That said, I think you're right. *NM* - 21/07/2013 08:16:34 AM 397 Views
There will always be something "more important." *NM* - 21/07/2013 10:25:46 AM 368 Views
That's specious reasoning. - 21/07/2013 12:02:17 PM 790 Views
It is if you sidestep my point. - 21/07/2013 05:15:19 PM 752 Views
I am of two minds on the issue. *edit* - 21/07/2013 02:04:48 PM 881 Views
Well, that's good. I feel like I'm working on 3 or 4 at this point. - 21/07/2013 05:41:21 PM 885 Views
I'm one of those annoying people who corrects others with "biracial". - 22/07/2013 08:03:10 PM 901 Views
That's not appropriate. Obama identifies as black. *NM* - 23/07/2013 06:22:06 AM 427 Views
So do lots of white kids. - 23/07/2013 08:50:12 AM 737 Views
It is the truth, though. - 23/07/2013 06:30:53 PM 806 Views
I do not agree. - 23/07/2013 07:06:33 PM 826 Views
I know, and I find that weird. - 23/07/2013 12:57:39 PM 853 Views
This is a complex issue. - 23/07/2013 01:09:00 PM 776 Views
Because he looks black, he's been treated like a black person. - 23/07/2013 06:28:41 PM 760 Views
Yes - 23/07/2013 07:11:54 PM 918 Views
Perusing. - 24/07/2013 04:02:53 AM 869 Views
That makes sense. Generally, though, one should go by whatever the person in question identifies as. *NM* - 24/07/2013 06:13:28 AM 384 Views
I noticed the press wasn't aboard with idea when it came to Zimmerman - 24/07/2013 12:49:00 PM 801 Views
Which is silly, because anyone can be racist. You are right, though. *NM* - 24/07/2013 10:32:55 PM 375 Views
No, only white people can be racist. /sarcasm - 25/07/2013 04:38:13 PM 837 Views
No, not really. - 26/07/2013 07:40:45 AM 743 Views
My reply to Nossy above. - 24/07/2013 02:25:49 PM 792 Views
As always, the voice of reason when I am about to discount the US as fucking mental. *NM* - 21/07/2013 03:17:15 PM 366 Views
That's not very nice. - 21/07/2013 09:03:55 PM 900 Views
No, probably not. - 21/07/2013 10:01:36 PM 817 Views
Its unfortunate you see us the way you do - 22/07/2013 06:05:30 AM 860 Views
So Obama smoked weed, punched school bus drivers, and got arrested for theft? - 21/07/2013 05:10:26 AM 788 Views
No, but he could have. - 21/07/2013 01:08:26 PM 746 Views

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