http://politicsandpress.com/2009/2009-the-summer-of-hate/ The interaction of the press and politics; public diplomacy, and daily absurdities. Sun, 13 May 2012 14:48:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://politicsandpress.com/2009/2009-the-summer-of-hate/comment-page-1/#comment-14253 john Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:31:52 +0000 http://politicsandpress.com/?p=357#comment-14253 Spot on, as they say in the current vernacular. It took me most of the summer to reach the same conclusion you voice today, that racism has galvanized the hard right, the ignorant, the selfish, and the evangelicals into a loud clutch of embarrassing belligerents whose most recent high spots included calling our President a liar during a joint session of Congress [followed soon thereafter with "you lie" bumper stickers] and a march on the Capitol over the past weekend that was straight out of a zombie comic book. Ms. Dowd has it right when she wrote in the column you cite that the Congressman from South Carolina assumed everyone understood the implicit "boy" at the end of his "you lie" insult. I've thought that this summer's outrageous developments have proved to me that 40% of the people in this grand and glorious country are "wackos" - strange people of many different opinions on a host of issues. Now I know it is more than that, and I amend that thought, based on my recent conclusion - and yours as well it would seem - to "wacko racists". The country is in more trouble than many imagine. Spot on, as they say in the current vernacular. It took me most of the summer to reach the same conclusion you voice today, that racism has galvanized the hard right, the ignorant, the selfish, and the evangelicals into a loud clutch of embarrassing belligerents whose most recent high spots included calling our President a liar during a joint session of Congress [followed soon thereafter with "you lie" bumper stickers] and a march on the Capitol over the past weekend that was straight out of a zombie comic book. Ms. Dowd has it right when she wrote in the column you cite that the Congressman from South Carolina assumed everyone understood the implicit “boy” at the end of his “you lie” insult. I’ve thought that this summer’s outrageous developments have proved to me that 40% of the people in this grand and glorious country are “wackos” – strange people of many different opinions on a host of issues. Now I know it is more than that, and I amend that thought, based on my recent conclusion – and yours as well it would seem – to “wacko racists”. The country is in more trouble than many imagine.

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