Cancer is a disease that “knows no race”. A broken leg is an injury that “knows no race”. Glaucoma is an eye disease that “knows not race”. A toothache is a pain that “knows no race”. So why has race jumped to the forefront of the Health Care Reform debate – because the Right Wing Fringe Element put it out there!
If you recall, the linkage of race and Health Care Reform DID NOT become an issue until the August Congressional recess. So, why are Republican lawmakers/Party leaders and Right Wing radio and cable television political pundits minimizing, defending, and acting like they’re the VICTIMS of an ugly situation that they started?
Labels like “Nazi” and “socialist” are not the issue. The racism and life-threatening factors arise when a Christian minister calls for the “death” of the President from the pulpit; when a radio talk show host blogs that the President is an “Indonesian thug”; when a mass produced Tea Party poster states that the President “should be buried with the Senator”; when – for the first time in history- a Congressman disrespects the OFFICE of the Presidency by shouting out “you lie” during a Congressional address; when mass produced Tea Party posters portray the President as an African witch doctor; when Health Care Town Hall meeting outbursts link “taking back my country” with falsehoods regarding the President’s place of birth; when a Health Care Town Hall poster states “Death to the President, Michele, and his two stupid kids”; when Health Care Town Hall participants appear with openly displayed guns and rifles.
Downplaying reality won’t make it go away; fans the flames and is grossly irresponsible. If you want to stop being called a “racist”, tell the leaders of your fringe elements, “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH” because…
quality, affordable health care for cancer, an ear infection, glaucoma, a broken leg or a toothache “knows no race”!
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