Say What's Real

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If you ever want to start a shit storm of hate and ridiculousness on any random internet comments section, the magic word is “Obama”. I’ll readily admit that he isn’t doing an outstanding job as president, but he’s not performing badly either. The fact of the matter is that Americans are stupid. The age of the internet has gotten everyone used to a “results now” mentality. It just so happens that most of the shit that the Pres is dealing with is going to take years before we see any kind of real change or benefits to take place. I’m not going to sit here and rant on and on about his policies because I can’t sit here and say I know all about them. Talk to Ed for that, just make sure you’ve cleared your schedule because the talk will last for hours with him. I’m not really going to try and defend whether or not I think Obama is doing an ok job. I just want the people who go on these blogs and comment about how shitty of a job he’s doing and will go at all lengths to attack him to say what it is you really wanna say. I’m not saying go Remy from Higher Learning on anybody, but you all know what word I’m talking about: NIGGER! (there, I said it). Now, I’m not saying this applies to all criticism of black entertainers and Obama, but I think we can all agree that there is an unequal segment of the population that engages in this type of activity. If not, blacks and whites would receive equal criticism on all levels.

It’s no different whether it’s sports and entertainment or politics. When T.O or Chad Johnson (I’m not comfortable calling him Ochocinco) celebrate a touchdown, they’re selfish and aren’t team oriented. But when Jarad Allen celebrates a sack in just as an elaborate fashion, he’s just emotional and having some fun. I won’t even go in on how different the whole situation played out for Kobe vs. Ben Roethlisberger. Another example: nobody even blinked an eye at the congressman who physically attacked a student with a camera on the streets of DC the other day, but you better believe that if you go to any story about Kwame Kilpatrick , you’ll see people label him…well, that’s a bad example. That nigga is just a royal fuck up (What up, 6?). But you get what I’m saying. It’s one thing to not agree with a politician’s opinion on certain subjects. But to label him as a “socialist” (when you don’t even know what it means) or Kenyan, or a “freedom fighter” is a little overkill. To me, it’s like some of the people who make these claims in the comments section are simply expressing their racist urges, but satisfy their bigotry by replacing race with another made up quality, that they wouldn’t normally give to a white person.

That's just me though, please feel to say what's really on your mind for this comments section.