Is the United States racist, or does the media fire them up? Some people wonder which one is correct. Many people may hate having a black president, and say racist stuff, but in reality, the only reason why he became our president is because we voted for him. He won with clearly nine million votes. That means an awful lot of white people voted for him. Yet we still fight and say hate words towards him. Yes we have the right to freedom of speech, but on the other hand we are limited to things we can say. But i tend to believe even thought those numbers for voting for Obama are relatively small, the media is the one to blame for. It fires us American's up and can do damage.
One example can be what people believe on the health-care, and what Obama's decisions are. They are debating whether racism has been fueling the health-care debate. Some people are comparing him to Hitler. They are saying that Obama is a racist and hates white people. These are hatred words, because they are referring him to someone that was very bad. They say he's going to set up interment camps storing thousands of guillotines for mass executions. These are dangerous words to say, not only does Obama deal with this, but other people may believe it and get led on. This creates power over the media.
Leading the American's can lead into fearful times. Some people believe that the health-care debate has re-ignited the racial debate. Some believe the government was out to get Obama and was disturbed that Obama had been elected president. Someone even said, "the holocaust is a lie. Obama was created by Jews." Not only are the people getting angry, but some are even killing themselves. Which is crazy! We cant blame Obama for that, because he ran for president and won.
Some want to believe that the racist right wingers are just the left overs that greg hate in our society now. They are becoming more enlightened the more Obama is president. Not only are people getting mad on their own, the media are making them. The media state stuff that is true, but can't go that far. But because of the freedom of speech, and stating true facts, they can say anything they want. Some people tend to believe that someone will kill Obama like in the past history of what happened. For Timothy McVeigh and who murdered Martin Luther King. Or Jon Wilkes who assassinated President Lincoln. People are going to believe what they want to believe, and either way will use hatred words. As long as they don't violate the rules of what they are saying.
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