I like this.

It needs said. More often, by more people.

Up until this morning, a guy, (Traitor Rick Perry), who was considered less effective than George W. Bush and who is a fan of Texas secession wanted to be considered a viable candidate for presidency of the United States.

Currently, a man who couldn’t keep a sacred vow to two women (Gingrich) wants to swear on the bible that he will “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States”. And this, even as he vows to ignore the Supreme Court of the United States.

Each is part of a party whose platform is not to improve our economy, mend fences with a world that has reason to hate and fear us, nor find ways to fix our immigration, labor, environment, infrastructure, or a host of other issues. No, their stated goal is to make Barack Obama a one term president. For some, many I’m sure, that has everything to do with the color of his skin.

And you wonder why I am down on them.

I don’t know why this surprises anyone. The GOP has spent the last 50 years collecting every racist in the country like they were Pokemon cards. Even their “Massachusetts liberal” presidential candidates can’t help but give warm bear hugs to bigoted blowhards.

I mean, I know Republicans who aren’t racists, but many of them refuse to criticize those that are for the sake of party line purity.

You sleep with pigs, you wake up in the stink. That’s all I’ve got to say.

Now, remember, it isn’t polite to point out that some Republicans might be racists or even bigots, no matter what horrible things come out of their mouths.

Right.

Yeah, right.

Seriously? F the South.

I have lived in Texas, worked in almost every southern state. They fly a flag celebrating treason, still call elderly black men “boy” and have taken a serious look at treating (mostly) undocumented brown folks into either felons or slave labor. Or both. And most of the latter has happened in earnest just this year in states like Georgia, Alabama, and North Carolina.

So, yeah, this article speaks to that syndrome. That sickness. That unspoken sin carried by anyone who still believes in racial hatred or just quietly lets in hang like an evil fog just outside their front doors.

Individually, I might feel bad for some of Alabama’s farmers. Not all of them got on board with the “let’s vilify brown people” program. All in all though, I am glad to see their economy suffer. If you reap hatred, go ahead and sow it by yourselves, you bastards.

Arpayaso’s goons have finally crossed the line. It seems they may have finally killed a man placed into their custody. Into their care.

Why? In the end, probably because of the color of his skin.

Here’s the thing. You start fulfilling the sterotypes built by our enemies: you discriminate based on the color of people’s skin, you lock folks up and through away the key, you because what you spend a lot of hot wind saying you aren’t.

Welcome to Alabama, which thinks it is just fine to hunt down anyone brown and make everyone flee the state, legal status or not.

Hell, *I* sure the hell don’t want to go there and face arrest because I’m a darker shade than lily white.

And while they swear this isn’t about race and is a smart strategy, this law against Mexican first collared a Yemeni national in this nation legally. Nice job!

But hey, no problem, right? Oh, except for that whole “you have to prove you are a citizen just so you can get clean water” business. Hell, even the racist Minutemen give folks water!

I seriously hope folks of any type of tinted skin stay the hell out of that state. And if anyone could point out ways to not let any of our cash stray towards Alabama, I’d love to hear about it.

Once again, it surprises me that most folks don’t believe that those driving the bus in the GOP are bigots and full of racial hatred. I mean, sure, not all members of the party are, but look at who they get as leaders.

So, it is nice to see the mask slip off if even just for a moment.

The shock value of those who are naive is funny, if depressing, to watch. You want to hope the folks on your side are smarter than that. What truly bites though is how otherwise decent conservatives just drive their heads further in the sand.

I am related to those folks. I am friends with some too. You want better for – and from – them.

Pity.