Reply #49: If they get together to discuss the merits of the allegation that white liberal support for the [View All]

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President has dropped due to specifically to racism, is healing likely to fall out of that?

Joan will have her own factual support for her position, especially in light of the comparison that Harris Perry drew with the white liberal support for Clinton. Joan did a good job of laying out the factual basis for her position.

Harris Perry will have her own perspective on the influence that race plays in the drop in support for the President.

I am not sure where the healing takes place, unless one hopes that Joan drops her factual analysis and admits that she and other white liberals are racists.

Of course, some white liberal may be racists. There are no doubt some white liberals, who are racists toward other blacks, but who nonetheless love and support the President. There are no doubt some white liberals, who are racists and who have voiced criticism of the President, but who nonetheless changed their position for substantive policy reasons. And then, there is always the possibility that some white liberals are not racist at all--dare I say it.

But, the point of dispute between Walsh and Perry is a factual one regarding causation for the drop in support. Did racism cause white liberals (in general and in mass) to hold the President to a higher standand resulting in a loss of support for the Commander in Chief?

BTW, do you think that Harris Perry had 'healing' on her mind when she launched the "I am not your friend" jab at Walsh? I can appreciate the call for dialogue and discussion that might lead to racial healing, but I do not believe the context presents the best opportunity for that.