Oct/090
What year is it again? 2.0
After the news about a Louisiana judge refusing to perform interracial marriages earlier this month, I figured I had my Loving v. Virginia reference out of the way for at least the year. Turns out a Facebook friend of the RNC proves me wrong.
Perhaps no one noticed. Perhaps no one cared. But hours after a liberal news forum brought attention to a series of controversial photos on the Republican National Committee’s Facebook page, the photos were finally taken down.
Among them was a picture of President Barack Obama eating fried chicken, subtitled with a call to prohibit interracial marriage. The photo’s caption read: “Miscegenation is a CRIME against American Values. Repeal Loving v. Virginia.” [the raw story]
There are so many things wrong with this. Perhaps a list is in order.
- It’s racist as fuck.
- You don’t “repeal” Supreme Court decisions, you repeal laws. Court decisions can be overturned, but good luck on this one fuckwit.
- Your big example of how terrible miscegenation is is the President of the United States? Because he seems to be doing alright, from what I can tell.
- OMG Black people + fried chicken = hilarious. Except, the opposite.
Now, I know that anyone can post anything as fan photos on Facebook. I’m not suggesting the RNC is behind this, although they might want to be a little more vigilant about screening. But this level of discourse, where keybord + internet = insane racist rants focused on the President has got to end. It’s sickening.
