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On 8/28/2010 6:35 AM, Mark Lause wrote: > > America's leading right-wing lunatic now claims the legacy of Martin Luther > King and the civil rights movement as "ours" and something to "take back." It's part of a larger attempt to cast the Democrats and the left (synonymous in their minds) as racists. Over the past year there has been a steady emphasis on the GOP as "the party of Lincoln", "the party of Emancipation". There has also been an emphasis on it being Eisenhower, a Republican, who sent troops to enforce desegregation while the Democratic party was the party of Jim Crow Southeners. They've also taken up expounding the notion that programs aimed at minorities are examples of the left/Dem. racism, and that diversity and multiculturalism are "code words" for "segregation" because they represent "emphasis on differences" and an attempt to "fit people into stereotypes", whereas the good, kindly, progressive, GOP just wants everyone to be "treated the same". (Never mind that they also want everyone to *be* the same...) Beck's been feeding this narrative for a while -notice that picture of Lincoln he keeps on his set? But now he's taken it on to the big stage, so to speak. - Juan ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
