Social media was on fire with comments regarding election results. Initially, I noticed joy and excitement on both Facebook and Twitter from the majority of my friends. Then, from many former classmates and former co-workers, I noticed despair, disbelief and disrespect for a Black man that was ‘chosen over a white man’ AGAIN and all of the “ignorant” people that voted for him. Apparently I’m not the only one who experienced this. Several of my Facebook friends have posted that they are shocked and saddened by the number of “friends” that they will be deleting as a result of negative and racist comments that were posted on election night and the day after. In central Ohio, a teacher at an urban school posted racist comments on his page that seemed to have floated to the top when he could no longer suppress what he really thinks about diversity! It’s scary to think of how many children are in classrooms all day with people that feel this way about them under the surface. That’s a conversation for a different day.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – An election-related Facebook post by a Columbus City School teacher led to an investigation after parents complained.
The Linden McKinley High School teacher posted, “Congrats to those dependent on government, homosexuals, potheads, JAY-Z fans, non Christians, non taxpayers, illegals, communists, Muslims, planned murder clinics, enemies of America, Satan You WON!” on his personal Facebook page. [watch video here][/box]
The results of this election seem to have polarized our nation even further. Those who were previously quiet about their political views are now “out of the closet” and those who were already outspoken (including conservative TV and radio personalities) seem to have all but gone off the deep end! On-air staff at Fox News and contributor Karl Rove refused to accept reality, even though Fox News as an entity had already called the election for President Obama. Conservative radio host Bill Cunningham posed the question to his audience on whether or not he should just “bash his head in” and run a staff through his heart. Conservative broadcaster Rush Limbaugh has been ranting for days and although he insists that he and the rest of the republican party are not racist, he said that the reason 71% of the Latino community voted for President Obama and other democrats is that they want free stuff! How insulting is that to our hard working brown brothers and sisters?!
So all of the hatred that some republicans have been fostering has floated to the top and we see their “true colors shining through.” The bottom line is that people who are stuck in pre-civil rights era America are being forced to accept that the true melting pot of America has been stirred to the point that the sum of “minorities” in this country can be more powerful than the “majority.”
Sound off! What’s your take? Have you experienced seeing a different side of your pro-Romney co-workers? Where do we go from here to unify as a country?