--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jan 6, 2008, at 9:32 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 1/6/08 8:08:23 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > writes: > > The rumor some Christian denominations are spreading is that he'll > > wait till he's in office and then "decide" to revert to Islam. > > Calling him a Muslim or hinting at his early life and/or father > > just tends to reinforce these fears. > > And this could be an honest concern for some people. So why did Bob > > Kerrey, a big Hillary backer, go on record in an interview talking > > about Obama's great Muslim heritage and roots just the other day? > > Was this meant to cause those concerns, that some might have, to > > rise in their awareness?Kerrey Tries to Explain Obama Muslim Remarks > > - The Caucus - Politics - New Yor > > I'm afraid so. > > I believe any mention potentially could be seen that way, in a similar > way that racism can be accomplished by a conspiracy of silence and > inaction. In this case it's planting negative imagery into the > collective subconscious by subtle innuendo. It's a form of "poisoning > the well", albeit a more stealthy one.
While *of course* such negative imagery can be implanted by people who *start* such memes, what I find most fascinating in this exchange is that the *response* to the meme has been to do exactly the same thing that the hysterical respondants are accusing MDixon of. MDixon trolled with a meme about Obama. do.rflex and Judy responded compulsively by starting memes about MDixon. I'm sorry, but MDixon wins this one hands-down. I can almost hear him chuckling at how *easy* these two are.
