How the 'Racism!' accusation works in today's society

As we are well aware, it's generally not applied to real racism.

It's usual use is one of a vilification process against certain people and opinions that impede the Dem/Lefty/"Progressive" agenda parade. The process's implementation is through a cultural and political bludgeon, supplemented in much more insidious ways.

Noteworthy:

"In modern America, racism means anything you want it to mean. If you want a job you're not qualified for, or you don't want to work at all but still want to get paid, or if you want to stop someone from doing something, or you want to punish someone for doing something, just scream racism at the top of your lungs until your lawyer gets someone to pay you to shut up.

Here are some practical examples of racism, as practiced by racists, in modern America:

• Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal questions whether to take federal stimulus money because to do so may obligate the state to continue to fund some programs long after the federal money runs out. He's a racist.
• Dallas County Commissioner Kenneth Mayfield says paperwork that keeps getting lost in a county office has disappeared into "a black hole." He's a racist.
• Toddlers who say "yuk" when fed unfamiliar ethnic food. They're racists. (Technically, this was based on a British study, but they speak English, too.)
• An Indiana University student working as a part-time university custodian reads the book Notre Dame vs. the Klan: How the Fighting Irish Defeated the Ku Klux Klan in an employee break room (the book is available in the school's library). He's a racist.
• A man tells a co-worker he wrecked his car after losing control of it on a patch of "black ice." He's a racist.
• Anyone who suggests a link between Islam and violence is a racist.
• Anyone who suggests stricter border security is a racist.
• And obviously, anyone who didn't vote for Barack Obama is by default a racist.

These examples aren't made up. They're not hypothetical. They're real, and the people involved were accused of being racists, even the toddlers in the British study."

...and:

"The race mongers and the leaders of the racism industry are using the wrong word on purpose, because it is so effective. Other than being accused of child molestation, there is no accusation more feared by your average white person (a descriptive phrase I admit I lifted from President Obama's description of his maternal grandmother) than that of being called a racist. The beauty of the charge is that it doesn't have to be defined and it can't be defended. In the twisted logic of modern American culture, trying to prove you're not a racist proves that you are racist."

Unfortunately, there are many enablers of this mis-use of "Racism" here in our local media and blahgosphere. You and I and they know who they are.

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