With Friends Like The Daily Kos, Michelle Obama Doesn't Need Enemies
The picture to the right was posted on the Daily Kos a liberal, political blog last Monday as part of an article called "The New Improved Southern Strategy."
In it, the writer One Citizen wrote in defense of Michelle Obama:
Right wing blogs and emails are suddenly all ablaze with half-truths and lies about Michelle Obama. One interesting rumor circulating is that she's disingenuous for having claimed to have been brought up in a one-room tenement when she wasn't. The fact is that she's never claimed it either. The closest claim she's ever made is that she's from a working class-neighborhood.
I can't link to the actual post because it was removed after what I'm assuming were protests about the accompanying picture. I read about this post at the blog What About Our Daughters. They linked to a screen shot of the post and that's where I got the quote.
This is what WAOD had to say about the picture:
I get the point they were trying to make, Michelle Obama is being criticized by the GOP for numerous things, but really what was going to your mind when you imagined Michelle Obama being tortured by the Klan?
I whole heartedly agree. It's offensive, disgusting and makes me sick. When I originally saw the picture I got a grapefruit sized knot in the pit of my stomach, but deep down I wasn't surprised. How sad is that? It appears anything goes these days and I'm just a prude when it comes to trying to be sensitive to others' feelings. After all, this is "edgy" and isn't edgy what everyone's shooting for these days?
It doesn't matter that the Daily Kos was defending Michelle Obama. The picture negates that. And seriously, if you're the editor of a blog, don't you have to ask yourself, when does the representation of an offense become part of the offense itself?
How is it that someone decided this was something acceptable to post? Could it be because whoever decided to post it isn't a black woman, and possibly doesn't know or care about any black women? Is it possible they thought the message was so important that the controversy was worth it? Or did they crassly decide the controversy would stir up more hits and that was all that counted?
If anyone from the Daily Kos reads this, I'd sincerely like to know. If the post was removed because the folks at the Daily Kos came to their senses, I'd like to know that too.
Just removing the post with no explanation isn't enough. How about an apology to all the black women out there who felt like I did? Sick, but not surprised.
I plan on sending the Daily Kos a link to this post and I'll let you know when or if I hear from them.
