Akkam’s Razor

A month or so ago, a family member real-life concern-trolled me about Obama and the election:

I know Obama’s a good American. Neither of these two guys would let anything bad happen to the country. I’m just worried about what will happen if something bad happens to him.

So let me paraphrase. If Obama gets elected, “they” will act as if it’s basketball riot. If Obama loses, “they’ll” riot like with Rodney King. We shouldn’t even discuss what will happen if “something” happens to him. In their world, they are the innocent victims of racism, and such an event allows them to play out the action movie in their heads.

(See Wonkette and BoingBoing for the backstory about this graphic).

Rush Limbaugh isn’t so veiled in his speech.

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