Softballs

You know what I hate? Well, yeah, I guess you do if you read this thing, since almost every post could be titled "What I Hate". But today, it's this.

I hate that the media, and I do mean just about the entirety of the media, couches the questions of race and gender in this campaign in such a way as to shield people from their own opinions. Everyone, from top-level politicians to random guys on the street, is asked questions like, "Do you think this country is ready for a black president?" Of course, that's not really what's being asked; legally, a black person can be elected and hold the office, so the country is as ready as it needs to be as a legal entity. The question they are answering is, "Do you think a black person should be able to be president?" The same goes for asking about women; if someone says, "This country just isn't ready for a woman president," what they mean is, "I don't want a woman as president." If that's what people mean, let them say it. Don't offer them cover for their racism and misogyny in the form of vague questions that don't really mean anything.

One's racism and misogyny are not made acceptable by projecting them onto the rest of us.