Obama's "White House"?

You may have heard of the button that showed up at the recent Texas Republican Convention. One of the many vendors there apparently had a dozen buttons he was trying to test the market with for this particular item. This is one of two companies from Florida owned by the same guy, operating out of the same building. They sell political buttons, T-shirts, caps, etc., with sayings for each party. One company is geared for Republicans and one for Democrats. This particular button, there were only 12 there. Only 4 were sold. It's not like they were in mass production of them, but feeling the market out.

It seems that this particular button has taken a lot of heat (and the Republicans it's supposed to appeal to), because a lot of people think "racism" before "humor". It is obvious that the saying is intended to be humorous if you take the time to consider the kind of things the companies offer. I do not believe that there is malicious or racial intent.

IMO, people need to lighten up a bit. This was a good excuse for the Democrats to scream "Republican racists!" all over again. They pretend to be offended by this, even though they are guilty of as much racism as they accuse Republicans of. They accuse Republicans of being the party of hate and intolerance while demonstrating the same hate and intolerance they accuse Republicans of. It's not a politics thing. It's a people thing. (Not to mention that the Republicans didn't do anything. It was a private VENDOR from FLORIDA!) One side has the same percentage of bigots and racists that the other side does.

People shouldn't take themselves so seriously. If we could learn to laugh at ourselves, we would not be so distressed all the time over such petty crap. As a result, we'd be on the road to exterminating racism from our lives. We have all said things that could be construed as being racist or bigotry. We have all told or laughed at jokes that someone could take offense to. So what? It's humor, people. Maybe not your brand, but it is humor.

I'm glad I work around Mexicans who can tell a Mexican joke as well as a white boy joke. I'm glad I work around some Democrats who can tell a Clinton joke as well as a Bush joke. I'm glad they take no offense when I do the same. This is the true road to unity and equality. As a bonus, we are all less distressed because nobody makes themselves distressed over pettiness such as this.

The button?

BTW, the image of this button has been faked. It's a "PhotoShop" job, and this is the exact same image that is all over the blogosphere. It was done with Nikon's software that is packaged with the D40, the camera the blank button was shot with.

Let us all see humor where humor is intended, even if you don't like that brand of humor. It would be a much more tolerant country.

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