The Harder Question: Why is it that when a white person speaks against President Obama the automatic assumption is that the person is racist?

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As reported in an article on Yahoo! by Associated Press writer, Emily W. Pettus:

Unrest over sweeping federal health care legislation has turned to vandalism and threats, with bricks hurled through Democrats’ windows, a propane line cut at the home of a congressman’s brother and menacing phone messages left for lawmakers who supported the bill.

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