{"id":108,"date":"2008-02-29T12:11:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-29T17:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=108"},"modified":"2020-07-25T19:05:52","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T00:05:52","slug":"the-american-bigotry-hierarchy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=108","title":{"rendered":"The American Bigotry Hierarchy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ask Mitt Romney about the hostility towards Mormonism across the Christian evangelical community and observe how Republicans embrace the tactic of repeating Senator Obama&#8217;s (Islamic-sounding) middle name and watch widespread bigotry crawl out of its corner.<\/p>\n<p>As of February 29, 2008&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The American Bigotry Hierarchy is:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Religion<br \/>\u2022 Gender<br \/>\u2022 Race<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s play the Family Feud!<\/p>\n<p>By the way, if Barack Obama were a Muslim, Jew or Mormon, would he be disqualified to be President? <\/p>\n<p>As we congratulate ourselves for voting for an African American, we ought to recognize that ignorance and bigotry remain a large stain on the American fabric.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ask Mitt Romney about the hostility towards Mormonism across the Christian evangelical community and observe how Republicans embrace the tactic of repeating Senator Obama&#8217;s (Islamic-sounding) &hellip; 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