“Real Time with Bill Maher” was quite interesting this week. One of the topics on board was the Trayvon Martin Case1, which has had the country’s attention for many reasons, including race in America. In the conversation, the conservatives on the panel brought of subjects that had nothing to do with the case. Bill Maher tried to steer the conversation back to what it should have been, but one thing was frightening clear. Race is being ignored.
The right doesn’t want to discuss the elephant in the room. This does nothing to shake off the coat of racism that has grown on the party. Figures like Rush Limbaugh, Bill O’Riley, and Sean Hannity have long used race to bait and build audiences. The left isn’t innocent in this either, which is why I am a fan of Maher. He tries to keep things righteous, at least in his own mind. Things that that could open the conversation are pushed under the rug. Unlike the monster under the bed, this won’t quite go away.
Enjoy.
1 Check The Last Post. Summed up Nicely.
2 Bringing up things like car accidents and Casey Anthony, way to dodge the issue.
From the desk of Adam Thomas 