What’s really behind the conservative movement? Fear

Do teabaggers really believe Obama is a socialist? Do they really believe someone is taking theircountry away from them? Did they really believe that kanard about death panels? Do birthers honestly believe the President is some Kenyan Manchurian candidate?

Behind all of these entirely illogical suppositions is fear. As I was looking at recent Census projections it occurred to me what they fear is diversity. They fear not being the single most dominant culture in this country. They fear the day they will no longer be able to force thier culture, their religion and their own ideas about liberty down our throats. They fear the future.

It just so happens that President Obama represents every element of this cultural fear. His father’s Kenyan heritage and citizenship makes him a first generation immigrant in the eyes of some. He’s the product of race mixing. He’s black. He’s way smarter than the white guy who previously held the office, and perhaps this is the scariest thing of all: He charmed the pants off the country during the 2008 election. Nothing, not the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, not calling his wife names, calling him a welfare thug, nothing appears to be able to ruffle the guy’s feathers. What they fear most is that maybe, just maybe the black man can do the job, and maybe, just maybe race really doesn’t matter.

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