I came across the above poster the other day, which seems to be a widely held belief although I wouldn’t know myself. Since he spoke Russian it’s a hard one to confirm. Yet the point is clear enough. Those without an actual argument just say “racist” and then let the thought-police do the rest. As an example of almost an infinite number that might be found, I did come across this today on Drudge which is a story from last night’s Emmy Awards in the US:

ATTACK: Trump Called ‘Racist’ in Opening Monologue…

Which is all related to Donald Trump’s off-handed reply to a query from the stands the other day on what religion he thought Obama followed. In the wake of this non-story, which has, of course, become explosive in the hands of the American media, here is what we can also find on Drudge:

CARSON: A Muslim should not be president…
Video…
Stephanopoulos Grills Trump: Why Can’t You Say That Obama Is Not Muslim?
FLASHBACK: Obama ‘My Muslim Faith’…

This business about Obama’s religion has led to plenty of advice over what Donald Trump ought to have said, and has now extended to the entire Republican field who are also being asked to answer what no one can possibly know, what religion does Obama really follows in his heart of hearts. Mark Steyn has his own views which he has addressed to the American media and is thus filed under the heading, Get Lost, You Palace-Guard Creeps. Naturally you need to read it all where he provides seven different possible answers. This is number six.

As to whether he’s a Christian, have you asked him whether he has attended even semi-regularly any church other than that of Jeremiah (“God damn America”) Wright? A man is free to attend the Westboro Baptist Church but if he chooses to do so I’m not obligated to defend his Christianity. And frankly, whatever the President’s personal faith, there is no dispute that his leadership of the western world has been an utter catastrophe for Christians around the planet. Some of the oldest Christian communities on earth have been entirely extinguished on Obama’s watch: in Mosul, Iraq, which was an American protectorate on the day he took office, not a single Christian remains. Every single one of them is dead or fled. So, instead of jumping through your preposterous hoops and speaking up for the most powerful man in the world, I would rather speak up for the powerless – for the Nigerian schoolgirls, for the Yazidi, for the Copts in Egypt, and for all the other beleaguered Christian communities in the world this feckless president has set alight and watched burn.

When you think about all this, what possible difference does it make what he believes. What he has done, or not done, is what counts. What religion he follows matters not at all.

And as a general principle, the first to call someone else a racist loses the argument immediately.