SmashMouth

Actress Stacey Dash was attacked with negative tweets after voicing her support of Mitt Romney on Twitter over the weekend. Many comments were racially charged and others suggested the star of the 1990s hit 'Clueless' should just "kill herself."



One man wrote, "This hurts, but you a Romney lover and you slutting yourself for the white man only proves why no black man would marry u." Another Twitter user said: "She's an indoor slave, you know that, sis." Many tweets expressed disbelief that a woman of African American heritage would vote for anyone but Obama, and some suggested that her account must have been hacked.
The backlash began on Sunday, after Dash tweeted "Vote for Romney: The only choice for your future," along with a provocative photo of herself wearing a red Baywatch-style tank suit standing in front of an American flag. "Kill yourself you old hag…" a Twitter used lashed out. "The only choice for your future." Another wrote, "You're an unemployed black woman endorsing @MittRomney. You're voting against yourself thrice. You poor beautiful idiot."
Some, notably, Obama supporter Sandra Fluke, who was branded a "slut" and "prostitute" by Rush Limbaugh in March, called for the barrage of ugly tweets to desist. Limbaugh used the degrading language after Fluke, a law student and women's rights activist, was in the news for being barred from testifying to a congressional committee on government contraception coverage. "So disappointed to see people attacking @REALStaceyDash for voicing her opinion," Fluke tweeted on Monday. "Disagree politically, but #racist comments are unacceptable."
Dash defended herself to the Twitterverse as well: "My humble opinion…EVERYONE is entitled to one," the actress tweeted in response the controversy. Supporters from across party lines have created the hashtag #ISupportStacyDash to defend the actress and also to have conversation about freedom of speech and civility in political discourse during the last weeks before a heated election.

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Danno

Hateful racists.

Cruize

She's hot.

Crusader

So much hate... I just don't get it.

SmashMouth

Me either ... If one disagrees with the left, the amount of hate unfurled is unreal. The irony of it all is the civility they purport to promote.

Crusader

Unforunately that goes just as much the other way too, just read Rush Limbaugh's comments. Its not like he is the lone ranger.
I just don't get why people can't be respectful to eachothers views.

SmashMouth

Not apples to apples, unfortunately... more like apples to oranges. Rush simply peels the onion for all to see, not with hate speech or violence, but with common sense and insightful and respectful analysis which the left obviously hates to see as it typically takes an indefensible stance on many issues.

Keep in mind, Crusader, this is NOT Europe. People come here precisely to escape Europe and other parts of the world. Americans do not want the USA to be like Europe.

Danno

Can you show me one single example of a hateful comment by Rush Limbaugh that even comes close to the racist hate being spewed because of this young ladies comments?

Crusader

Just quoting from the article above: "Some, notably, Obama supporter Sandra Fluke, who was branded a "slut" and "prostitute" by Rush Limbaugh in March".

IMHO that is just as bad, I don't have any gray-scale when it comes to this stuff, I don't think there is a place in a civilized society for any of that, racist, sexist hating just because you happen to disagree with somebodys opinion or beliefs. Attack the opinion or belief, not the person.

SloMotion

There is actually a lot of civility that goes on, just not in the media, twitter or the internet. Insults, personal attacks and inflammatory statements raise ratings and increase viewership. They're a vocal minority (and by that I mean 'a small, loud percentage of society') that do not necessarily reflect societal norms outside of their media.

I make it a point to listen/watch broadcasts of the opposing view should I accidently tune into the Rush Limbaugh Show, Rachel Maddow or whomever, and I find both sides are guilty of it, ie the name-calling, personal attacks, et... It's why I don't tune in regularly, don't rely on them to form my opinions, get the opposing viewpoint and fact-check often. It's a lot of work, so I generally try to avoid 'em all, .

It is what it is, it's ratings & inflaming the masses. People are passionate about their politics but I think the majority of the population are respectful of each other's views and know how to conduct themselves.

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