You tell me, but sometimes the
MAGA Majority, i.e., “mainstream” White
America, pathetically the majority of the rank
and file WASP population, is so aggressive, so
very “over the top” and venomous towards Joe
Biden, not at times, but 24/7, 8 days a week,
that it just seems like it’s either a
contrived, manufactured act, or, they hate him
for something more ominous than his obvious
transgression, that of being a Democratic
President.
I hear this sweet symphony of
conspiratorial paranoia! MAGA, the patriotic
choir singing the hymn of “Make America Great
Again,” seems to have an extra verse when it
comes to their loathing of Joe Biden. Is it
just because he’s a full-fledged,
card-carrying Democrat?
MAGA, the bastion of
“mainstream” White America, which seems to be
perpetually trapped in a time warp from the
1950s, can’t just oppose Biden’s policies like
normal people. Instead, they’ve turned their
ire into an around-the-clock performance, a
melodrama of disdain that could rival any
daytime soap opera. These folks aren’t just
occasionally miffed at Biden; no, they’re in a
perpetual state of outrage, It’s almost as if
their hatred is less about his political
alignment and more about something deeper,
something… ominously sinister.
Now you may not dig this, but
dig this: Biden is not merely a Democratic
President; he’s a sacrificial lamb taking the
hits meant for his predecessor, Barack Obama,
America’s first Black President. Biden’s real
crime, in the eyes of the righteous Right, is
his role as Obama’s sidekick, thereby lending
him the credibility and legitimacy that
“should” have been reserved for someone more,
well, let’s say traditionally American.
Now, some of you might think,
“Surely, this is just some elaborate circus
act.” But trust me, the venom they spit isn’t
rehearsed; it’s as natural as breathing. They
hate Joe not just for his policies but for
something far more insidious in their
worldview: he had the audacity to serve as
Vice President to Obama. That’s a sin that
simply can’t be washed away, not even with the
blood, sweat, and tears of American democracy.
Not my circus, not my monkeys.
In the “real” court of White
public opinion, Biden stands accused - no,
guilty - of the ultimate betrayal: lending
comfort and aid to the enemy. Yes, Biden’s
crime, in this fevered narrative, is nothing
short of sacrilege. He’s a traitor to his race
for daring to support and stand by a Black
man.
It’s like a twisted
Shakespearean drama, only with more political
jargon and fewer poetic soliloquies.
Can it be that it was so
long-ago that we’ve forgotten, but there’s a
reason why the “Right” despises Biden. Let’s
take a stroll down memory lane. Biden is
apparently a good ol’ fashioned “negro lover,”
a term that historically painted white folks
as race traitors for daring to show empathy or
solidarity with Black people.
And in the 21st-century
American Confederacy, which lies conveniently
just fifteen minutes outside every major city
(because geography bends for bigotry), Biden
is derogatorily called a “Nigger lover.” It’s
not about the economy, stupid, nor global
issues, nor even the sanctity of American
democracy. It’s all about race, the
omnipresent puppeteer pulling the strings of
this grand theatrical production.
Not all MAGA folks are
knuckle-dragging, xenophobic dimwits, but,
boy, do the dimwitted xenophobes sure love
their MAGA hats! Their collective delusion is
that Biden’s association with Obama led to the
sky falling. Now only a white savior can
rescue them from the impending doom of “Black
rule.”
Have them tell it, Biden
sold-out White America, and quite simply,
betrayed the White male establishment and the
rank n’ file’s “best” interests. Sent White
America down this dark road, of Diversity,
equality and inclusion, where now, only a
White supremacist can save them from Black
rule, Rwanda, South Africa, MAGA believes they
will be next to succumb to Black rule. I know,
I know. I know it sounds far too
conspiratorial for many, but I’d point out
America doesn’t look like this out of
coincidence, chance or happenstance, it’s
semi-segregated and unequal by design.
The prevailing wisdom among
these folks is that if Biden hadn’t hitched
his wagon to Obama, more White folks would
have stayed home in 2008 and 2012. America
would have been spared the “indignity” of a
Black president, and so they hate him. It’s
that Romper Room simple.
