It's no surprise that conservatives don't like to be called out for their racism. They don't even like folks to talk about the idea that racism still exists in some places in the USA, like in Baltimore. And, today, it was Glenn Beck that went into a ridiculous rant about it. And, the subject of his rant was First Lady Michelle Obama and her speech.
From Right Wing Watch:
Surprising nobody, Glenn Beck spent an entire segment of his radio broadcast this morning attacking First Lady Michelle Obama for daring to address America’s enduring struggle with racism and prejudice in her commencement address at Tuskegee University in Alabama over the weekend.
After playing a few excerpts from Obama's speech, Beck and his co-hosts accused the first lady of hating America and of attempting to justify the behavior of those who rioted in Baltimore instead of delivering a message that told graduates that, despite whatever problems this nation may have, they can overcome them and still manage to achieve great things.
"White people in droves went out to vote for you," Beck fumed, "and you were somehow invisible so much that you became the president and first lady of the United States of America? Tell me about the troubles that you have seen!"
"We are not the country of Martin Luther King's time any more," Beck bellowed. "We are being dragged back to those days"