For years I’ve suggested that racism was in decline and yeah, there are some, you know, incidents that still happen with regards to racism, but most of the claims I’ve said for years, well, they’re not really real. But I realize now that I was wrong. For I now too feel the pain of racism. Racism has been dropped at my front door and the front door of all lighter-skinned Americans. The health care bill the president just signed into law includes a 10 percent tax on all indoor tanning sessions starting July 1st, and I say, who uses tanning? Is it dark-skinned people? I don’t think so. I would guess that most tanning sessions are from light-skinned Americans. Why would the President of the United States of America — a man who says he understands racism, a man who has been confronted with racism — why would he sign such a racist law? Why would he agree to do that? Well now I feel the pain of racism.
More here: http://thinkprogress.org/2010/03/30/thompson-tanning-racism/
Oh the angst! You're kidding right? Cause nobody could actually be this stupid. Right? No really...you think a tanning booth tax is racist because more whites use tanning booths.
Uh...Ok...Doc, have you ever heard of skin cancer? Can you say and spell melanoma? Uh guess not. What kind of Doctor are you? Where is your degree from? Do you prescribe cigarettes for nervous people? How about encouraging people to drink and drive as a way to relieve tension?
You know Doc I think you should show your contempt for the Health Care Reform Act by tanning the crap out of yourself. Until your skin is like shoe leather and your are as brown as..uh.. hmmm. Doc? If you hate dark skinned people so much why do you want to artificially darken your skin. I be so confused.
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Yeah, this is what the right wing loonies are reduced to criticizing. Taxes on cancer-causing tanning booths. Not cause it disproportionately affects stupid people, but because its racist.