Jemele Hill Is Annoyed The Obamas Weren’t More Obnoxious At Bush’s Service

Jemele Hill is a professional race-baiter and overall awful person.

So much so that she’s really frustrated that the Obamas didn’t “go low.”

My latest for @TheAtlantic: The Obamas interaction with the Trumps at George H.W Bush’s funeral was emblematic of a larger problem — people of color being required to always take the high road https://t.co/PkFhqlW24J

— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) December 7, 2018

The Obamas didn’t go low when they interacted with the Trumps, because that’s just not how they operate. And it’s not like I expected anything different at a state funeral. Former President Obama has always, always exhibited a maddening allegiance to institutional respect, even if it wasn’t returned. (All too often, it wasn’t.)

Still, it was infuriating to see the Obamas graciously engage with the man who spent years vociferously promoting the racist conspiracy theory that the former president is a Muslim who wasn’t born in the United States. Also recall that Donald Trump repeatedly challenged Obama to produce his college-admissions records—because it wasn’t enough for Trump to try to invalidate Obama’s presidency, he had to question Obama’s intellect.

The intellect I’m questioning right now is Jemele Hill’s. I don’t understand how a person can be this entirely twisted.

That’s one of the many burdens of racism for people of color: It is ridiculously one-sided. Only one side is expected to show compassion. Only one side must practice restraint. Only one side is pressured into forgiveness. It’s bad enough having to stomach being wronged. It’s downright shameful being stuck with the responsibility of also making it right.

TRANSLATION: I wish that Obama would have spit in Melania’s face. It SUX that only “people of color” are expected to act like half-way decent human beings.

NEWS FLASH, JEMELE. White people are expected to act like freaking civilized humans, too. But obviously, that wouldn’t have worked for your “everything sucks for black people always” narrative.

In Jemele’s head civility isn’t just bad… it’s RACIST.

By all means let’s discourage civility.

— Paul (@PaulMarsh3000) December 7, 2018

I know someone like you doesn’t understand this, but there are people out there who take the high road even when they don’t have to.

— yokotaster (@neontaster) December 7, 2018

People…it was a funeral.

— Bob (@voncognac) December 7, 2018

They were at a funeral. I think this is more emblematic of the totally sane belief that you shouldn’t get in fights with people at funerals https://t.co/68BG2SGcmh

— Jimmy Carter Fan Club (@realwokieleaks) December 7, 2018

Nope – Jemele wanted Michelle to leap over Barack and start pulling Melania’s hair.

That would have been nice.