First off, not everyone who protests Obama is a racist. Second off, much of the animosity toward Obama is based on race. Third, racists are being emboldened by the lack of outrage from the republicans. Most of the racism is coming from the right wing. Fourth, it doesn't seem to matter if we point out the racists. Everyone wants to deny it. So let's just ignore the idiots. They are a small but obnoxious and repulsive group but if we can ignore them, we diminish them. As Bill Cosby says in the video below what difference does it make that Rush Limbaugh is a racist idiot? He's always going to think what he's going to think: