For those who think privilege isn't real and that white fears of oppression by Obama/blacks is real-

[Anonymous]

And if you're interested from hearing from these idiots, you need look no further than that font of red-state resentment the "Red State" blog:

http://www.redstate.com/vladimir/2010/03/29/were-taxing-tanning-booths-so-why-not-nail-salons/

Note the racist undercurrents that inform most of the comments: "racist tax", "he'd never impose a tax on hair relaxer", "nail salons exempt because drug thugs launder their money through them", etc...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Wrong[...]Somehow I just don't see Bill Frist fighting very hard for Whites to kill themselves in tanning booths.

True, but the fucking mouth-breathing imbeciles that make up the GOP base don't care about that stuff; they just want more evidence that Obama's a racist Islamo-Nazi who takes from hard-working whites, and gives to shiftless, lazy blacks. They're idiots, they're not a majority of Americans by any stretch...but without them, the GOP would never win another election:

http://wonkette.com/416574/tanning-salon-tax-is-yet-another-example-of-reverse-racism-in-obamas-america

Unfortunately too many imbeciles who make up the Republican base also have melanoma . . . from tanning beds. Melanoma is on the rise big time. And it really, really sucks. I do not see this argument picking up much traction, especially with all of the advocacy from the melanoma survivors/sufferers, all of whom are white.