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Does anyone besides me worry that if Obama loses we'll have riots?

The fact that Obama is running and could win the race for the Presidency shows that we are not a racist country, yet I worry that if he manages to lose, we'll have race riots and the black community in particular will say that he lost because of racism. I fear that him losing may cause some major problems which it will take years to recover from. Does anyone have the same fears? I'd almost rather him win and then be the disaster I think he will be.

Update:

Michael S, I can't help but think of the Los Angeles Rodney King riots and if OJ Simpson had been found guilty we were told to expect riots then as well. I can't think of any recent examples where whites have rioted, except in the context of drunken fans (white and black) celebrating some team victory. Evidently I'm not the only one thinking this direction - a google search showed 836,000 hits for "obama lose riot"

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    I am quite certain that in the unlikely event that he loses - no matter what explanations may be offered - there will be enough supporters who will be so "certain" that it was stolen that they will take to the streets. I don't suspect that there will be much violence, but ...

  • summer
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    If you'll remember, the King riots stemmed from getting brutalized by cops on camera and those cops being almost completely exonerated. If Obama loses this race it will be because the American people spoke and they chose the other guy, not because the justice system in this country is in support of a corrupt system and rampant racism. The conditions of the two are not the same. There could always be riots, especially because so many of the supporters are young. But I think that something as big as LA will not happen. The majority of people voting for Obama are not a disfranchised population seeking justice in a system that works against them. We are everyday Americans who seem to be forming a majority.

  • 1 decade ago

    You say we are not a racist country, yet in the very same sentence you assume that a person's race makes that person prone to riot.

    There have been plenty of riots in this world orchestrated by white people. Many white people have rioted over things as trivial as a World Series victory. I don't see why you're singling out black people for this propensity.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    i think of that there will be RIOTS even Obama wins Many liberal democrats experience that the two the 2000 and 2004 elections have been stolen by potential of the GOP So there has been a good kind of bitter resentment turning out to be over the previous 8 years i think of that as quickly as Obama does win that many Obama supporters will experience a surge of capability and attack those with McCain/Palin bumper stickers on their autos or McCain/Palin signs and indicators on their lawns Simalar events have handed off whilst a activities group wins a champoinship and its FANatical supporters go loopy and attack human beings and loot in basic terms for the adreniline rush It has handed off before i think of this is going to happen whilst Obama wins additionally

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  • cvb
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    No, I don't think there will be any riots. Someone's candidate of choice loses every 4 years. And whatever people may think of Obama, I seriously doubt he would encourage his supporters to riot. Think how bad that would look for him. I think he would stand up against anything like that.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    That is like saying, do I think if McCain wins, "rednecks" will bring their guns and camoflauge and start shooting them into the air. Both are stereotypes, and you are playing into them. Please think about what you are doing by perpetuating such stereotypes, white or black, on the internet. Thank you.

  • 1 decade ago

    they wont be rioting in my town!!

  • 1 decade ago

    I think if he looses there will be riots. If he wins there will be jihad. Damned if we do, damned if we don't... Dam Democrats!

  • 1 decade ago

    I really do worry that is could very well happen.

    Source(s): Experience
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