Twisted logic abounds

By Vernos Branco, Las Vegas

Sunday, March 22, 2015 | 2 a.m.

There is a twisted logic expressed by some people who call themselves conservative. For example, in response to the DOJ report about Ferguson, Megyn Kelly of Fox News tried to justify racism by saying, “There are very few companies in America ... (where) you won’t find any racist emails.” Does that mean Fox News circulates racist emails as a norm? Then came Joe Scarborough of “Morning Joe,” who stated the students of Oklahoma University learned racist chants from rap music. Really? Chanting to not let black people into your fraternity is rapping?

I’ve often wondered if people who called President Barack Obama a racist are doing so to deflect from or project their own racist attitudes. Don’t they realize he is biracial raised by white grandparents?

There is another example of twisted logic I find disturbing. I’ve heard people claim President Obama is the anti-Christ. If he is the anti-Christ, why are you afraid? Isn’t that what you look forward to — the end of the world and being swept up in the rapture?

Even senators are confused by their own backward logic, such as Marco Rubio, who insisted, “I believe that much of our strategy with regards to ISIS is being driven by a desire not to upset Iran so they don’t walk away from the negotiating table on the deal that you’re working on.” How does this man who claims to have foreign policy experience not know Iran is at war with ISIS and assisting Iraqi soldiers in driving ISIS out of Iraq?