Trump's words are making racism seem OK
Trump's words are making racism OK
Donald Trump's insistence Tuesday that "both sides" were responsible for the violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, has turned what was a fumbling presidency into what now appears to be one on the verge of total collapse.
"You had a group on one side that was bad, and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent, and nobody wants to say that, but I'll say it right now," Trump told reporters at a press availability Tuesday in New York City.
Here are the Republicans denouncing Trump by name
Here are the Republicans denouncing Trump by name
That stance was a reversal from comments Trump made 24 hours earlier, condemning the white supremacists and neo-Nazis who had gathered in Charlottesville to protest the removal of a confederate statue. It was, however, broadly in line
no he is NOT supporting racism
I support Trump.
was david duke a grand wizard?
is the even such a thing as a grand wizard?
I'm skeptical
regardless...Trump never said that.
Trump makes YOU and the other snowflakes panic.
I like that.
Bro, do you even google?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Duke
Hillary made you fools panic. Scared you so bad that you got conned into voting for the most incompetent and disgraceful president in U.S. history.
none of your business WHAT I do.
but you got one thing right.
I'd vote for the devil himself before I'd vote for the Hildebeast.
If you identify yourself as a Christian, and you actually meant that statement, I would say you are quite lost. I forgive you for falling into this con man's influence. You, like so many other Americans, are angry and frightened at what this country has become. Buyers remorse is setting in as people begin to start counting broken promises. Republicans and CEOs are abandoning ship now as the Trump brand becomes more toxic every day.
I don't identify myself as a christian..what EVER gave you that idea?
#1 The fact that you mentioned a character out of Christian mythology in your ignorant ramblings.
#2 You are a gullible Trump supporter
Not sure how long you have played politics or how deep you played, but Trump is not making racism OK, and what he said had a lot of truth to it. Please take time to read the "other side" - somewhere in the middle is a shade of the truth. The GOP and the Dems are puppets on the same hidden hand, allowing yourself to be sucked into choosing up a side serves that hidden tyrant. Rise above it!
So you prefer to keep the name calling going rather than engage in meaningful dialogue? Disappointing, first time I have encountered that here but it had to happen.
Do my memes trigger you? What sort of dialogue do you expect when you stand with Nazis and Confederates?
How do you expect to improve communication by lumping people into groups? You DO understand that even Nazis and Confederates were humans, and if their ideology is having a resurgence we need to TALK about it, we will not fix it with calling names and starting shooting.
No, your memes actually make me laugh, I still have a sense of humor, but they are designed to entrench us all on "our team" and as a person who refuses to pick a "team" of idiots to join (both sides are FULL of idiots) it makes me a little sad. We will end up in a civil war if that is the best anyone can do.
Ever read the "other side" on the Nazis? If you REALLY want to prevent a resurgence of that ideology, you need to REALLY understand what happened the first time. History is written by the winners. You need to see what the losers had to say, too, to fully understand what happened.
I read A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn. It describes in horrific detail what happens to the victims of colonialism and empire. I have also watched several Nazi propaganda pieces like Hellstorm and Greatest Story Never Told. I get it. War sucks for all parties involved. I don't want another civil war either, and that's why I refuse to remain neutral. You don't remain neutral in the face of an ideology that advocates genocide. That's not how you prevent war.
Ah - now we are getting somewhere! I am NOT advocating remaining neutral. I am advocating deal with REAL people in YOUR real world. The internet is too anonymous, it is just a keyboard and screen, not a real human over there...
But I AM a real human, and I am certainly no "Nazi" and I think the white guys with tiki torches are some of the funniest clowns I've seen a while... except it is NOT funny. It is quite serious. Just not REAL. Our first exchage you pretty much struck me as an asshat, but I am warming up to you now. All I require is people who are talking to ME to talk to ME, not speak in generalities about "people like me" when there is no one LIKE me, there is me, and there is other people.
Truth is our common ground, lies and liars our common enemy.
May I recommend "War Is A Racket" by Major General Smedley Butler? I wish I could get every Republican I know to read it, they would finally get over their Bush-worship. But if you are genuine in your desire to stand for what is right, you will get some great ammo to peacefully use in conversations with your neighbors.
Love ya' man!
I read a lot of War is a Racket, just in the form of excerpts, during my libertarian phase, but I have never actually read the entire book. It's on my list, and your mentioning it may actually bump it up to where I will get to it in the next year or so. Right now, my reading is mostly focused on economic inequality. I keep trying to finish The Worldly Philosophers by Robert L. Heilbroner, but I keep coming back to steemit. The book doesn't listen when I want to talk back, and it definitely doesn't let me give myself a nickel for each comment.