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[gruven 530]

Giuliani. Gingrich. These appointments are the stuff that terrifies me. Oh, and this. Which is so scary I don't want my 12 yr old to know this.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trump-picks-top-climate-skeptic-to-lead-epa-transition/

[gruven 530]

And the most stomach churning moment from last night was Hannity talking to Meghan Kelly and telling her that, when Comey reopened the email investigation he said he told Donald 'we are going to win'. We. This is a journalist. WE?..... proper journalism is dead and gone.

[Dubey 1,035]

I think most of you may have seen the CNN talking head in his tirade last night. He call this a "Whitelash". This is dangerous talk. This is racism at its best. Trump will hopefully end it

 

I was going to let this slide, but I just watched the video in question again and I just can't.

 

You watched a black man almost moved to tears as he passionately talked about an election and a country that he feels has turned on and rejected him, and your response is to call HIM a racist? get. the. f***. out. of. here. I can't even fathom watching that and not feeling compassion for that man, let alone feeling DISDAIN.

[serge 904]

I was going to let this slide, but I just watched the video in question again and I just can't.

 

You watched a black man almost moved to tears as he passionately talked about an election and a country that he feels has turned on and rejected him, and your response is to call HIM a racist? get. the. f***. out. of. here. I can't even fathom watching that and not feeling compassion for that man, let alone feeling DISDAIN.

 

Is Whitelash an appropriate word to use?

[serge 904]

whitelash

 

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backlash by white racists against black civil rights advances

[Dubey 1,035]

 

 

watch this video again. Forget the one buzz word. watch this video and call that man a racist.

[gruven 530]

 

 

I was going to let this slide, but I just watched the video in question again and I just can't.

 

You watched a black man almost moved to tears as he passionately talked about an election and a country that he feels has turned on and rejected him, and your response is to call HIM a racist? get. the. f***. out. of. here. I can't even fathom watching that and not feeling compassion for that man, let alone feeling DISDAIN.

omg, so true. I was watching him live. He spoke so eloquently that even he trumpist on the panel just let him talk. There was for the first time, silence from everyone. And every word he said resonated.

[serge 904]

I was actually watching that live when he went on his tirade with my wife..We just looked at each other and couldnt believe what we heard. While I have the utmost compassion for his feelings, I am SICK AND TIRED of being labeled a racist for not supporting certain candidates, policies and political movements.

[Dubey 1,035]

I nearly cried

[Dubey 1,035]

I was actually watching that live when he went on his tirade with my wife..We just looked at each other and couldnt believe what we heard. While I have the utmost compassion for his feelings, I am SICK AND TIRED of being labeled a racist for not supporting certain candidates, policies and political movements.

 

nobody is calling YOU a racist.

[serge 904]

https://twitter.com/...227740269690880

 

 

watch this video again. Forget the one buzz word. watch this video and call that man a racist.

 

I watched it live like I said...The term whitelash, is VERY racist...

[MapleLeafpoker 1,462]

I was going to let this slide, but I just watched the video in question again and I just can't.

 

You watched a black man almost moved to tears as he passionately talked about an election and a country that he feels has turned on and rejected him, and your response is to call HIM a racist? get. the. f***. out. of. here. I can't even fathom watching that and not feeling compassion for that man, let alone feeling DISDAIN.

 

re: let it slide

I read Serges post, I debated and left it alone. It ate at me as I drove home tonight, HOURS LATER.

I realized, I just cant be bothered. If people cant see what I see, well, thats too bad for them.

 

I wasnt going to bother to say anything, but since you put it out there, let me just back it up by saying I agree with you, I cant imagine how someone isnt moved by what he says. Especially for me the part about telling his children about bullies and being nice to people.

 

What can you do though, some people will just never fcking learn.

[serge 904]

nobody is calling YOU a racist.

 

I am not saying you, or anyone on here is calling me a racist..But the notion by a LOT of the anti Trump people, which is perpetuated by that commentary is that it was a racist result.

[serge 904]

re: let it slide

I read Serges post, I debated and left it alone. It ate at me as I drove home tonight, HOURS LATER.

I realized, I just cant be bothered. If people cant see what I see, well, thats too bad for them.

 

I wasnt going to bother to say anything, but since you put it out there, let me just back it up by saying I agree with you, I cant imagine how someone isnt moved by what he says. Especially for me the part about telling his children about bullies and being nice to people.

 

What can you do though, some people will just never fcking learn.

 

Yes I will never learn, not teaching my kids racism...My 5 year old I dont even think knows the difference between a black kid or a white kid...

 

The notion that this was a Whitelash, extremely offended me...Then you get people like Daniel continue to attack Trump supporters as racists..

 

It has NOTHING to do with race..

 

I totally sympathized with Van Jones, UNTIL he used the term Whitelash.

[gruven 530]

I've been in the US for a couple of days, and watched all that unfold. Maybe the most telling moment was hearing an Indian woman talking to her friends at Starbucks. Hindu, not Muslim. And retelling how, at the sheetz gas station that morning someone had yelled at her from their car, 'START PACKING YOUR BAGS COS PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GONNA SEND YOU HOME'.

Racists feel safe now to voice their bigotry.

[Dubey 1,035]

 

 

It has NOTHING to do with race..

 

 

This is either blissfully naïve or willfully ignorant. Just because it has nothing to do with race for you, doesn't mean it has nothing to do with Race. It has a heck of a lot to do with race for the people affected negatively for no other reason than their skin colour or religious beliefs.

[Dubey 1,035]

And no, the term whitelash is not racist. At least not in any meaningful, intentional way.

[serge 904]

This is either blissfully naïve or willfully ignorant. Just because it has nothing to do with race for you, doesn't mean it has nothing to do with Race. It has a heck of a lot to do with race for the people affected negatively for no other reason than their skin colour or religious beliefs.

 

He said it was a Whitelash against a black president...How accurate is this in your mind?

 

Do you believe this to be true?

 

Trump actually did better than Romney with the latino and the black vote.

[Dubey 1,035]

 

 

He said it was a Whitelash against a black president...How accurate is this in your mind?

 

 

For some people, it is very accurate. For others, it is not accurate at all.

[Zach6668 513]

Serge, you're missing the forest for the trees man.

[serge 904]

Serge, you're missing the forest for the trees man.

 

Lol..No I am just in the wrong forest in this thread..

[MapleLeafpoker 1,462]

It has NOTHING to do with race..

 

Do you mean this election? LOLOL.

come on man, no way you are that naive or stupid. You're not, I know you're not.

 

Just curious, why does the term whitelash offend you so much?

[MapleLeafpoker 1,462]

For some reason Serge, you love catchwords and little bits.

 

I watched the video again to give you the benefit of the doubt. (which im getting tired of doing)

He says "FOR SOME"

 

If you note, he says we have talked about this was a vote against elites, WHICH IT WAS. Vote against Govt, WHICH IT WAS.

 

So, he actually agrees with you.

 

What he also added though, was that this bully, who preached racist attitudes (which he did,we all know he did), won, and that was in part thanks to SOME who obviously loved the idea of taking back their country, which in their eyes is turning too black, too illegal imiigrant, too many refugees.

 

Youre just being silly if you think there wasnt millions who voted like that. And you/your family, voted with them. That doesnt make you racist, but its silly to think many of that side was not.

(fwiw, there's some racists on the Dem side too, obv.)

 

also, fwiw, I would bet anyting that guy had that speech planned before the event. Hes smart. He knows how to push the right buttons. And he obv pushed yours.

[serge 904]

For some reason Serge, you love catchwords and little bits.

 

I watched the video again to give you the benefit of the doubt. (which im getting tired of doing)

He says "FOR SOME"

 

If you note, he says we have talked about this was a vote against elites, WHICH IT WAS. Vote against Govt, WHICH IT WAS.

 

So, he actually agrees with you.

 

What he also added though, was that this bully, who preached racist attitudes (which he did,we all know he did), won, and that was in part thanks to SOME who obviously loved the idea of taking back their country, which in their eyes is turning too black, too illegal imiigrant, too many refugees.

 

Youre just being silly if you think there wasnt millions who voted like that. And you/your family, voted with them. That doesnt make you racist, but its silly to think many of that side was not.

(fwiw, there's some racists on the Dem side too, obv.)

 

also, fwiw, I would bet anyting that guy had that speech planned before the event. Hes smart. He knows how to push the right buttons. And he obv pushed yours.

 

I watched it again..I didnt see for some..He says this was a whitelash against a black president..

 

This is a perfect example of stuff that divides the country, and is a double standard.

 

Can you imagine if a white member of the Fox panel after Hillary won the election said, this vote is an attack on white america. The outrage we would of seen.

 

You guys will laugh..But Trump will unite the country much more than Obama could or would be able to.

[Dubey 1,035]

You are not this ignorant.

 

There is not an extensive history of violence and oppression against white people in this country, so your counter example is a massive false equivalency. I don't really have to explain this to you though, so I?