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Birtherism was stupid, and one of the reasons I did not vote for Trump. But Birtherism did not necessarily have anything to do with race. It was about whether President Obama was born in a foreign country. Remember, birtherism had its genesis among supporters of Hillary Clinton, according to liberal writer Jon Avlon.
What is your evidence that Trump's dalliance w/ birtherism was predicated on racism?
Anyone who criticizes Obama is automatically labeled a racist in order to shut him up. Now the accused is put on defense and is forced to deny racism, raising eyebrows about the denial, and the false accusation becomes a permanent smear.
Didn't Trump himself admired the man not all that long ago, calling him a pretty smart cookie. And when Obama was in office, seem like many on the right admired Putin.
Of course not.
What a a silly, fact challenged sentence. Why do posters under 30 on CD blatantly fib & then have the huevos grandes to suggest that older (experienced) people are the "dotards".
Under 30 progressives need a nap & a juice box daily or they get fussy & p*ssy.
This is sorta where I think a lot of people think. It seems to me like a very mainstream viewpoint.
Sadly being mainstream means you are a racist these days. If you aren't on the far left you aren't right. Dangerous times we live in. Dangerous times indeed. I grew up pledging allegiance to America every day in school until i was 11. Then it became more of a now and than thing and I always found that odd. I grew up to respect the flag and rise and take your hat off when the Star Spangled Banner was played at sporting events. I was a teenager when it became legal to burn the flag. I always thought that was wrong even if it was free speech. Some things are meant to be scared and untouched. I don't mind a little discourse or civil disobedience but man I feel like we have moved well beyond that type of attitude and protesting. There is no more middle ground, no more compromise. This is how civil war starts.
Bad enough using language that's un-Presidential. (calling Kaepernick and SOB). Now, telling owners and fans what to do (fire the players and walk out!)......let's see how that goes, long term! Or does this dude really care!
People may get upset and not watch sports for a while in protest. But we all know that won't last long. Sports is too ingrained in our culture to suffer the kind of losses the Trumplings are hoping they will suffer at the moment. And when Trump's 4 years are up most won't even remember what they were mad about.
Not only that but an NFL player's career is statistically shorter than 4 years. The average career is 2.5 years. Most of these America hating sons of ******* will be long gone before Trump's first term is up. Many will be broke or bankrupt because they couldn't manage their money. A few will be dead or in prison. SO while the owners will say the right thing in support of their players as soon as they can't perform on the field they will be cut faster than a gang green toe on a diabetic and forgotten about. A mere footnote. Kaepernick can attest to this personally and he could still play the game a little bit and no one wants him on their team. The NFL hates controversy. They are just biding their time.
Folk in society attacking a peaceful stand, (whether you agree with it, or not, it was peaceful!), but condone the President of the United States using foul language!
you don't......PBS Poll, which they are very liberal.
White Americans of all ages disapprove of the protests by a margin of 63 percent to 30 percent. Hispanic Americans disapprove of the protests by a smaller margin, 45 percent to 36 percent.However, black Americans of all ages approve of the protests 74 percent to 17 percent.
by the way, the 36% of Hispanics that approves it wouldn't approve it if done to their Native country's flag and National Anthem....NO Mexican will approve athletes kneeling down to the Mexican National Anthem and Mexican Flag in public....that's a big no-no for them. They would get violent on that athlete, he would need heavy security just to walk around in Mexico.
if Canelo Alvarez a famous Mexican boxer kneels down in every of his fights to the Mexican National Anthem and Mexican Flag because he has "issues" with the Mexican police or the Mexican government he would be done and outcast by the Mexican people, you can ask any Mexican.
We in our country cut so much slack for blacks because of the WHITE GUILT that any other group would never get away with it kneeling down to our flag and national anthem every week in public and bad mouthing our country and the police. They would be outcast.
Since you brought the Mexican police up lets talk about that group of people for a second. Blacks think they have it hard in the United States with the police just pull some of that crap in Mexico with a Mexican cop. They won't take you to the police station they will take you out to the desert and leave your dumb ass there. They don't play around.
Well, I for one have every faith that the sports world-- whose record on murder, drug abuse, severe spousal abuse, and dog-fighting rings is completely spotless -- is really throwing stones form a house of balkanized steel.
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