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Just for S&G... what's your stance on the Confederate flag flying over gov't buildings?
I will chime in on this. I despise the Confederate flag flying on government buildings. I despise it in general, but especially on government buildings.
I never heard of any liberals calling carter a racist when he banned muslims from entering the USA during the iran hostage crisis in the late 1970's.
Not the same.
But you knew that. The distinction between nationality and religion is significant.
Visa restrictions are not a ban. Iran was a sovereign state holding hostages, a violation of diplomatic immunity. The counter-measures were appropriate under international law.
I don't think Trump is a racist, but he constantly says racist things, since it gets him more attention. He thinks he is on a game show, where winning the round is all that matters.
But the real racists, are those who follow and defend his every word.
As for Trump, saying Mexico sends rapists and following it up with 'some, I assume, are good people.' He assumes... Yeah, great... Or his recent thing about pointing out his 'black guy.' The dude just starts talking. The crazies eat it up, but the rest of us are really confused as to how this man wound up being the last Republican standing.
It's a speech-pattern processing issue. He did not say those things outright. He leaves out words sometimes. Similar to how Obama stammers. Trump said "their" in the context of an intended complete sentence, not "they're." It's pretty obvious to me he intended to add "friend" or something like that at the end of "African-American." When you're publically speaking without a teleprompter, these kinds of things can happen, and in the moment, he did not go back and correct his thoughts.
That said, he's said some pretty crazy things. Not condoning it, but it's a larger reaction to a politically-correct environment that was getting to the point of shutting down free speech. I think what people started to realize is that the pro-PC crowd was no longer holding up their end of the deal. Is Trump's approach presidential? No it's not.
Not the same.
But you knew that. The distinction between nationality and religion is significant.
Visa restrictions are not a ban. Iran was a sovereign state holding hostages, a violation of diplomatic immunity. The counter-measures were appropriate under international law.
I don't think Trump is a racist, but he constantly says racist things, since it gets him more attention.
But the real racists, are those who follow and defend his every word.
Have you looked in the mirror lately?
yes, trump is a racist you don't "constantly say racist things" and not be a racist. and yes some of his followers are truly racist the other followers don't mind associating and supporting racists.
ever hear of the 10th Amendment? it might be repugnant, but if the voters of that state vote to keep the flag in place in their state, then the feds have no say so at all.
people could say the same thing about the mexican and isis flags.
Nothing Obama has said or done will ever come as close to ruining race relations as flying that flag. The people claiming Obama has done something to negatively affect race relations are usually the same ones defending their right to fly the Confederate flag.
I will chime in on this. I despise the Confederate flag flying on government buildings. I despise it in general, but especially on government buildings.
Barack did NOT work and study hard to become president. He admitted in his book that he spent most of his high school years "in a daze" from drugs. He had foreign benefactors to clear his path to the White House.
Absolutely. The only thing he learned in college was diction: take that high pitched Nellie voice and change it to a low pitch street-level guttural. He did very well. I would bet my last dime on that.
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