Democrats need to do it too. I get that people don't want to become the focus and let Tump etc. eat themselves but there is some things you need to call out so people are aware and get on the right train. Anything that helps educate people and bring a spotlight to pure hate and evil.
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Charlottesville Mayor: Donald Trump responsible for white supremacist resurgence
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Democrats need to do it too. I get that people don't want to become the focus and let Tump etc. eat themselves but there is some things you need to call out so people are aware and get on the right train. Anything that helps educate people and bring a spotlight to pure hate and evil.
Yoshimitsu126
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This is a good start. Other government officials should dig in too.
RPGCrazied
Member
It needed to be said. But Republicans need to say this.
This is a Democrat.
This is a Democrat.
I think it's clear that Trump has emboldened white supremacists, and I think it's clear he's supported political violence repeatedly.
I don't think the Mayor's really stepping out on a limb here, although Trump supporters will go batshit because someone questioned the God Emperor.
I don't think the Mayor's really stepping out on a limb here, although Trump supporters will go batshit because someone questioned the God Emperor.
VendettaRed07
Member
How many democrats are saying this?
I agree but far too many Democrats are also saying we need to respect this kind of hatred or be totally silent. So it is still nice to see.
RPGCrazied
Member
Wow, heard on twitter someone died at this rally today. Just sick.
Master Yoshi
Member
He's goddamned right. Let's stop mincing words and tell it like it fucking is.
Baroquemantic
Member
He isn't wrong.
RiverShell
Member
Someone had to say it. Fuck the Cheeto In Chief!
To anyone who believes that first tweet was written by Trump, I've got a bridge to sell you. It's mealy-mouthed, calculated, and deliberately crafted to skirt up to the edge of condemning the white supremacists while still giving enough cover to allow the white supremacists to interpret it as a condemnation of the counter protests. In fact, Richard Spencer is doing just that. But look at the syntax, the word choice, the verbiage. That's not how Trump speaks/writes. Those are not his words. They are Bannon's or Kelly's or God only knows whose, but not Trump's.
The second tweet -- the one where's he says "I'm really super busy Making America Great Again, but oh yeah, I'll give an 8-year-old's response to the violence as an afterthought tacked on to the end of a tweet justifying why I ignored the white riots for nearly 24 hours" -- that one is all Trump.
What a fucking goddamn embarrassment.
Master Yoshi
Member
Fucking truth.
He'll say nothing close to that first tweet verbally when he speaks on today's events.
He'll ramble, stumble and pat himself on the back whilst making promises he can't keep.
https://twitter.com/Nigel_Farage/status/896445864398520321
Get a load of this absolute cunt, makes my blood boil these people act like they aren't directly responsible for encouraging this shit
Get a load of this absolute cunt, makes my blood boil these people act like they aren't directly responsible for encouraging this shit
Slackbladder
Member
That's why hey say this bollocks, to deflect attention away from themselves and the shit they've said. But it's so fucking transparent. Unfortunately there are far too many gullible and ignorant fools around who eat up this nonsense.
GoldenEye 007
Member
Yup. Them and all of their supporters. Every single one. To be associated with a group after all of this...
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
All truth
Psychoward
Banned
But it's just a different opinion, why can't we meet in the middle!
Vicetrailia
Member
Thank you for saying some real shit mayor.
The Last Wizard
Member
He not responsible, its been brewing and hasnt gone no damn where. He gave it the permission to be loud and proud.
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
So the mayor is right.
TheCochese
Banned
Loud and proud enough to plow into a fucking crowd. Tell me again how he's not responsible.
Evening Musuko
Black Korea
They keep winning so there's no need to condemn it.
Problem is white supremacy isn't toxic enough for people to stop voting GOP.
Fallout-NL
Member
For real, this is good.
EchoChamber
Member
Trump: that is fake news
DerekOfTheDykes
Member
Well the beautiful thing about America is that you are free to be as wrong as you want
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
The Alt right came into prominence during Trump, so I believe this.
RPGCrazied
Member
Was the death from the ramming of the car?
What do you think, man?
jack_package_200
Banned
Someone had to say it.
Kind of wish the democratic party put out a statement tying Trump to this shit
Brah
Kind of wish the democratic party put out a statement tying Trump to this shit
Brah
RPGCrazied
Member
No clue, not watching the news. I know there were people armed there. Could have been from a shooting.
KenzinFive
Member
So how many hours before Trump tweets angrily at the Charlottesville mayor for saying this, thus insulting a mayor of an American city in a literal state of emergency?
He lead the birther movement before he was President, yes
Yes, but just like how Trump is a system of society, this movement is also a symptom of the same society, which Trump's hyperbole has enabled.
If Trump is the product of "Global Trumpsim" to quote Mark Blyth's phrase, neonationalism comes from the same bloodstream, which he and these white supremacists absolutely are in line with.
Hours? Try minutes.
Its both from what I see. Trump is both a product of it and a reinforcer. You can't deny that he has empowered these supremacists
He's responsible, in a big way, for doing a lot to "legitimise" (obviously it's not legitimate, hence the speech marks) or empower it though, isn't he? From here in the UK, it looks like the shit that was no doubt always there is more "visible" now. But I could be wrong.
Pretty dense to not understand how bigots may have been emboldened by Trump's white nationalist rhetoric, and therefore made the movement even bigger than it was.
The alt-right wasn't a blip on anyone's radar before Trump
Frozenprince
Banned
Only because you weren't paying attention.
People of color been telling all of you for years this shit was happening.
The Last Wizard
Member
Yea.
I didnt word it properly. My main point is that these people have always been here, people think racism went away but it never did.
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