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Jockmcplop
United Kingdom9484 Posts
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NewSunshine
United States5938 Posts
Also he's lashing out at "Progressive Democrat Women", making it very clear what his problem is, telling them to "go back where they came from", which is America, and "fix their dysfunctional government there", which again, is America, before "telling us how our government should be run", which as elected congresswomen is their job. What a gem. It's gonna take me a while to appreciate the sheer strategic mastery on display here. | ||
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ShoCkeyy
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Mohdoo
United States15466 Posts
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plated.rawr
Norway1676 Posts
On July 14 2019 23:10 Nouar wrote: Most likely referring to Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and AOC. Let me get this straight : - Omar was born in Somalia and is a good exemple of integration : works, speaks english, progressed the social ladder. His comments could apply in her case maybe, as the diaspora could work towards fixing broken governments. Though after dozens of years of civil war, its KINDA HARD and still a very insensitive piece to say. - Rachida Tlaib was born in Detroit from Palestinian parents. The US *is* her country, as much as Trump's children's or his father's. Her origins do not really have an independant government to fix, as the US doesn't recognize Palestine as a state, which would be a first step towards fixing it. So, bullshit here. - AOC was born in Bronx, her father was born in Bronx from a Puerto Rican family, which IS an american territory, so she is even MORE american than Donald Trump. And Puerto Rico does not get representation in Congress. Buuut, they are not white, and their names sound not white (nor eastern european, which looked sexy, as he married several). What a (selectively) racist piece of shit. (And I'm not even starting on evaluating if the US government has been broken nonfunctional and/or corrupted itself, these past two decades :-D) What is happening today that his admin is attempting to obfuscate? This is clearly too correctly written to be Donald, so it's got to be white house pr handlers. Its obviously also using an easily incindiary topic, which is good at taking attention away from current events. | ||
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30548 Posts
On July 15 2019 03:36 plated.rawr wrote: What is happening today that his admin is attempting to obfuscate? This is clearly too correctly written to be Donald, so it's got to be white house pr handlers. Its obviously also using an easily incindiary topic, which is good at taking attention away from current events. Probably Pence' visit to the immigrant detention centers, which was not a good look. Or it's just a lame counter attack by Stephen Miller after Ocasio-Cortez called him out specifically for the mistreatment in the detention centers. | ||
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Ben...
Canada3485 Posts
On July 15 2019 03:36 plated.rawr wrote: Supposedly the "ICE raids" are going down today. I haven't heard whether that has actually happened or not. They've threatened them multiple times now.What is happening today that his admin is attempting to obfuscate? This is clearly too correctly written to be Donald, so it's got to be white house pr handlers. Its obviously also using an easily incindiary topic, which is good at taking attention away from current events. | ||
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Mohdoo
United States15466 Posts
On July 15 2019 03:41 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote: Imagine being Melania and reading this lmao. Did Trump forget he's married to an immigrant? There's a reason some of the prominent white nationalist groups identify as European. It's kind of like how middle eastern people get weird when you mention their African roots/genes. Some foreign stuff is ok, but only certain types of foreign. Many white nationalists see Americans as a purified, idealized version of Europe. Immigrant means not European. | ||
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30548 Posts
On July 15 2019 04:12 Mohdoo wrote: There's a reason some of the prominent white nationalist groups identify as European. It's kind of like how middle eastern people get weird when you mention their African roots/genes. Some foreign stuff is ok, but only certain types of foreign. Many white nationalists see Americans as a purified, idealized version of Europe. Immigrant means not European. How do they deal with Mexico being mostly spanish and Spain being in Europe | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands21508 Posts
On July 15 2019 04:26 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote: Mexican > European so the Spanish are dirty Mexican immigrants.How do they deal with Mexico being mostly spanish and Spain being in Europe | ||
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Dangermousecatdog
United Kingdom7084 Posts
...They also said the same thing to a French guy. Hatred needs not follow the bounds of reason. I suppose it's the same line of thought that some people identifying themselves as Viking, because their grandmother was from "Scandinavia". | ||
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Nebuchad
Switzerland12043 Posts
On July 15 2019 04:26 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote: How do they deal with Mexico being mostly spanish and Spain being in Europe It's not like whiteness makes sense in general so it doesn't have to make sense in the details either | ||
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farvacola
United States18820 Posts
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Sermokala
United States13815 Posts
On July 15 2019 05:49 farvacola wrote: I think the ICE raids slated for today have fizzled out because the President’s racism is more obvious than ever and a lot of locals have planned for how to frustrate them. I think it achieved the goals it was was intended to achive. I don't think the deporting people part was the focus.. | ||
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farvacola
United States18820 Posts
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NewSunshine
United States5938 Posts
On July 15 2019 06:42 farvacola wrote: Sure, immigrants are more frightened of authorities than ever, goal achieved! I went through school, and remembered a thing or three. One of those things was the story of Anne Frank and the annex. If that was your goal, well done. To the rest of us it's a chilling parallel. | ||
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ShambhalaWar
United States930 Posts
On July 15 2019 00:07 Mohdoo wrote: wow. telling congresswomen to go back home is pretty bad even for trump. Is it really though? Feels more like the norm of what I would expect him to say... I'm curious for the absence in these moments of all the people in the thread who are so often soooo inspired by their leader's words... curiously absent when he is speaking so loudly and obviously. No doubt, they are still inspired, so much so into silence. | ||
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iamthedave
England2814 Posts
On July 15 2019 08:29 ShambhalaWar wrote: Is it really though? Feels more like the norm of what I would expect him to say... I'm curious for the absence in these moments of all the people in the thread who are so often soooo inspired by their leader's words... curiously absent when he is speaking so loudly and obviously. No doubt, they are still inspired, so much so into silence. Probably just working on a neat dismissal line. Everyone getting their panties in a twist, clearly Trump's not being racist because he didn't explicitly state 'I am a racist' while wearing a klu klux klan hat, leftie liberal sensitivity etc. etc. I mean, they've dismissed way worse. This is water off a duck's back. | ||
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Gahlo
United States35118 Posts
On July 15 2019 09:09 iamthedave wrote: Probably just working on a neat dismissal line. Everyone getting their panties in a twist, clearly Trump's not being racist because he didn't explicitly state 'I am a racist' while wearing a klu klux klan hat, leftie liberal sensitivity etc. etc. I mean, they've dismissed way worse. This is water off a duck's back. Clearly he's talking about the swamp, which The Left is fostering. It's really the simplest explanation in the world and you should all be ashamed for the blatant stoop to identity politics, but I guess I shouldn't expect anything better. /S | ||
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ShambhalaWar
United States930 Posts
On July 15 2019 09:22 Gahlo wrote: Clearly he's talking about the swamp, which The Left is fostering. It's really the simplest explanation in the world and you should all be ashamed for the blatant stoop to identity politics, but I guess I shouldn't expect anything better. /S /S = Sarcasm? | ||
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