TRUMP HATERS' DOUBLE STANDARDS, HYPOCRISY
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When President Donald Trump revoked the security clearance of former CIA head John Brennan, more than a dozen former high-level intelligence officials fired off a letter that said the president’s decision was “ill-considered,” “inappropriate” and “deeply regrettable.”
The next day, 60 former lower-level CIA officials signed an open letter condemning the act. Their letter read, in part: “All of us believe it is critical to protect classified information from unauthorized disclosure. But we believe equally strongly that former government officials have the right to express their unclassified views on what they see as critical national security issues without fear of being punished for doing so.” About a hundred other former officials have since added their names to this letter.
Where were all these officials, so concerned about “critical national security issues” when much of the country – then and now – believed President George W. Bush misled the nation about the Iraq war and the assumption that Saddam Hussein possessed stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction? Ron Fournier, then the Associated Press Washington, D.C. bureau chief, publicly said, “George W. Bush lied us into war in Iraq.” To this day, a majority of Democrats, according to several polls, still believe that the entry into the Iraq war was based upon a lie.
Where was the intelligence community’s joint letter reminding the country that Bush relied on the unanimous opinion of all 16 of our intelligence agencies? Why didn’t the intelligence community publish a joint letter defending the integrity of the intelligence community and remind the nation that Bush retained the same CIA director, George Tenet, who served under President Bill Clinton, and said that the assumption that Saddam possessed stockpiles of WMD was a “slam dunk”? But President Trump yanks the security clearance of an ex-CIA director who calls Trump “treasonous” – ie. eligible for the death penalty – and much of the intelligence community throws a hissy fit.
The anti-Trump double standards continue.
The New York Times, for its editorial board, recently hired a tech writer named Sarah Jeong, who in recent years posted anti-white, anti-male and anti-cop messages on Twitter. The Times defended the decision by saying Jeong was, in effect, being sarcastic with her caustic posts, simply imitating the hateful nature of her Twitter critics. Call it a form of satire, insisted the Times. But Twitter never banned her, despite her anti-white, anti-cop and anti-male posts.
Conservative pundit Candace Owens tried an experiment. Owens repeated Jeong’s posts – except she replaced the word “white” with either “black” or “Jewish.” Owens, for example tweeted: “Jewish people are bull–-t … like dogs p–-ing on fire hydrants. … Are Jewish people genetically predisposed to burn faster in the sun?” “Black people are only fit to live underground like groveling goblins.” As Owens anticipated, Twitter promptly suspended her account.
Here’s another double standard.
President Obama, on several occasions, compared slaves to immigrants. It generated no controversy. But when Trump Cabinet member Ben Carson said the same thing, the reaction could not have been more different. At a 2015 naturalization ceremony for new citizens, Obama said: “It wasn’t always easy for new immigrants. Certainly it wasn’t easy for those of African heritage who had not come here voluntarily, and yet in their own way were immigrants themselves. There was discrimination and hardship and poverty. But, like you, they no doubt found inspiration in all those who had come before them. And they were able to muster faith that, here in America, they might build a better life and give their children something more.” Obama, during his presidency, almost a dozen times compared slaves to immigrants whether they “arrived on the Mayflower or on a slave ship, whether they came through Ellis Island or crossed the Rio Grande.” His remarks were often received with applause.
Carson said the same thing last year in a speech before HUD employees. “That’s what America is about,” Carson said, “a land of dreams and opportunity. There were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships, worked even longer, even harder, for less. But they, too, had a dream that one day their sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters, great-grandsons, great-granddaughters, might pursue prosperity and happiness in this land.”
Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., insisted that Carson’s “slave equals immigrant” perspective means he is unqualified to lead HUD. Carson, said Ellison, “doesn’t know how urgent it is to confront racism” in housing. “It’s disturbing to me, and it should be to every American, not just black Americans. … For him, the HUD secretary, to have a stunning misunderstanding of history like that, is really, really striking.”
Talk show host Whoopi Goldberg said: “Were the slaves really thinking about the American dream? No, because they were thinking, ‘What the hell just happened?!’ You know, when people immigrate, they come with the idea that they’re going someplace for a better life. … It’s voluntary. … How does he miss what slavery is?! How does he miss that no slave came to this country willingly? … Ben, ‘Roots.’ Watch ‘Roots.'”
To be a Trump-hater in good standing, one must employ double standards, hypocrisy and selective outrage. The line forms to the left.
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No one hates Trump. That is false. Wrong. Untrue. A lie.
Lots of people despise him because he is a liar and a cheater and a racist and a...
But "despise" and "hate" are two different words. "Despise" requires motive:
- I despise Trump because he is a liar,
- I despise Trump because he is a reckless destroyer of our planet,
- I despise Trump because he is a racist,
- I despise Trump because he appeals to Americans' lowest instincts,
- I despise Trump because he........
"Hate" requires no motive. It is a primal emotion.
This difference explains why Unthinking Faithful TM are required to always say "Trump haters" which is false, rather than "Trump despisers", which might cause a few of them to wonder why Trump is despised - "despise" always being motivated.
The Unthinking Faithful TM must never be given cause to think, so "despise" is replaced by "hate".
This is conform to the general instructions given to the Unthinking Faithful TM, who are commanded to hate. To hate Blacks, to hate Latinos, to hate... others!
But in reality, most of those that hate him hate him because they cannot say "Madame President".
That's a pretty good list...
... but you forgot hypocrite, bully, nepotist, ...
Nope...the same can be said of previous presidents, but when they have a D next to their name, to you guys, they are angels.
My post stands as fact.
Yeah... I'd really like to see Michelle win a Presidential election...
A Black woman... and fifty million infarctus as the results come in...
How about Candace Owens then? I mean, since all you seem to care about is the gender and the skin color of a candidate...
You guys keep harping that Trump is not qualified to be President, but now you want Michelle Obama as your President, someone who has even less experiences (she is younger), and, like Trump has never had political experience.
There really is only one reason why you would want her as president, and it has nothing to do with intelligence or experience. I'll let you figure it out.
Do you imagine that I named Michelle "just" because of gender and skin color? Seriously?
What is it with you that you feel obligated to never react straightforwardly? Why must you always duck and weave?
I don't know if there's something in your mental process that is permanently off-track and therefore you imagine that you are going to the heart of things... or if you practice willful hypocrisy...
Michelle is smart. She has been "involved" in politics since forever.
Her heart is in the right place. Her initiatives as First Lady were appropriate and effective.
There has never been the slightest whiff of scandal.
Shall we now do a parallel description of Candidate Trump?
That's right about intelligence officials. For all the ones who complained about Brennan losing his clearance- they were the ones asleep at the switch for 9/11, WMDs in Iraq, Russian interference, cooking up fake collusion charges against Trump, Fast and Furious, etc.... They couldn't do their job when they were in office and had their clearances.
People who feel obliged to defend Donald Trump are the lowest of the low in current American society. They should be utterly ashamed of themselves every single day.
I don't have any special love for the man and I voted for someone else in the primaries, but I will come to his defense when I think he is being attacked dishonestly or unfairly, which happens a lot with him. I have had this attitude with both Democrats and Republicans.
Oh please, Trump is easily the worst person to ever hold the presidency. If he was attacked 18 hours a day it would barely cover it.
Really? Cuz he doesn't own slaves. Not all presidents can say that. You should probably research presidents more.
You might have skipped science class, but there are 24 hours in a day and I'm pretty sure he's being attacked during all of them.
Right, he just hired undocumented Polish immigrants so he could pay them less than half the union wage while refusing to provide any safety equipment when they demolished an asbestos-laden building to make room for Trump tower. Plus he stiffed them on their wages anyway.
Larry is the man. As usual, well researched and argued. You'll see people talking vaguely about how awful Trump is, but you won't see many willing or able to dispute the content of what Larry actually wrote.
When President Donald Trump revoked the security clearance of former CIA head John Brennan, more than a dozen former high-level intelligence officials fired off a letter that said the president’s decision was “ill-considered,” “inappropriate” and “deeply regrettable.”
Why ? Probably because president trump is pulling power strings that other presidents left pretty much alone.
This does not surprise me. Any advantage this president can grab he does. The problem with winning at all cost is there is always a cost.
Will this president's actions set a precedence on future presidents using this power as well ? Some of them, yes Probably !
While trump may see it as just another tool he has to control what others do and say IMO: It is another step taking control away from others and giving it to himself.
More power for the president less power for the rest of Americans.
Just makin America Great....lol
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This may be a bit off topic, but I think it is the most appropriate seed on here to post it on.
Yesterday, as I was watching part of the Aretha Franklin funeral, I could not help but notice a couple of things...
1. Did anyone not notice the three racists/anti semites (Jackson, Farrakhan and Sharpton) and the sexual assaulter/rapist (Slick Bill Clinton) sitting front and center on stage? What also was noticed was absolutely no MSM sites or channels seemed to notice or want to report on this.
If this was a funeral for a different prominent American, and Trump and David Duke were sitting on stage, liberals and the media (the same thing) would be losing their minds. Headlines would start with this story, cable channels like MSDNC and CNN would be covering this flight MS370 style, 24/7 for a week.
2. After Ariana Grande got done performing, the pastor sure did get handsy with her.Even she looked awful uncomfortable with his hand around her waist/on her breast.
I feel bad for Aretha. She deserved far better than this. I think that if she knew that these people would be highlighted at her funeral, she would be appalled and put a stop to it. Aretha was far and above those racists/perverts.