Donald J. Trump is a Racist.
However he is worse then that, he is an opportunist. Donald Trump's racism has been on display most of his life and was almost certainly learned from his father. While he sloughs it off as just a single sting held by the federal housing authorities aimed at many apartment and condo managers in the 1970's, he and his father were fined several times and were directly aimed at by the federal government. At the time it could have been passed as the usual federal attacks trying to clean up some of the re-directing of people of color to certain apartment buildings and to buy certain apartments in neighborhoods and it certainly was that, but it was more then that for the Trumps. It was a case of a rising power in New York real estate coming into their own where they felt above the law.
Fast forward to 2009 and Trump's “Birther-ism”, which is really just another word for racism. He pushes the racist idea that President Obama was not born in the United States. Like most “Birthers” it had really nothing to do with if Obama actually was or was not born in America (since he obviously was), but rather because he was the first African-American elected to be the President. Beyond that he and the new First Family did not meet the usual racist warnings that were put out before he took office. He and his family carried themselves with the dignity of Jackie Robinson when he integrated Baseball and knew they would be accused of every sickness that could come from racists mouths and diseased minds. They rose to the challenge and met it wonderfully.
Then came the election of 2016. His entire campaign was tinged with outright racism, as was he when he said that a Mexican-American judge could not be the judge in a civil case concerning him, strictly because he was of Mexican-American ancestry. His refusal to disavow until forced to the endorsement of David Duke in yet one more example. In his rallies the presence of the Alt-Right (the new word for Racists) was undeniable. In many instances he not only acknowledged their attendance, but incited then to violence against others and the media. In fact the bulk of his rallies were tinged with calls to violence. Violence against anyone who opposed him. Violence against the free speech of others. The race coded talk of those who were “different” in America. Those who “did not fit” with the image of Mayberry RFD that he was appealing to.
The false claims of blaming the “others” for all of the problems of the working class. “They” were here to take your jobs. “They” were always on welfare. “They” were being supported by you while you suffered. It was always a pointed finger of blame toward “others” that ever Dictator/Strongman/Facist want to be played to. The supposed un-invited in a nation of immigrants who were different then the White people already here. The idea of walling off America and isolationism of those like Steve Bannon, who was whispering in his receptive ear. His own words of “Take back our country” and “Make America Great Again” presupposed that America was not already great (it was and is) and that it was the fault of those ”others” who are not White for those who did not share in our rising economy. Who are not Nativists (a sick joke considering that only Native Americans are really “Nativist” here). Who are not Sheriff Andy and Barney and Aunt Bee.
That's where “Take Back America” comes in. He promised to take America back to an America that never actually existed outside of back lots at DesiLu Studios of the shows like “Mke Room for Daddy” and Ozzie and Harriet”. To take America back to the “safe” days of the 1950's, when White People were the only ones seen on TV except in the role of servants. The “safe” days when many White Americans closed their eyes to the Jim Crow laws of the old South. To an America where Black people knew their place, Mexicans just picked our harvests in deplorable conditions, Asians were the gardeners or the rich or ran laundries and Native Americans were routinely slaughtered in our Western movies and TV shows to the cheering of White children. To take America back where White People were firmly in controlled and not terrified of the truth that White America is disappearing.
The children of America being born today will be the first generation of children who will be born into an America where Whites are not going to be in control. Where Whites will be another minority as Hispanic heritage peoples take over. This idea scares the hell out of a lot of racists and old White people. The very idea of a non-White controlled America is anathema to everything they were raised to believe and makes them certain America is headed to it's death because of it. The good news of what happened in Virginia is the truth that those fears, like most racial and racist fears are just plain wrong and ignorant stupidity. We saw the REAL Americans resisting the old racists. What we are going through with this violence in Virginia is the very death throes of a failed system of bigotry, hatred and ignorance. Even they hear the death rattle of their hate and bigotry in their own throats and it makes them fight much harder against the inevitability that they can not stop. Unless they want to resort to the age old Final Solution of death camps.
It will not be easy and I am afraid that much more blood will be shed, mostly because of supposed leaders such as Trump who encourages racism by having people like Steve Bannon and Steve Miller as his top advisers. Until they are gone America can not move forward. It's easy to say that he just used the racists and the Alt-Right as a stepping stone so he could get what he wanted, a seat in the Oval Office, but that is letting him off far too easy. If he is personally a racist or not (and he has shown that he is) is irrelevant. He courting of and refusal to condemn his virulent racist followers and faithful makes him a conspirator to their ignorant racism and that makes him one of them.
Donald J. Trump is a racist. In action and in deeds.
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Donald J. Trump is a racist. In action and in deeds.
And so are those who try to apologize for him or to somehow justify him and his bigoted hate.
"“Above all, we must remember this truth, no matter our color, creed, religion or political party, we are all Americans first,” he said.
Trump said that he spoke with Virginia governor Terry McAulliffe and said they agreed that the hate and division displayed in the city had to stop.
“We must love each other, respect each other and cherish our history and our future together,” Trump said. “So important.”
The president moved quickly to address the violence in Charlottesville, first sending a message on Twitter condemning the violence.
“We ALL must be united & condemn all that hate stands for,” he wrote. “There is no place for this kind of violence in America. Lets come together as one!” http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/12/americans-first-donald-trump-calls-peace-condemns-violence-sides/ The above are not the words of a racist.
They are the words of a racist trying not to sound like a racist.
Hal,
I think Trump's words do not mean the same thing to most of us, as they mean to his Faithful.
We must love each other, respect each other and cherish our history and our future together...
In this context, "history" means "Southern Heritage", which means... white supremacy. Does anyone image that Donald Trump knows any history? Or, more ludicrous yet, that Donald Trump "cherishes" history?
The Faithful hear what Trump needs them to hear, and the rest of us are oblivious.
The Donald Trump version of southern heritage would be a plantation owner.
... with a whip...
The voices of hate and division refuse to hear words of calm, healing, and restoration. It's really sad when some refuse to come together as one American people. E Pluribus Unem, out of many one, one nation, under God, indivisible...
How true!
Trump condemns ‘egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence’ in Charlottesville http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/08/12/trump-condemns-egregious-display-hatred-bigotry-and-violence-in-charlottesville.html
Donald Trump, by declaring the words "On many sides" repeated twice blew a clear and very loud dog whistle to his Alt-Right racist base. Until he kicks out out-right what supremacists such as Steve Bannon, Steve Miller and Nazi Sebastian Gorka he will always be a joke when it comes to the rights of any one who is not White in America. All three are sick, demented racists and as long as he associates with them, even though they bring him the Klan style vote, he will always have their stink on him. He will go down in history as the most outright racist occupier of the Oval Office in modern history. Personally I think he actually enjoys rolling with them in their shit.
BTW, voting up your own comments is the sign of an insecure and mentally sick asshole.
As if the Antifa wasn't part of the problem today as well as the white nationalists. Trump was right to condemn all violence and hate there Saturday. No free pass for Antifa.
Trying (and failing, badly) to switch the blame and change the target does not work. Very weak gruel.
There was no switching the blame. There was simply blaming everyone involved there in the hate and violence.
... blaming everyone...
And that is profoundly wrong! You are putting the dead in the same sack as their killers.
No free pass for Antifa.
So... Terrorist murder is OK, as long as it is against "those people"...
Violence, hate, and murder over disagreement about political issues is never ok. Why would you think anyone would defend what that car driver did? What he did as evil as it was does not absolve those on the opposite side of any of the hate or violence that they engaged in.
... does not absolve those on the opposite side...
Why must you insist on "sides", as though "not-murderers" are somehow equivalent to "murderers"?
trump also made more (off scrip remarks) right after his "On many sides" comment he said, " This all started before Obama or myself", thereby absolving himself of any responsibility for today's division which ofcourse is a joke as the division he encouraged for the last year and a half is what won him the presidency..
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"Words don’t mean much to me, deeds are what matters." Quote from the president.
Meaning....I'll say anything to get what I want
How Hatred only Hurts You
“Holding on to Hate is like letting someone live rent-free in your mind”
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The opposite of hatred is not love. It is mental and emotional detachment. Hatred attaches you to the thing or person you hate. Hatred is an intense repulsion that creates a mirror effect in that it attracts the person back to the thing hated in order to be repulsed by it over and over. Hatred is bitter-sweet as it inflates the ego and makes you feel very superior and self-righteous against the thing or one that is hated, only breeding further pain.
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Pop Psychology. I have seen and experienced much better then that.
And I would have thought at least you were above giving your own post a thumbs up.
I'm not sure Trump is an overt racist. He seems to be more of a racist of opportunity, and go along to get ahead sort of racist. When there is something in it for him he will be as racist as the next guy, lol.
As weird as it sounds, he used birtherism to get himself established in Republican politics. I doubt if he really believed the nonsense for a second.
I think the same may be true with his white nationalism. It got him a lot of votes when he positioned himself as the hero of the white working class and attached his fate to people like the Breitbart, Gateway Pundit, Infowars, and Pepe the Frog crowd.
Still it's possible that he actively dislikes non whites, after all he only sees them as tokens to display (Carson, "my black" in his campaign crowd, Omarosa,etc) and he disparaged American Indians before a congressional committee and has made a string of anti- AI statements and thoughts. And of course he mired himself in comments about Mexican "rapists".
Well, after reading these posts it seems there is a lot of hate right here, but for Pres. Trump. So many liberals throw around the word "racist". We conservatives were accused of being racist if we dared disagree with Pres. Obama. On many occasions, I thought that he was racist. But, that's right there is no such thing as reversed discrimination.
Make America Hate Again.
If Trump is losing Matt Drudge, the he has serious problems.
My opinion.......the hate started with Pres. Obama. He divided us.
My opinion.......the hate started with Pres. Obama. He divided us.
He certainly did piss off a lot of white cons who never could even imagine a black man with that much power over them. Or I should say they were pissed and afraid. He personally had nothing to do with their fear or anger. He was just the first black man as president it could have been pretty much any black man. Just wait till some "bitch" takes over LOL !!!! Some of the old fossil cons won't be able to survive their heart stopping...
I have no problem with an African American president. I supported three African Americans who ran for the office. Alan Keyes who I voted for in the 1996 California GOP Primary, Hermain Cain in 2012 until he dropped out, and Ben Carson who I voted for in last years Ca. GOP Primary. So cut the racism crap already.
I wasn't even talking to you.
and I don't care who you voted for.
and BTW the topic IS racism.
Also many people DID have a problem with a black president. They are the racists.
and BTW the topic IS racism.
Exactly. The subject is racism, which did exist long before even the modern er. The problem is someone in the Oval Office who will not call it out for what it was on Saturday. Alt-Right, which is nothing more then a fancy new name for White Supremacy, racism and as long as he has Bannon, Miller and Gorka in the White House he will never have any credibility on the subject. If he keeps them then his feelings are obvious. He supports racism. Either they need to go or he does.
Hopefully all 4 will be gone soon!
and the sooner the better !!