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re: In response to all who piled on Trump being a racist xenophobe
Posted on 7/15/19 at 11:28 am to half cajun
Posted on 7/15/19 at 11:28 am to half cajun
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The context is that that they are all citizens and three of the 4 were born here. Where are they to go back to when they were born here?
I'm not arguing that his statement makes sense and is factually accurate. It's not. So what is your point?
He told some people to go their homeland (not accurate for 3 of the 4) and fix their problems, then come back and tell us how it's done. It's not accurate to dumb that down to simply "go back to your country." It's not what he said.
One can acknowledge that the statement itself is confusing while also acknowledging that it was not some racist statement.
This post was edited on 7/15/19 at 11:30 am
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Posted on 7/15/19 at 11:30 am to pizzatiger
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I am concerned that his cult of personality is so strong that he can easily inspire the nutjobs in this country to gain more power and influence.
Like who?
Because what he's doing is causing the real nutjobs to lose their shite and expose themselves to the American voters so that we can finally see unfiltered who should never be allowed to garner too much of the power. Even once good intention-ed Democrats are being shown as complicit in regards to these unhinged radicals in their party.
Posted on 7/15/19 at 11:32 am to half cajun
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What’s un-American is telling citizens to go back to the land of their ancestors. Especially elected representatives. And I’ve never agreed with a word any of these Ds have said.
So your stance is the 1st amendment is un-American?
Posted on 7/15/19 at 11:35 am to hawkeye007
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Trump came up with "clean coal" it takes a 12yr old to make that up and actually believe it.
Oh yeah? Specifically what year was that term first used?
I’ll wait
Posted on 7/15/19 at 11:41 am to Snipe
What a fricking stupid response.
Posted on 7/15/19 at 11:43 am to SUB
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Go back to your country" does not equate to asking them "Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. Then come back and show us how it is done."
So he meant go back to their home states or cities and fix them? They were elected to Congress. That’s kinda exactly what they signed up for. Lol
What does trump actually want them to do? Explain in detail
This post was edited on 7/15/19 at 11:44 am
Posted on 7/15/19 at 11:46 am to Displaced
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"they do it too"
Not, "too", Trump has said nothing "racist".
Posted on 7/15/19 at 11:52 am to cajunangelle
There is nothing incorrect in his tweet. Nothing at all.
Posted on 7/15/19 at 11:56 am to Kusagari12
Why does he need to drop it? They need to be called out for their shite.
Posted on 7/15/19 at 11:57 am to half cajun
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What a fricking stupid response.
It's not surprising that the point is lost on you..
Carry on cuddling your feels.
Posted on 7/15/19 at 11:58 am to SUB
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He told some people to go their homeland (not accurate for 3 of the 4) and fix their problems, then come back and tell us how it's done. It's not accurate to dumb that down to simply "go back to your country." It's not what he said.
At what point does someone stop being from another country?
Posted on 7/15/19 at 11:58 am to Snipe
The point is not lost. It’s just freaking stupid.
Posted on 7/15/19 at 12:04 pm to pizzatiger
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So he meant go back to their home states or cities and fix them? They were elected to Congress. That’s kinda exactly what they signed up for. Lol
I already said that his statement doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
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What does trump actually want them to do? Explain in detail
Not really sure. Let's break it down. I translate the first part as "these congresswomen came from places that have terrible governments (3 of 4 didn't) and now they are trying to say America sucks and think they know best on how to do a good job of running things." This doesn't make a whole lot of sense unless these people also served in government at their "homelands." It's like he's somehow implying they played some role into how bad those governments are run. They didn't. Maybe it's just implying that they come from a culture that has no clue how to run a government. But it seems that Trump is using their homelands / heritage lands (if that makes sense?) as some sort of dig at them not knowing how to legislate.
The second part to me is him saying "if they think they are so good at running a government, why don't they work on fixing the problems of their homeland / heritage land and come back and let us know how that went."
So to answer your question, I really don't know what he's asking them to do. What I do know is that it wasn't a "Derrrr you and your kind should go back to your country!" which is what the media is spinning it as.
This post was edited on 7/15/19 at 12:08 pm
Posted on 7/15/19 at 12:06 pm to Jorts R Us
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At what point does someone stop being from another country?
Well that's certainly debatable, isn't it? It's beside the point though when people are trying to make this into some racist thing.
Posted on 7/15/19 at 12:08 pm to cajunangelle
So I'm not seeing the problem with his tweets.
What's the issue?
What's the issue?
Posted on 7/15/19 at 12:11 pm to SUB
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It's beside the point though when people are trying to make this into some racist thing.
We can agree to take racism out of the equation but I disagree that it is some throwaway point. Do you think people should identify as hyphenated Americans?
This post was edited on 7/15/19 at 12:13 pm
Posted on 7/15/19 at 12:14 pm to hawkeye007
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He has never been punched in the mouth.
What? no elected President has taken as much shite as Trump.
Posted on 7/15/19 at 12:23 pm to SUB
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I already said that his statement doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
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I really don't know what he's asking them to do. What I do know is that it wasn't a "Derrrr you and your kind should go back to your country!" which is what the media is spinning it as.
So you don't even know WTF he's trying to say but you're mad about how it is being interpreted by others?
What do you expect?
If he doesn't want to get blasted, he's perfectly capable of putting together a coherent statement. He clearly doesn't want to.
This post was edited on 7/15/19 at 12:28 pm
Posted on 7/15/19 at 12:34 pm to pizzatiger
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So you don't even know WTF he's trying to say but you're mad about how it is being interpreted by others?
You missed the part where it's clear he's not trying to say something racist. No rational person would interpret this as racist: "Go back to your country, fix their problems, then come back and tell us how that went." Only someone foaming at the mouth to shout "racist!" would interpret it that way.
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If he doesn't want to get blasted, he's perfectly capable of putting together a coherent statement. He clearly doesn't want to.
He just did in a press conference. Apparently what he meant is "if they don't like it here, they are welcome to leave."
I don't get how you get there from the tweets but whatever.This post was edited on 7/15/19 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 7/15/19 at 12:37 pm to Jorts R Us
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Do you think people should identify as hyphenated Americans?
I don't really have an opinion on this. It depends on the context of how the question is asked. I'd give different answers when asked:
Where are you from?
Where do you live?
Where were you born?
Where is your family from?
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