Would you accept the word of a non-leftist?
Ryan said he "absolutely disavowed" Trump's remarks, adding he doesn't even understand the line of thinking behind Trump's rationale.
www.politico.com
No. Don't paste fake news links. In your own words you tell me what is racist in terms of verbiage and or policies.
That wasn’t fake news. It was the statement of the Republican Speaker if the House. Supported by the Republican Senate Leader.
That is the real problem. Anything you do not like is Fake News. Well it doesn’t work like that in RL. Shooting the messenger may get you good news you like, but will not get you truth.
Seems to me like the real problem is that anything YOU do not like, you simply don't bother to read and just respond based on what you ASSume it says. It doesn't work like THAT in real life, either. Dodging the question may keep you from having to say what you don't want to admit, but will not stop us from knowing it's true.
Please refer to the operative part of his post: "
In your own words you tell me what is racist . . ."
Touchy aren't we? My reply was that despite the "in your own words" reply that it was not fake news. Those quotes and statements were made by the people. But like most idiots, he objected and called it fake news. So you want it in my words? Fine. It isn't fake news.
Now, onto the issue of Racism. There are various brands of Racism. They all have one thing in common. Every racist will swear they are not racist. They will tell you they have reasons, statistics, beliefs, or whatever. But they will never come out and say they are racist.
If that is the standard you expect, the head of the KKK will not qualify. But we were talking about kinds of Racists. The first is what I like to think of as the "science" based racist. They will quote statistics put forth by other racists. We have to abuse the Constitution regarding Blacks, or Browns, or whatever. You see, statistically they are more criminal. Or Statistically they are dumber, or something. There is always a good scientific reason that is at best, completely taken out of context, or worst, completely made up.
As one example of these kinds they claim that since Blacks make up a larger percentage of prison populations, that the police are right and proper in targeting blacks, since statistically they are the most criminal. Unfortunately that is a self fulfilling prophecy. Let's say I pull over a hundred cars. I pull over fifty cars that are red. The month I announce that it is obvious that red cars are the most reckless and likely to speed since the majority of the cars I pulled over were Red. Yet, ignoring the other cars and focusing on the Red cars was the reason I pulled over the Red cars in the first place. Statistically, the Whites are more likely to have contraband in sufficient quantity to warrant an arrest in a car, yet, Blacks are searched more often by the same statistical review of traffic stops. So if we were driven by Statistics, we would focus our attention on the Whites since they are more likely to have drugs or weapons in the cars that were searched. But we don't. Instead the racists insist that since Blacks make up a larger portion of prison population compared to their percentage of the population we need to focus our attention on Blacks.
Stanford researchers found that black and Latino drivers were stopped more often than white drivers, based on less evidence of wrongdoing.
www.nbcnews.com
The next is the Social Racist. The Social Racist doesn't have a pseudoscience based explanation for his beliefs. The Social Racist like the "Scientific" racist will of course deny that he is a racist. This person likes to think they are not racist, but they avoid Minorities, and are wary around them. Want to have fun, go with some minority friends and spot these folks. They jump out of their skin when they are expected to shake hands. I guess the Black comes off.
The Social Racist is ignorant, and would not consciously consider the Minorities as bad, but is very uncomfortable because of their ignorance. So he avoids them, and thinks that is the best way. On weekends, he'll cheer for his team, which has those Black folks on it, and will even go to the games and cheer. That proves they aren't racist, they're cheering for a black guy right?
Next up we have the it's their fault racists. These idiots blame Minorities for all the ills in the world. While more Whites are on Welfare than Blacks, they'll continually scream that the Blacks are going to bankrupt the nation because of Welfare. Trump falls into the last two categories. Ignorance, and blaming.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-welfare-black-white-780252
Lastly we have the hateful hearts. These idiots believe that God hates Minorities, or there is a Genetic Proof that they are subhuman. Nazi's and Jews and of course the Blacks as one example. These are the folks who claim that all of mankind's advances are because of Whites, and that Whites did the Blacks a favor making them slaves and educating the savages.
When you point out that Minorities, like the Polynesians, were navigating across the entire Pacific Ocean while Whites were afraid to go out of sight of land for fear of falling off the edge of the world, they tell you that it is propaganda. When you list inventions and achievements made by Minorities, they either ignore you, or explain that the Blacks took credit for the White persons work.
These are some of those same people who blame Jews, and Israel for whatever it is this week. Sometimes for Killing Jesus. Of course, if Jesus had not sacrificed, suffered, and died, and risen then the prophecy would not be fulfilled in scripture. These Buffet Christians, I call them that because they ignore most of the lessons in the bible while screaming that they believe and God is on their side.
Now, the most radical hater of Whites will deny he is racist. The most radical member of the KKK will deny he is racist. The most radical will always deny they are whatever, because Racist is a negative, and they believe they have reasons. A black guy got a job that should have gone to me.
Trump is not one of the hatred hearts. His is ignorance and Belief. He honestly believes that pretty much everyone on welfare is black. Even when someone tells him that is not the case, he still believes it because he's always believed it. And Trump would rather eat a raw turd than admit he was wrong. Most Racists are stubborn if you had not figured it out.
Now, I don't know about you. I really don't care to be honest. You may be one of those who totally supports the idea of delaying the election. Even when pretty much everyone else is opposed. My Wife used to be a much more adamant trump supporter. Now she just wants him to shut up. We talked about him a couple days ago. Trump's biggest problem is the unforced errors he keeps making.
Take anything. Hell he announced that he would not attend the viewing of John Lewis. Stupid. Stupid unforced error. Trump if he didn't want to say anything nice about Lewis, could have made it about civil rights, and the giants of the era. He could have quoted MLK's brilliant I have a dream. He could have talked about how many more Blacks are graduating college today because of the civil rights movement. He could have talked about anything. Instead, he comes off as petty and petulant. A stupid unforced error.
Will you support the results of the election? The answer, the American Answer is yes. I believe the American People will reelect me, but if in their wisdom they choose another, I will respect the people of this nation enough to absolutely accept their decision. The honor is the serve, and to serve the people. Instead, another UNFORCED ERROR.
I voted for Trump. I don't think I'll vote this year. I do not see either of them worth the time it would take to cast a ballot. We're screwed either way.
Trump's biggest failure, is he won't learn. He won't find good Political advisors, and he won't listen to them unless they tell him exactly what he wants to hear. Much like the response I posted above. It was not fake news. It happened. And we are not living in a country which censors news because someone doesn't like it. We have a President, not a Kaiser.