My response to your post is inline below: "Tony Stark, post: 4938761, member: 495092"] From Merriam Webster Dictionary: racism noun rac·ism | \ ˈrā-ˌsi-zəm also -ˌshi- \ Definition of racism 1: a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race 2a: a doctrine or political program based on the assumption of racism and designed to execute its principles b: a political or social system founded on racism 3: racial prejudice or discrimination Says Robert E Lee is incredible, This statement does not say why Trump believes Lee was incredible. It could have been for his generalship with few resources. thinks confederate monuments should stay up, How is this racist? It was a dark period of US History and it is understandable that some are offended, but is it is our history. One concern I have is the idea of statues commemorating certain or maybe all Confederate leaders. That said, should we remove the history of the Civil War from the history books? Should we do the same for pictures of Hitler, Stalin, Lenin, Mao, etc? Just so you are aware, in Liberal Seattle, WA there is a Statue of Lenin. Tens of millions of farmers died under Lenin’s rule. Should his statue be taken down? My concern is the Radical Leftists of the Democratic Party are on a campaign to rewrite US History and replace it with their own while using calls of racism as an excuse. Last year they went after John Wayne’s statue in Orange County, CA. I assume public outcry save it. For now, anyway. In racism or tearing down statues or history, reasonably determined intent is the key to understanding underlying motivation of the parties. Have not the Left been previously caught attempting to rewrite US history because it supported their narrative than what actually happened? wouldn't rent his properties to black people, Was this to all Black people or to some Black people that did not meet general and reasonable criteria? thinks 5 innocent black and brown boys should have been put to death, This sounds like hyperbole. Are we talking about reasonable difference of opinion concerting the guilt of terrorists? Americas #1 racist birther,thinks there were good people on both sides of Charlottesville, It seems prejudicial to characterize a large group of young people in Charlottesville as all racists. Their defense of wartime memorials does not necessarily mean they are racists. Some members of the Charlottesville group may associate the wartime memorials as their stand against an overarching Government that did not represent their ancestors. The term Rebel flag might mean rebel against your oppressors, which was the North during the Civil War. anti affirmative action, If Trump has supported legislation that reins in affirmative action programs that overreach to the extent of causing reverse discrimination, then is Trump not right to do so? Are we not all considered to be created equal? If you agree with this idea, why would any class of people be entitled to preferential treatment? Wasn’t slavery officially abolished 150 years ago or so? Mexicans are rapist, Some Mexicans are rapists and some Mexicans are therapists! Just kidding! Any broad generalization of a racial group is inappropriate and insensitive. In my mind, isolated examples of careless speaking does not rise to the level of racism. Does my bad attempt at humor make me a racist in your mind? Ban Muslims, ban Brown people, Enforcing already established immigration laws that may disproportionately effect a certain group attempting to illegally gain entrance into the US is not racism if all racists are affected by the enforcement the same way. As far as Muslims are concerned, those we are at war with are reasonably allowed to be denied access into our country for national security reasons. There is a Muslim religious sect that is consistently responsible for terrorist acts or the support of terrorists. Why should we allow people in, if we can help it, whose orders are to destroy us? shit hole countries, Nasty and unfriendly comment, but it does not target a specific race. Still, this comment approaches Hillary’s “Basket of Deplorables” comment that arguably covered over 60,000,000 people. send them back etc Pretty general comment. Sounds like Trump was talking about people who crossed into the US illegally. The video showed a gutless guppy of a politician who should feel at home in a toilet bowl. Based on the above, my conclusion is Trump is not a practicing racist. Now if Trump did violate housing anti-discrimination laws, then he did commit a racist act and should have been held accountable assuming he was not.
Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton both supported Iraq War. It was the administration of Billy Jeff Clinton who made regime change the official stance.
I see Putin as smart, focused and dangerous. My understanding is he is truly popular in Russia. Just as US voters have to make some uncomfortable decisions with their political choices, I feel the US needs to accept there are even fewer choices for US friendly leaders in foreign countries. In fact, there are currently no choices. Kim, Putin, Xi, and Hassan are here to stay. I wish we would accept this and other realities and try to move forward while recognizing not all of our actions have been well thought through or above board.
Trump paid fines for not renting to black people,Robert E Lee lead the fight to keep black people as slaves,there were good people only on one side of Charlottesville,send them back was about 3 women of color,shit hole countries was about majority black countries,Birtherism was a racist movement against the first black president etc but you can keep playing stupid.
So was the holocaust and Stalinism but you don't see monuments of Hitler in Germany or Stalin in Russia.