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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From the Atlantic:

Context matters. From another person, at another time, observing that Sergeant La David Johnson “knew what he signed up for” by joining the Army wouldn’t have sparked outrage. But consider what else Representative Frederica Wilson—with the backing of Johnson’s mother—has alleged: that Trump didn’t know Johnson’s name; he repeatedly called him “your guy.” [b]And that Trump’s tone was oddly jovial: “He was almost, like, joking.”[/b]

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/10/why-trump-cant-handle-the-cost-of-war/543492/[/quote]

Wilson knows that this subject is not one to joke about. When she was laughing and smiling about becoming a "rock star," you could tell she was doing it in a really serious way. [/quote]

WTF?[/quote]

But just so we're clear: Trump and his supporters are totally, totally not racists. This family being black, this member of Congress being black, that has utterly nothing to do with any of this. In fact, anyone who notices that the family is black, and that it is often black people who are abused by Trump and his supporters, is *themselves* the racist. See now?[/quote]
Oye. Back to the race card and the accusations that Trump voters are racists. Sigh.[/quote]

No no, like I said - them being black definitely has nothing to do with him feeling entitled to take even less care than usual with his words. Or with his supporters feeling totally right that the family and member of Congress should definitely have no right to speak about their feelings or experience with Trump. Definitely, them being black has nothing to do with any of this. I mean there's no pattern of Trump behaving especially grossly with black people, or with his supporters seeming to get extra vicious and nasty when black people are concerned. Absolutely, race is never a factor in any of this.[/quote]

It is the weirdest thing.  A White young lady who was a contestant in one of the "Miss" pageants blasted Trump by name on national TV.  Trump did not say a word about it or her.  Jemele Hill says the same thing in a Tweet.  He goes all in on her.  So…yea there IS a difference…whether folks want to admit it or not.

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