Only logged in members can reply and interact with the post.
Join SimilarWorlds for FREE »

Was Ronald Reagan a racist sonofabitch?

In a taped call with Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan described the African delegates to the United Nations in luridly racist terms. Take a LISTEN:

https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-a-historian-uncovered-ronald-reagans-racist-remarks-to-richard-nixon
ImKelsey · 26-30, F
Why expose a dead guy?
This comment is hidden. Show Comment
This message was deleted by its author.
This comment is hidden. Show Comment
MarkPaul · 26-30, M
[u]Everyone[/u] (except Mr. Rogers) has skeletons in his/her closet. And, that doesn't excuse them; it also doesn't make them necessarily bad. When we take one of those skeletons and examine them decades later without context, in an isolated fashion, and with ill intent we see someone who doesn't - and can't - live up to the non-human expectations we have placed on them.
This comment is hidden. Show Comment
TexChik · F
Oughta take a listen to LBJ if you want to hear racist hate speech
Jake966 · 56-60, M
Ronald Reagan was a good man . I will not believe some “recording” , they can be manipulated
JaggedLittlePill · 46-50, F
@Jake966 he was a racist. This is no secret.
Jake966 · 56-60, M
@JaggedLittlePill he was a racist like you are Republican ?
Smart23 · 51-55, F
President Ronald Reagan was the best president that we have had.
@Smart23 Trump is just the rotting fruit that came from the seed Reagan planted. A downhill skid starts someplace. That first dip into racism, abuse of the middle and lower income classes came at the hand of Reagan..and has gotten worse ever since. Trump is the worst..........so far. Now that the GOP sees what elected Trump---cheating, racism, hatred, acting like a crass asshole----that route to power will be repeated by the GOP from now on. Count on it.
This message was deleted by its author.
@Smart23 Reagan was as corrupt as the rest. Google Iran-Contra.
GallantlyChurlish · 46-50, M
So, the guy didn’t appreciate having to negotiate civilized world politics with people who haven’t evolved their societies in 3,000 years and refuse to wear shoes. Let the guy vent.
GallantlyChurlish · 46-50, M
Call me whatever makes you feel better. @excon
excon · 80-89, M
@GallantlyChurlish Hello again, GC:

I didn't "call" you a name.. I just IDENTIFIED who you are.. I'm a Jew.. Do you HATE us too????

excon
Sicarium · 46-50, M
@excon You're also an idiot who tries to bully people in an attempt at manipulating them into silence. I hate idiots that bully people into silence.

And before you whine, I didn't call you a name. I identified you for you. I assumed that responsibility over your existence. Just like you did. Dumbass. Another identifier.
There are a dozen different tapes out there on Reagan. Racism in the GOP began with Reagan.......and has come to full bloom under Trump.
@Jake966 We hope. 20 for treason and 20 more from NY State on their charges against him. And maybe 20 more for the rape of a then 14 y.o. and 19 other pending sexual assault and rape cases.
Jake966 · 56-60, M
[@LOL
@Jake966 Not ur fault u don't get it. Nothing bad to say to you. The average IQ is just under 100 in society. That means that half of everyone out there are less bright or capable of comprehension than those with just average intelligence. Everyone under that 100 IQ is even less bright.

So for half of society comprehending what they hear and read is not possible. Those are the people who scoff at what everyone else knows. IQ is a funny thing. You are either born with it--or ur not....and nothing u can do after birth can raise it or lower it. So making fun of someone who was born with little ability to comprehend even simple things--like history, facts, etc---is silly. You go ahead and blithely "LOL" at facts and history and science and anything else you can't comprehend as real....and the rest of us will go on with intelligent life.
Pfuzylogic · M
It sounds totally consistent with his character. The problem with the homeless skyrocketed under his watch. It was why the homeless man in the movie Scrooged dying was such an important scene back in the 80s..
curiosi · 61-69, F
Libs are digging for dirt to keep anger, hatred and division alive between us. Easier to conquer.
excon · 80-89, M
@curiosi Hello c:

I dunno... When you're a RACIST, it's YOU who're sewing division..

At least in MY world, that's so..

excon
Sicarium · 46-50, M
"Everyone is racist," says the racialists.
Yulianna · 22-25, F
not too sure about the "sonofabitch"...
windinhishair · 61-69, M
Reagan was racist. Many white people were racist back then. You have to put his racism in historical context, given that he was born in 1911 when there was still segregation and Jim Crow laws. It doesn't excuse his racism, but it does help contextualize it.
NankerPhelge · 61-69, M
If he was, fluck knows why. He was supposed to be an Aquarius, the Chief Superintendent of politically correct SJWs.
eMortal · M
He is the reason we have the prison industrial complex today. You do the math.
I don’t doubt it. I [b]know[/b] Nixon was, once commenting on a tape that Roe v. Wade was necessary as long as white women “insisted on fooling around with black men, they’d [b]need [/b] abortions”. 😰
JaggedLittlePill · 46-50, F
Of course he was. He was not alone in that. Unfortunately, they are everywhere.
This comment is hidden. Show Comment
excon · 80-89, M
@Stereoguy

Yet, you replied...

DUDE!

 
Post Comment