is america more racist than it was during and before the civil rights movements
if so how did that happen?
26-30, M
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Mamapolo2016 · F
I probably should post this under 'I've got something to say' but...
President Obama did not cause more racism or end racism. President Trump did not cause or increase racism. It's not THEM. It's US. It's me and it's you.
We don't all play golf because our Presidents do. We don't all own Portuguese water dogs or run Miss America contests. Presidents can't create a racist where there is none.
It's not somebody else's fault, friends. It's MY fault and YOUR fault.
Presidents can't save us from ourselves. The fact that some could not accept President Obama (and it was NOT primarily because he was black - it was because he was liberal) and many can't accept President Trump who DID accept President Clinton who committed the same sins or worse because he is conservative shows me we have lost the power to reason, as well as the ability to respect anything.
The same balance scales should be used to judge everyone.
President Obama did not cause more racism or end racism. President Trump did not cause or increase racism. It's not THEM. It's US. It's me and it's you.
We don't all play golf because our Presidents do. We don't all own Portuguese water dogs or run Miss America contests. Presidents can't create a racist where there is none.
It's not somebody else's fault, friends. It's MY fault and YOUR fault.
Presidents can't save us from ourselves. The fact that some could not accept President Obama (and it was NOT primarily because he was black - it was because he was liberal) and many can't accept President Trump who DID accept President Clinton who committed the same sins or worse because he is conservative shows me we have lost the power to reason, as well as the ability to respect anything.
The same balance scales should be used to judge everyone.
bijouxbroussard · F
@Mamapolo2016 It doesn’t change the fact that often different administrations have reflected a backlash to social progress. Trump as a reaction to Obama (who any [b]actual[/b] liberal will tell you, was a [b]moderate[/b]) is comparable to Jim Crow and the KKK coming in reaction to the Emancipation Proclamation and Reconstruction.
Mamapolo2016 · F
@bijouxbroussard Tell me how that's true. That's not a shutdown, it's a sincere question. If you don't want to hijack the post, PM me.
bijouxbroussard · F
@Mamapolo2016 Which part, Obama as a moderate ? Or Trump's intent on reversing all of the legislation during Obama's administration with the same zeal that Congress reversed the gains of Reconstruction ?
Mamapolo2016 · F
@bijouxbroussard I'm okay with Obama as a moderate - I'm also okay with Trump as as neither a liberal or conservative but as some peculiar variety all his own. And I do not find Trump in the least likeable, but likeability is not an issue for me.
Yes, the latter, chapter and verse so I can look at it and decide for myself. Dramatic statements do not equal truth. Facts equal truth (and yes, President Trump is truth-impaired). Most Presidents are, because truth-telling is not how you become President.
Yes, the latter, chapter and verse so I can look at it and decide for myself. Dramatic statements do not equal truth. Facts equal truth (and yes, President Trump is truth-impaired). Most Presidents are, because truth-telling is not how you become President.