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Adaydreambeliever · 56-60, F
Actually you know diddly squat sunshine, people like you rarely do and are riddled in ignorance which they cannot see.
However, let's get the ball rolling on your illogic shall we. So, assuming this is real and not another of your kind's dipshit made up rubbish, then so what? If Hunter is an ignorant dipshit that does not logically mean his father is a racist.. it doesn't and if you had half a brain you'd see this..
PS feel free to present evidence re his father if you disagree..
I think you need to wake up and see that all this is just sour grapes by the ignoranti Trump lovers, who cannot get over the election and hold on to anything to try to rant about it
However, let's get the ball rolling on your illogic shall we. So, assuming this is real and not another of your kind's dipshit made up rubbish, then so what? If Hunter is an ignorant dipshit that does not logically mean his father is a racist.. it doesn't and if you had half a brain you'd see this..
PS feel free to present evidence re his father if you disagree..
I think you need to wake up and see that all this is just sour grapes by the ignoranti Trump lovers, who cannot get over the election and hold on to anything to try to rant about it
ron122 · 41-45, M
@Adaydreambeliever You're awesome dude
toddr13 · 46-50, M
@Adaydreambeliever I wouldn't go so far in defending Joe's record, as his bestie for many decades was none other than Byrd, high ranking KKK member in his younger years, and Joe's own statements about not wanting his children to grow up in a "racial jungle" when dealing with school busing in the 1970s speak to his own sentiments. The crime bill that he authored, pushing for minimums for crack possession that disproportionately effected communities of color, his comments about "poor students being as smart as white kids," describing Obama as "articulate" and "clean," and many other statements and actions that do not reflect multiculturalism, and do imply that he sees status in his skin color.
While it does not mean he used the deplorable n-word like his son, his thoughts on race can be questioned by his own actions and statements, and the logical conclusion that the influence of the father has helped produce the attitude in the son who would utter that word.
While it does not mean he used the deplorable n-word like his son, his thoughts on race can be questioned by his own actions and statements, and the logical conclusion that the influence of the father has helped produce the attitude in the son who would utter that word.
bijouxbroussard · F
@toddr13 I have a question for you. Aren’t you one of those who decries so-called “cancel culture”—holding someone forever accountable for past mistakes ? Isn’t that what you and the OP are guilty of here ? It’s selective, of course, you still don’t hold Trump accountable—and he never apologizes.
Republicans of all stripes were right to clobber Donald Trump for his failure to disavow support from David Duke and the Ku Klux Klan. But some Trump supporters are so desperate to somehow prove that Democrats also harbor racists that they are dredging up the name of the late senator Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.)
Nice try. And a pathetic one at that.
Yes, Byrd was a member of the Klan. Even worse, as he wrote in his 2005 book, he formed a chapter of the domestic terrorist organization in the 1940s. Then, Byrd went into politics. Several times during his 57 years in Congress, Byrd’s Klan connection threatened to upend his career. But here is where Byrd is no Duke. He admitted his mistake and atoned for it in public and in policy.
In his memoir, Byrd wrote, “It has emerged throughout my life to haunt and embarrass me and has taught me in a very graphic way what one major mistake can do to one’s life, career, and reputation.”
Because of Byrd’s evolution on race and equality, the NAACP issued a statement praising him at the time of his death. “Senator Byrd came to consistently support the NAACP civil rights agenda, doing well on the NAACP Annual Civil Rights Report Card,” said Hilary O. Shelton, director of the NAACP Washington bureau and senior vice president for advocacy and policy. “He stood with us on many issues of crucial importance to our members from the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act, the historic health care legislation of 2010 and his support for the Hate Crimes Prevention legislation.”
Nice try. And a pathetic one at that.
Yes, Byrd was a member of the Klan. Even worse, as he wrote in his 2005 book, he formed a chapter of the domestic terrorist organization in the 1940s. Then, Byrd went into politics. Several times during his 57 years in Congress, Byrd’s Klan connection threatened to upend his career. But here is where Byrd is no Duke. He admitted his mistake and atoned for it in public and in policy.
In his memoir, Byrd wrote, “It has emerged throughout my life to haunt and embarrass me and has taught me in a very graphic way what one major mistake can do to one’s life, career, and reputation.”
Because of Byrd’s evolution on race and equality, the NAACP issued a statement praising him at the time of his death. “Senator Byrd came to consistently support the NAACP civil rights agenda, doing well on the NAACP Annual Civil Rights Report Card,” said Hilary O. Shelton, director of the NAACP Washington bureau and senior vice president for advocacy and policy. “He stood with us on many issues of crucial importance to our members from the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act, the historic health care legislation of 2010 and his support for the Hate Crimes Prevention legislation.”
toddr13 · 46-50, M
@bijouxbroussard I see a difference because the KKK at its core is a group formed around hatred. It’s not the same as when Jimmy Kimmel had a black character in his comedy routine that he may have misjudged the import of his actions to members of the community that he was appropriating. He wasn’t supporting a group that was filled with hate and destruction of anyone not like them. Perhaps I am judging a bit harshly, but I do think that segregationist politics do form a basis for the lawmaker and that positions with such power need to be held to a higher standard.
bijouxbroussard · F
@toddr13 The bottom line is, how does one support someone who continues to make racist comments and has been a lightning rod for Confederate-flag carrying racists while holding someone else who spent eight years as a loyal VP to the first black president responsible for his adult son’s behavior ? How much sense does that make ?
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