Remember when people used to pretend that Donald Trump wasn't a racist ?
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BohemianBoo · M
Good times.
Though I still don't think he is, I think he just pretends to be, because most of his supporters are.
Though I still don't think he is, I think he just pretends to be, because most of his supporters are.
LordShadowfire · 100+, M
@BohemianBoo This is a guy who only started renting to black people because it became illegal to refuse to. Just putting that out there.
BohemianBoo · M
@LordShadowfire That was mainly because of his father. Plus they thought that having black people there would lower the property values. Which is shitty, but people do that to make money, even without hating black people.
RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M
@BohemianBoo He's as racist as they come. How else do you explain him still refusing to accept that the Central Park Five were innocent , or him telling non-white US lawmakers to 'go back to where they came from' ?
I could go on.
I could go on.
BohemianBoo · M
@RodionRomanovitch Like I said, I think he says racist things because he knows most of his base is racist. He knows that he can devalue someone in the eyes of his supporters if he plays the race card. He hired Elaine Chao for a position in his cabinet. But then, when he wanted to turn people against her, he called her "China-loving" and "Coco Chow." Trump isn't actually racist against the Chinese, but he'll use racism against Chinese people if it benefits him.
The reason he didn't admit he was wrong about the Central Park case is because he's a man-child who can't ever admit when he's wrong.
The reason he didn't admit he was wrong about the Central Park case is because he's a man-child who can't ever admit when he's wrong.
RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M
@BohemianBoo I get what you're saying , and might have agreed with all that at one time.
He no longer gets the benefit of the doubt with me however. His racism is innate.
He no longer gets the benefit of the doubt with me however. His racism is innate.
BohemianBoo · M
@RodionRomanovitch Maybe, but it seems like he only expresses racism for personal gain.
Another example I remember is when he was doing a speech to an evangelical audience and he was running down Ted Cruz. He said something like "You know he's Cuban. Not a lot of Evangelicals in Cuba." Trump isn't religious at all. I'm sure he doesn't care that Cubans aren't Evangelicals. But he knew that specific audience would, so he brought it up. He's also not transphobic, so he never talked about trans people. But in the last two years, the Right became obsessed with transphobia, so now all of a sudden, Trump is saying anti-trans things. It's all an act.
Another example I remember is when he was doing a speech to an evangelical audience and he was running down Ted Cruz. He said something like "You know he's Cuban. Not a lot of Evangelicals in Cuba." Trump isn't religious at all. I'm sure he doesn't care that Cubans aren't Evangelicals. But he knew that specific audience would, so he brought it up. He's also not transphobic, so he never talked about trans people. But in the last two years, the Right became obsessed with transphobia, so now all of a sudden, Trump is saying anti-trans things. It's all an act.