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I'm not an American but I do get a lot of American politics shoved my way and this morning was no different. Trump addressed the joint house. However as I watched a clip with the sound turned off I noticed a lot of democrats looking quite KKK wearing shiny white clothes. Coincidence?
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Northwest · M
The President addressed a joint session of Congress. The House is one branch, and the Senate is another.

In the early 1900s, women who asked for equality, were treated as if they were prostitutes, by society in general. So, they decided to wear white, as a sign of "purity", and to push back.

That aside, it really takes someone like you, to use the KKK as a reference, when you know that quite a few of the Congresswomen/Senators, who wore white, are blacks, and descendants of those who suffered horribly, at the hands of the KKK, and those who supported the KKK.

Or perhaps, as a Canadian, you have no clue what went on in the US, until very recently.
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
The kkk was the enforcement arm of the democrat party.
Northwest · M
@hippyjoe1955: and that relates to your post how? Not to mention that your info is outdated by more than 60 years
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
Ask Hillary who her mentor was and you will find out that it was a clansman. The democrats are the sexist/racist party and have been for a very long time. Witness the fact that they want to divide the country along ethnic/racial/gender lines. The deep divisions so evident in the US today is the fault of Obama not Trump.
Northwest · M
@hippyjoe1955: nice speech. What's it got to do with your racism?
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@Northwest: I'm not a liberal or a democrat so there is no way I could be racist.
Northwest · M
@hippyjoe1955: yet you keep posting racist crap. Like this thread you started here.
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@Northwest: Democrat is a race? I did not know that.
Northwest · M
@hippyjoe1955: Yeah, nice try. You compared the black congresswomen, to the KKK. Never mind, that you had no clue what the historical context was. So, I guess you're a racist, and you have no clue. That's usually a combo deal. Notice how you spent most of your time, trying to explain how you're not racist?
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@Northwest: Nope I never mentioned any colour and nor would I.
Northwest · M
@hippyjoe1955: That I believe. To you, it seems as if only one color matters. When you don't see how bringing the KKK into it, is no big deal, you're obviously not capable of seeing any other colors.
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@Northwest:
A white as in the clothes the democrats wore is not a colour.
B It is you who are projecting your racism onto someone else.
C Your definition of racist seems to be someone who is winning a debate with you. You wouldn't be a liberal would you? Bwahahahahahahaha! Gasp.
Northwest · M
@hippyjoe1955: you have a high opinion of yourself. That's clear. It's what other people that counts.

When someone disses black congresswomen, using a KKK reference, that's racist, regardless of how many different ways you try to spin it.
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@Northwest: Did anyone ever tell you that constantly focusing on race like you do is racist behaviour? No where in any of my comments have I ever mentioned race yet you being a racist keep bringing the topic up.
Northwest · M
@hippyjoe1955: When you bring up the KKK, in conjunction with black congresswomen, you're making it real plain, what you're thinking.
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@Northwest: I brought up the KKK in regards to democrats. You are simply proving my point.
Northwest · M
@hippyjoe1955: You brought up the KKK, because you're a racist, and quite ignorant of our history. This is like the time, you insisted that negro is OK, because it's a Spanish word. Keep on tap dancing, in Canada, ey?
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@Northwest: Nope. I am completely colour blind. You brought up race. I brought up democrat history.
Northwest · M
@hippyjoe1955: Keep on tap dancing, and let's not forget that this is 2017. Tell me again, how it's OK to use the term negro.
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@Northwest: So now you are off on a tangent. Have a nice life stewing in your racist world. I prefer to treat all humans the same.
Northwest · M
@hippyjoe1955: Sure, as long as you see nothing wrong with telling some black US congresswomen, that they're KKK like. I guess it's all white to you, as you could not see the black there.
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@Northwest: It really doesn't matter what colour her skin is. If she doesn't know the history of her party then she is uninformed not me racist. MLK was a republican for a reason.
Northwest · M
@hippyjoe1955: Yes, MLK Sr was a Republican, and so were many blacks, given the association with Lincoln. This changed when JFK ran on the Democratic ticket, but the shift from a liberal Republican party to a conservative one, and the Democratic party from a conservative, to a liberal one, had already occurred.

MLK Jr, however, was not a partisan. He, however voted for JFK and MLK Sr. put the word out, that they should vote for JFK and that he had switched party allegiance.

In 1964, and even though he was not politically affiliated with a party, MLK Jr. made no secret whom he was voting for, and it was not the Republican candidate.

But keep showing your ignorance.