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What has Trump done to make you think he hates diversity? I get that Trump comes off egotistical, but even if he only cares about his own image, I think it's un

What has Trump done to make you think he hates diversity? I get that Trump comes off egotistical, but even if he only cares about his own image, I think it's unfair to say that Trump is "completely against the idea of diversity". Just because he's a big bad white man and wants to put America first that means he hates all diversity? I cant see any reason for Trump to be against gay people either, or any other group for that matter, but liberals have no problem saying that he's anti-everything. This is the same kind of overly PC whining that is fueling the Trump fire.

mikestew 10y ago
What has Trump done to make you think he hates diversity? Have you heard the man speak, or heard him quoted? You don't denigrate Mexicans, federal judges whose parents are Mexican, and blacks because you're a fanboy of diversity. You don't judge women solely on their appearance and yet still get to be the poster boy of diversity. Making fun of the disabled is not only a cheap shot beneath even most 13 year old boys, it also doesn't get you the "Diversity Champion 2016" award. Why would Trump have anything against gay people? Because he hasn't shown any respect for anyone else that isn't white, straight, male, and American-born. Why would homosexuals get a pass?
- javalava 10y ago
  I've never heard Trump denigrate Mexicans or Blacks. He made that one poorly phrased comment about illegal immigrants being drug dealers and rapists, but in context, it's clear he wasn't implying anything negative about Mexican people as a whole, but just those that illegally cross the border. All of the instances you mentioned were taken out of context. "Because he hasn't shown any respect for anyone else that isn't white, straight, male, and American-born. Why would homosexuals get a pass?" This exemplifies exactly what I was trying to say. Do you really believe that Trump has never shown respect for anyone except for white men? I feel like there's nothing Trump could do to avoid this stigma, because our PC culture attaches it to anyone who speaks out against them. I think this is exactly why Peter Thiel is pro-Trump.
  - drewrv 10y ago
    > I've never heard Trump denigrate Mexicans or Blacks. Then you haven't been paying attention. He said a judge couldn't do his job because his parents were Mexican. The highest ranking elected official from his own party, Paul Ryan, called it the "textbook definition of a racist comment".
    - ThomPete 10y ago
      Thats not a lot to go by though and hardly enough to brand him a racist. He has hired more or less any race, have several women on his boards and trust his daughter with big parts of the business. His actions are very different than the claims of him. I would agree that he comes of rather ego-driven but there is a world of difference between that and the way he is portraid as the anti-christ.
      - swang 10y ago
        > He has hired more or less any race, have several women on his boards and trust his daughter with big parts of the business. Not[0] Really[1] 0: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/donald-trump-casino-women-executives http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/donald-trump-cas... 1: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-courtship-of-black-voters-hampered-by-decades-of-race-controversies/2016/07/19/d9822250-4d2e-11e6-aa14-e0c1087f7583_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-courtship-of-...
        ThomPete 10y ago
        He doesn't really run casinos anymore so that's hardly useful. But for instance Key Executives For The Trump Organization LLC Cathy Hoffman Glosser http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/people.asp?privcapId=344985 http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/people.asp?... In other words he does have women in leading positions.
        swang 10y ago
- kamamama 10y ago
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  - mikestew 10y ago
    You created an HN account just to reply to li'l ol' me? I'm flattered. Not impressed with your counter-argument, but flattered nonetheless.

mikestew 10y ago

What has Trump done to make you think he hates diversity? Have you heard the man speak, or heard him quoted? You don't denigrate Mexicans, federal judges whose parents are Mexican, and blacks because you're a fanboy of diversity. You don't judge women solely on their appearance and yet still get to be the poster boy of diversity. Making fun of the disabled is not only a cheap shot beneath even most 13 year old boys, it also doesn't get you the "Diversity Champion 2016" award. Why would Trump have anything against gay people? Because he hasn't shown any respect for anyone else that isn't white, straight, male, and American-born. Why would homosexuals get a pass?

javalava 10y ago
I've never heard Trump denigrate Mexicans or Blacks. He made that one poorly phrased comment about illegal immigrants being drug dealers and rapists, but in context, it's clear he wasn't implying anything negative about Mexican people as a whole, but just those that illegally cross the border. All of the instances you mentioned were taken out of context. "Because he hasn't shown any respect for anyone else that isn't white, straight, male, and American-born. Why would homosexuals get a pass?" This exemplifies exactly what I was trying to say. Do you really believe that Trump has never shown respect for anyone except for white men? I feel like there's nothing Trump could do to avoid this stigma, because our PC culture attaches it to anyone who speaks out against them. I think this is exactly why Peter Thiel is pro-Trump.
- drewrv 10y ago
  > I've never heard Trump denigrate Mexicans or Blacks. Then you haven't been paying attention. He said a judge couldn't do his job because his parents were Mexican. The highest ranking elected official from his own party, Paul Ryan, called it the "textbook definition of a racist comment".
  - ThomPete 10y ago
    Thats not a lot to go by though and hardly enough to brand him a racist. He has hired more or less any race, have several women on his boards and trust his daughter with big parts of the business. His actions are very different than the claims of him. I would agree that he comes of rather ego-driven but there is a world of difference between that and the way he is portraid as the anti-christ.
    - swang 10y ago
      > He has hired more or less any race, have several women on his boards and trust his daughter with big parts of the business. Not[0] Really[1] 0: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/donald-trump-casino-women-executives http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/donald-trump-cas... 1: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-courtship-of-black-voters-hampered-by-decades-of-race-controversies/2016/07/19/d9822250-4d2e-11e6-aa14-e0c1087f7583_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-courtship-of-...
      - ThomPete 10y ago
        He doesn't really run casinos anymore so that's hardly useful. But for instance Key Executives For The Trump Organization LLC Cathy Hoffman Glosser http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/people.asp?privcapId=344985 http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/people.asp?... In other words he does have women in leading positions.
        swang 10y ago
kamamama 10y ago
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- mikestew 10y ago
  You created an HN account just to reply to li'l ol' me? I'm flattered. Not impressed with your counter-argument, but flattered nonetheless.