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I think what annoys people is the doublestandards, as in that people on the right have to regularly denounce the radical elements while the extremes on the othe

I think what annoys people is the doublestandards, as in that people on the right have to regularly denounce the radical elements while the extremes on the other side often gets a pass. As we saw over the weekend, even moderate pacifists that condemned all political violence and the president were labeled sympathizers because they didn't denounce the 'bad guys' hard enough.

CaptainZapp 9y ago
This may get me downvoted to oblivion, but here we go anyway: and the president were labeled sympathizers After the president's press conference yesterday, there can't be any doubt that he's very, very chummy with some of the vilest elements of society.
- ZeroGravitas 9y ago
  The president appeared on the Alex Jones show to drum up support during the election. Alex Jones said that the Nazi protestors at Charlottesville were actually Jewish actors. http://www.newsweek.com/nazis-charlottesville-were-jewish-actors-dressed-discredit-white-supremacists-650718 http://www.newsweek.com/nazis-charlottesville-were-jewish-ac... So, yeah.
pfisch 9y ago
I mean one side was literally advocating the extermination of all/most minorities in this country and chanting things along those lines. If there are people chanting and advocating the extermination of all white people on the left I haven't really been exposed to it, and I'm 100% confident that around 99% of people on the left would denounce it in a heartbeat.
zimpenfish 9y ago
> the president were labeled sympathizers He has a decades-long reputation for being anti-POC. I'd be amazed if he wasn't a sympathiser with the people sharing the same views (and still most everything he says and does points to him being a sympathiser.)
- convery 9y ago
  > He has a decades-long reputation for being anti-POC. He has also received awards for his work helping POC. Personally I value someones actions over what others think of them, but maybe I'm just crazy.
  - rtpg 9y ago
    So do you judge him on convictions against him about not selling to non-whites? About hiring the man who ran the self-described 'beacon of the alt-right'? Of constantly calling perfectly rich places 'crime-riddled inner cities' beacuase they're less than 90% white? Of claiming that am American-born judge can't be unbiased because his parents are Mexican?
  - zimpenfish 9y ago
    > He has also received awards for his work helping POC. Those I'm not aware of. Can you give citations or links? > I value someones actions over what others think of them Ok, how about him being sued for racial discrimination in 1973?[1] Or his extremely racially charged ad about the Central Park Five?[2] Or his comments about Mexicans?[3] Or his "Voting Rights Commission" which exists largely to disenfranchise POC?[4] [1] https://www.nytimes.com/times-insider/2015/07/30/1973-meet-donald-trump/ https://www.nytimes.com/times-insider/2015/07/30/1973-meet-d... [2] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/17/central-park-five-donald-trump-jogger-rape-case-new-york https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/17/central-park... [3] http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-37230916/drug-dealers-criminals-rapists-what-trump-thinks-of-mexicans http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-37230916/drug-dea... [4] http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/30/opinions/voter-rolls-demand-douglas/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/30/opinions/voter-rolls-deman...
eli_gottlieb 9y ago
The Left aren't nominating Stalin apologists to their Presidential ticket.
- deleted 9y ago
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- gspetr 9y ago
  It came very close to nominating one: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/02/bernie_sanderss_1963_stay_at_a_stalinist_kibbutz.html#ixzz3zJnYPltx http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/02/bernie_sanderss_...

CaptainZapp 9y ago

This may get me downvoted to oblivion, but here we go anyway: and the president were labeled sympathizers After the president's press conference yesterday, there can't be any doubt that he's very, very chummy with some of the vilest elements of society.

ZeroGravitas 9y ago
The president appeared on the Alex Jones show to drum up support during the election. Alex Jones said that the Nazi protestors at Charlottesville were actually Jewish actors. http://www.newsweek.com/nazis-charlottesville-were-jewish-actors-dressed-discredit-white-supremacists-650718 http://www.newsweek.com/nazis-charlottesville-were-jewish-ac... So, yeah.

pfisch 9y ago

I mean one side was literally advocating the extermination of all/most minorities in this country and chanting things along those lines. If there are people chanting and advocating the extermination of all white people on the left I haven't really been exposed to it, and I'm 100% confident that around 99% of people on the left would denounce it in a heartbeat.

zimpenfish 9y ago

> the president were labeled sympathizers He has a decades-long reputation for being anti-POC. I'd be amazed if he wasn't a sympathiser with the people sharing the same views (and still most everything he says and does points to him being a sympathiser.)

convery 9y ago
> He has a decades-long reputation for being anti-POC. He has also received awards for his work helping POC. Personally I value someones actions over what others think of them, but maybe I'm just crazy.
- rtpg 9y ago
  So do you judge him on convictions against him about not selling to non-whites? About hiring the man who ran the self-described 'beacon of the alt-right'? Of constantly calling perfectly rich places 'crime-riddled inner cities' beacuase they're less than 90% white? Of claiming that am American-born judge can't be unbiased because his parents are Mexican?
- zimpenfish 9y ago
  > He has also received awards for his work helping POC. Those I'm not aware of. Can you give citations or links? > I value someones actions over what others think of them Ok, how about him being sued for racial discrimination in 1973?[1] Or his extremely racially charged ad about the Central Park Five?[2] Or his comments about Mexicans?[3] Or his "Voting Rights Commission" which exists largely to disenfranchise POC?[4] [1] https://www.nytimes.com/times-insider/2015/07/30/1973-meet-donald-trump/ https://www.nytimes.com/times-insider/2015/07/30/1973-meet-d... [2] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/17/central-park-five-donald-trump-jogger-rape-case-new-york https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/17/central-park... [3] http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-37230916/drug-dealers-criminals-rapists-what-trump-thinks-of-mexicans http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-37230916/drug-dea... [4] http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/30/opinions/voter-rolls-demand-douglas/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/30/opinions/voter-rolls-deman...

eli_gottlieb 9y ago

The Left aren't nominating Stalin apologists to their Presidential ticket.

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gspetr 9y ago
It came very close to nominating one: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/02/bernie_sanderss_1963_stay_at_a_stalinist_kibbutz.html#ixzz3zJnYPltx http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/02/bernie_sanderss_...