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I think devonkim meant that politicians DO in fact have control over which deplorable supporters they get associated with in the public eye -- the politicians w

• roenxi 8y ago
  Firstly, that is not what devonkim said, so he probably doesn't mean that. Secondly, that is also wrong. Trump is a good example of this sort of thing - a reporter just has to look at him sideways to get told that black unemployment is at a record low, and over the last 2 years he's pulled a couple of pro-black political stunts. About half the media will still call him a racist, because he has _no_ control over who he gets associated with. I expect this point would come up in a debate so I'll address it - a 'Muslim travel ban' is only racist to someone who is very confused about what 'race' means. Given the pain Bush & Obama have delivered to the Middle East in particular, and the Muslim world in general, this is a distasteful but certainly not inconsistent choice for US foreign policy. > politicians who accept donations from racist organizations are the racist politicians. Maybe in the abstract, but who are there "racist organizations" that are making political donations to influence politicans? Assuming we are still talking US politics, the last scandal [0] involving the KKK (only racist organisation I know of) was in 1991! Everything since is literally throwaway one-line comments of no real significance. I don't think racist organisations are active in politics, they'd make candidates unelectable. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_United_States_politics#1970s%E2%80%93present https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_United_States_politi...