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I'd love to see what you think is the #1 most racist, violent, and hateful tweet from president Trump. Really, go ahead and find it, then let me know what it is

I'd love to see what you think is the #1 most racist, violent, and hateful tweet from president Trump. Really, go ahead and find it, then let me know what it is. Note: I do not support racism, violence, or hateful actions. I don't seek for things of that nature (I denounce them), but I genuinely haven't seen those qualities in the words of our president, so I sincerely want to know what all the fuss is about with respect to Trump's so-called racist remarks. I have seen a lot of people ascribing those labels to various things he's said (but not intended), and I've seen him say and do a lot of anti-racist things, but apparently the coded racism in his language isn't as obvious to me as it is to so many other people.

save_ferris 6y ago
Here’s a perfect example from today[0]. Trump is denouncing the Kaepernick kneeling trend in the NFL, which represented a protest of police brutality in Kapernick’s own words. His action wound up costing him his career, and now the NFL is apologizing because they got caught suppressing a peaceful and justified protest to speak out against police brutality. Trump, among with many others, refuse to even acknowledge that this legitimate protest in fact denounced a very legitimate problem in America by subverting and redirecting the discussion to respecting the flag. This intentional redirection is an explicitly racist strategy to avoid discussing police brutality. On the violence front, just a few days ago, Trump threatened to deploy active duty troops on protesters marching for a George Floyd. This was such an egregious action that Trump’s own former Secretary of Defense and one of the most regarded leaders in the military to denounce Trump as a threat to the Constitution[1]. Those were his exact words. Trump has called immigrants animals, he secretly separated immigrant children from their parents at the border, he’s constantly calling for investigations of his political rivals, numerous types of behavior that we’ve never seen in a democratically elected leader before. If you’re not understanding the accusations of “coded language”, I’d encourage you to read up on the history dictatorships, because authoritarian behavior (deploying troops against peaceful protestors) and dehumanizing speech (calling immigrants animals) have preceded every single genocide in human history. 0: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1268998143733051394 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/12689981437330513... 1: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/james-mattis-trump-statement/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/james-mattis-trump-statement/
- curiousgeorgio 6y ago
  I'm not going to address your numerous disagreements with Trump's policies, but instead respond to the one quote you actually pointed to, which was this: "We should be standing up straight and tall, ideally with a salute, or a hand on heart. There are other things you can protest, but not our Great American Flag - NO KNEELING!" I agree (and Trump would agree) that people are well within their rights to kneel in protest of police brutality (or any issue for that matter), and Trump has actually been doing a lot to improve the quality of our police force (so he agrees on the principle behind it too). That said, there's been plenty of publicity lately over our differences in these issues, and it sounds like the president is just asking people to at least unite behind the idea of living in a country that has so much to be proud of. When we show respect for the flag, we aren't saying that the country is perfect. We're honoring the men and women who gave and continue to give their lives for us to even have a place where we can debate these issues peacefully. We honor and have pride in a country where everyone (regardless of race or any other attribute) can be protected by the rule of law rather than oppressive leaders or the fear of anarchy. If there's one thing we need as a nation now more than ever, it's to look for the good in each other and to find common ground. Respect for our country - and symbolically our flag - is perhaps the best place to start. Trump is telling us we can and should continue to protest those things that need improvement (he says so in the same sentence), but one thing that shouldn't divide any of us is our flag. Now if that's his #1 most racist tweet, then I rest my case.

save_ferris 6y ago

Here’s a perfect example from today[0]. Trump is denouncing the Kaepernick kneeling trend in the NFL, which represented a protest of police brutality in Kapernick’s own words. His action wound up costing him his career, and now the NFL is apologizing because they got caught suppressing a peaceful and justified protest to speak out against police brutality. Trump, among with many others, refuse to even acknowledge that this legitimate protest in fact denounced a very legitimate problem in America by subverting and redirecting the discussion to respecting the flag. This intentional redirection is an explicitly racist strategy to avoid discussing police brutality. On the violence front, just a few days ago, Trump threatened to deploy active duty troops on protesters marching for a George Floyd. This was such an egregious action that Trump’s own former Secretary of Defense and one of the most regarded leaders in the military to denounce Trump as a threat to the Constitution[1]. Those were his exact words. Trump has called immigrants animals, he secretly separated immigrant children from their parents at the border, he’s constantly calling for investigations of his political rivals, numerous types of behavior that we’ve never seen in a democratically elected leader before. If you’re not understanding the accusations of “coded language”, I’d encourage you to read up on the history dictatorships, because authoritarian behavior (deploying troops against peaceful protestors) and dehumanizing speech (calling immigrants animals) have preceded every single genocide in human history. 0: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1268998143733051394 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/12689981437330513... 1: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/james-mattis-trump-statement/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/james-mattis-trump-statement/

curiousgeorgio 6y ago
I'm not going to address your numerous disagreements with Trump's policies, but instead respond to the one quote you actually pointed to, which was this: "We should be standing up straight and tall, ideally with a salute, or a hand on heart. There are other things you can protest, but not our Great American Flag - NO KNEELING!" I agree (and Trump would agree) that people are well within their rights to kneel in protest of police brutality (or any issue for that matter), and Trump has actually been doing a lot to improve the quality of our police force (so he agrees on the principle behind it too). That said, there's been plenty of publicity lately over our differences in these issues, and it sounds like the president is just asking people to at least unite behind the idea of living in a country that has so much to be proud of. When we show respect for the flag, we aren't saying that the country is perfect. We're honoring the men and women who gave and continue to give their lives for us to even have a place where we can debate these issues peacefully. We honor and have pride in a country where everyone (regardless of race or any other attribute) can be protected by the rule of law rather than oppressive leaders or the fear of anarchy. If there's one thing we need as a nation now more than ever, it's to look for the good in each other and to find common ground. Respect for our country - and symbolically our flag - is perhaps the best place to start. Trump is telling us we can and should continue to protest those things that need improvement (he says so in the same sentence), but one thing that shouldn't divide any of us is our flag. Now if that's his #1 most racist tweet, then I rest my case.