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> Given this administration track record, I would be willing to explain it by lack of knowledge. What about the track record of this administration would lead

> Given this administration track record, I would be willing to explain it by lack of knowledge. What about the track record of this administration would lead you to be willing to explain it by lack of knowledge? If there's one thing the Trump administration has been extremely knowledgeable about, it's this. Their MO is to be racist through dogwhistles and increasingly bullhorns. Their track record should lead you to believe strongly that this is all intentional and intended to be racist and hateful. The Trump administration is one week after the next embroiling itself in unnecessary scandals where they are purveyors of hate speech, racism, and violence against minorities. It is not one week after the next of incompetence or 'lack of knowledge', it is years of building on targeted hate directed towards minorities.

A4ET8a8uTh0 6y ago
Um. Red triangle is not the most complex logo ever created. It is within a realm of possibility that it happened as, um, quality control is somewhat lax in this administration. I honestly think you are doing your cause disservice by presenting it this way. edit: removed not ; added a clarification
- cryptoz 6y ago
  You are ignoring the context of the situation. The context matters. When a group of people who espouse hate against minorities on a daily basis use identical symbols as other groups in history who also espoused hate on a daily basis towards the same minority groups, it is not a coincidence. Analyzing every move by Trump or his administration or campaign individually, without context of the surrounding mood of the nation or recent history, will lead you to the wrong conclusions. There is a lot more subtle hate in the world than most people were expecting to exist. But it's there, and when you see time after time the same sneaky tricks used to spread hate, they no longer look like coincidences at all. The 'simplicity' of the symbol is irrelevant. It is simple by design, to give the racists who use it a 'cover' for their racism ("see it's just a triangle you're crazy for seeing things"). The pattern fits, it's racism and hate directed at minorities. This is a pattern, and pretending each action in the pattern is unrelated to each other or likely all coincidences, is effectively disinformation. These racist and hateful remarks and statements are not all just accidents.
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  - A4ET8a8uTh0 6y ago
    Decided to delete my original reponse. It may have been too personal an attack. Sorry for that. I still disagree, but I think I will be stopping here.

A4ET8a8uTh0 6y ago

Um. Red triangle is not the most complex logo ever created. It is within a realm of possibility that it happened as, um, quality control is somewhat lax in this administration. I honestly think you are doing your cause disservice by presenting it this way. edit: removed not ; added a clarification

cryptoz 6y ago
You are ignoring the context of the situation. The context matters. When a group of people who espouse hate against minorities on a daily basis use identical symbols as other groups in history who also espoused hate on a daily basis towards the same minority groups, it is not a coincidence. Analyzing every move by Trump or his administration or campaign individually, without context of the surrounding mood of the nation or recent history, will lead you to the wrong conclusions. There is a lot more subtle hate in the world than most people were expecting to exist. But it's there, and when you see time after time the same sneaky tricks used to spread hate, they no longer look like coincidences at all. The 'simplicity' of the symbol is irrelevant. It is simple by design, to give the racists who use it a 'cover' for their racism ("see it's just a triangle you're crazy for seeing things"). The pattern fits, it's racism and hate directed at minorities. This is a pattern, and pretending each action in the pattern is unrelated to each other or likely all coincidences, is effectively disinformation. These racist and hateful remarks and statements are not all just accidents.
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- A4ET8a8uTh0 6y ago
  Decided to delete my original reponse. It may have been too personal an attack. Sorry for that. I still disagree, but I think I will be stopping here.