There is in fact a subtle difference between "I have a great relationship with the blacks" and "I like gay people a lot" The difference is that Trump said "t

There is in fact a subtle difference between "I have a great relationship with the blacks" and "I like gay people a lot" The difference is that Trump said "the blacks" whereas rdl said "gay people." There is nothing inherently wrong with the statement "I have great relationships with black people," had Trump said that, and this is because it could be a factual statement. If Trump had 10 black friends, and he had a great relationship with 9/10 of them, then Trump could legitimately state that fact in the form of that sentence. Or who knows, maybe Trump has an ebony fetish that predisposes him to great relationships with the majority of black people he meets. However, because he said "I have a great relationship with the blacks," Trump is stating that he treats black people as a single entity. He dehumanizes black people, because relationships aren't formed with "a people." They are formed with "a person." Forming many relationships with manual people qualifies you to make the statement "I have great relationships (plural) with blacks (plural)," which is perfectly legitimate. Forming a single relationship with many people is unnatural, so he is doing something wrong there. The OP's statement is basically the same as the last example I gave ("I have great relationships with black people"). He was simply stating a fact of his overall (generalized, but subjective) opinion of his many experiences with many different gay people. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that. EDIT: To whomever downvoted me: feel free to let me know how what I said was wrong