Thanks for linking that second article. I think the concluding paragraph's argument is persuasive: And that conclusion is one it's important for a lot of people who dislike Trump not to forget.
Thanks for linking that second article.
I think the concluding paragraph's argument is persuasive:
While there may have been a time when the tape would have dashed Trump’s political ambitions, now it’s easy to imagine a racist Trump rant flopping as an “October surprise.” There’s no shortage of examples of Trump’s racism, from accusations that his family’s real estate business discriminated against blacks in the ’60s and ’70s, to his immigration policies, to referring to white supremacists as “very fine people,” to repeatedly disparaging the intelligence of black public figures. Tape of the president using a racial slur would be a scandal, but it’s not going to reveal information voters had no way of guessing
And that conclusion is one it's important for a lot of people who dislike Trump not to forget.
Amen. It's really frustrating when the guy's vocabulary is the problem. Is it really so surprising that he almost certainly used a bunch of racist slurs considering his decades of...
Amen. It's really frustrating when the guy's vocabulary is the problem. Is it really so surprising that he almost certainly used a bunch of racist slurs considering his decades of racism-in-practice? Does word choice change the way anyone sees him?
This reminds me of his verbiage during the campaign, when the debate on NBC centered on whether or not we should elect someone that said "pussy" -- it's like, jebus, the guy's bragging about commission of sexual assault, who gives a shit about what his rotting brain's thesaurus pulled out to describe it?
The conclusion is not only persuasive, it's welcomed. Many who voted for Trump share his views and desire such behavior out in the open again. An issue, however, is if independent voters will be...
The conclusion is not only persuasive, it's welcomed. Many who voted for Trump share his views and desire such behavior out in the open again. An issue, however, is if independent voters will be swayed away from Trump for his (alleged) use of the word.
Thanks for linking that second article.
I think the concluding paragraph's argument is persuasive:
And that conclusion is one it's important for a lot of people who dislike Trump not to forget.
Amen. It's really frustrating when the guy's vocabulary is the problem. Is it really so surprising that he almost certainly used a bunch of racist slurs considering his decades of racism-in-practice? Does word choice change the way anyone sees him?
This reminds me of his verbiage during the campaign, when the debate on NBC centered on whether or not we should elect someone that said "pussy" -- it's like, jebus, the guy's bragging about commission of sexual assault, who gives a shit about what his rotting brain's thesaurus pulled out to describe it?
The conclusion is not only persuasive, it's welcomed. Many who voted for Trump share his views and desire such behavior out in the open again. An issue, however, is if independent voters will be swayed away from Trump for his (alleged) use of the word.
"oh lordy i hope there are tapes"
/shitpost
You have my vote.