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Of course Trump is an anomaly. Tommy thinks he's cute and will convince the board that all of a sudden the Republican party is the evil one and his party is perfect with his hyperbole. He's always been like that.
It’s my pastime.
I have found in life that most all heroes from all walks of life look good until they are put under a microscope. Then you start seeing some things that are not as appealing. Human beings are flawed, some can hide their flaws better than others.
The Southern Strategy was not a racist act, it was a cynical move of political opportunity. But I’ve come to believe that it was less planned out than I previously supposed.
The US has a long, long history of covert racism that underlies political actions and voter support. Reagan was absolutely within that historical arc.
Reagan didn't make "unfortunate comments." It was a central part of his political calculus. He used racial code language to rally the racist base. Sound familiar?
Or maybe all of the above is true. It's possible, you know, that Trump is a racist AND Democrats way back were the face of slavery/KKK/Jim Crow. Those aren't mutually exclusive.
Hold on. Agree completely Clinton deserves everything he gets on this one -- it's even worse due to the sheer cynicism.
156 years since the emancipation proclamation. 55 years since the Civil Rights Act. At some point the positions of a Party or some of their members from generations ago fades into insignificance except as historical curiosity and potentially lesson. When addressing current trends perhaps recent history is more instructive. Complete irrelevancies, no, maybe not, but nearly so, those matters from prior to the mid 1800's and from mid century last century, I'm going to think probably so. Times evolve. The past is not an anchor, it is a lodestone at best.
I find it incredible you think this is either/or....its not, but that approach does give opportunity to deflect from the here and now.
Especially the bold. Race is a messy thing to deal with if you're really going to deal with it. People are uncomfortable with it. Throw on top of that the diversity in the Democratic party and they simply can't avoid talking about race. I guess that's one of the benefits for the GOP. The old white guys don't need to talk about anyone other than their constituents. It's much easier to tailor a message when the audience is made up of essentially one demographic.
Race is messy. I hate to admit but I have family members who if not racist because they are a minority themselves but very bigoted against black people. Some black people I work with are bigots, some white people I work with I am sure are a little racist behind closed doors. Many Muslim and Jews do not want their kids dating or marrying out of religion. The Asians at my place of employment really do not want anything to do with any other race, are they racist or bigots? I don`t know. There is no simple solution anytime soon.
“Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
No worries. I take your meaning as intended, not looking to find slights. Simply addressing the subject and not the person, as should be. I get you were merely referencing ht subject by the person who most recently raised it. You are Aces in my book.
I hope that this is so. (Except of course where I personally need mercy more than justice, or is mercy part of justice?)
Even before the current Reagan statement was found on the Nixon Tapes, it was already known that the Nixon Tapes contain numerous statements that you would likely consider racist.
I’m aware. I stated that wrongly. What I meant to say is that these were private attitudes, not publicly known (unlike Trump) and both men accomplished much for civil rights.
There is a difference between failing to see classes of people as equals and refusing to see them as equals. That is the point at play here - people like to assume they are better than people and the imperialist Catch-22 of oppressing a class and then using their failure or slowness or need of help in liberating themselves as criteria to think less of them feeds into that naturally. Doubts about capacity have been erased to a point that, now, a failure to see differents as equal IS a refusal to see that. But it wasn't always so and that grades the crime - one is a misdemeanor, the other a felony.
I love his speeches. I’ve been to the Library several times.
there is some truth to that - sometimes stripes can change
maybe he wasn't - maybe he just said some things that today people are so overly sensitive to ?
You are now simply arguing degrees of racism....hopefully you stop and think about that. I hope one day you raise your bar a bit.
Well, the Black Panthers pretty much held a gun to his face as Cali Gov - perhaps the greatest embarrassment of his pre-Presidential political career, so.....
Especially considering that the people who tell us it doesn’t matter are often the same people simultaneously telling us that white skin does matter when a profession, area, etc. has too much white skin and too little other skin.
what did you think of the remarks/words Obama made in his books ? degree of racism or ?? just curious how you put your bar
Not getting into this with you, as I've never seen an example of you taking in new information and amending your beliefs on this kind of stuff, so it's a waste of time even if I believed the conversation was worthwhile.
The Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Did...did you read the quotes? You think finding those ideas racist is simply a modern overreaction?
You're being a joke.
I haven't read Obama's books. If you have something specific you want me to read, please point me towards it....include context as well.
