Go Back to Where You Came From [MERGED]

[Dominus]

Re: Go Back to Where You Came From

The problem with casually throwing around the terms Nazi and Racist is that after awhile they lose their shock value and the person using the terms unjustifiably gets tuned out. I think Holocaust victims would be terribly offended by this.

When do we start calling fascists fascists and racists racists?

Trump campaign just adopted the KKK "love it or leave it" slogan.

 

[smokeshadow]

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the following could have also gone into the "Lies" thread

Trump Lies About Racist ‘Send Her Back’ Chant: I Tried to Stop It by Speaking ‘Very Quickly’ (Which He Did Not) (New Civil Rights Movement; July 18, 2019)

 

[rareboy]

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[opinterph]

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It is interesting how Trump never mentioned any names in his original tweet about representatives who hated America and yet everyone immediately knew who he was talking about.

Trump’s command of the English language is not particularly adroit, but when trying to solve for the missing components in his tweets, it usually helps to recognize that he spends most of his time in the shallow end of the pool.

 

[TX-Beau]

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Trump’s command of the English language is not particularly adroit, but when trying to solve for the missing components in his tweets, it usually helps to recognize that he spends most of his time in the shallow end of the pool.

What's actually interesting is how one would have to be a blithering fucking idiot to NOT know exactly who he was talking about. It's not like he was in any way coy about it.

 

[mydrew1]

Re: Trump has been normalizing racism, and it's working

Why is it racist? Someone comes here to escape violence and poverty in their homeland, but when they get here all they is how shit everything is. How is that racist? I've sent my own family back to Ukraine when they came here and just bashed everything. Fuck em.

It's only ever directed to non-white people. That's why.

When is a illegal whit Canadian immigrant in the USA going to get yelled that? NEVER!

How can you know that someone wasn't born in the country in question???? Ah.....the colour of the skin obviously. Well that's racist!

 

[rareboy]

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What's actually interesting is how one would have to be a blithering fucking idiot to NOT know exactly who he was talking about. It's not like he was in any way coy about it.

"So interesting to see “Progressive” Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly......"

It was interesting to see the conservatives try to pretend that he could have been talking about anyone.....but immediately all men are discounted...as are all mainstream Democrat female reps in Congress....and obviously any white female progressive rep as well since he would have only assumed that a) they are American or b) they didn't come from countries with problems.

Everyone knows that there is only one group that fits the bill and it is an insult to our intelligence for the right wingers to try to provide cover like this.

No Democrat would have tried this nonsense...it is a dead giveaway of a Republican poli-op trying to pretend they are a concerned Democrat supporter.

 

[rareboy]

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[rareboy]

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At least one asshat has discovered that not everyone can get away with being a racist xenophobe serving the public.

But this story is a perfect example of how Trump emboldens his base of deplorables. They are making the US a hateful place to even visit as a tourist.

In the midst of a national controversy about President Donald Trump’s inflammatory tweets towards minority congresswomen, a store clerk at an Illinois convenience store has been fired after he was caught on video telling customers to “go back to their country.”

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/buc...heir-country-fired-viral-video-204210223.html

 

[gsdx]

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^ Is Trump speaking as quickly as he did at the rally?

I love how he thinks he can get away with lying when there is video proof of him doing it.

 

[Sausy]

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He's shameless. As Stephen Colbert pointed out with zing, Trump threw his own supporters under the bus... Colbert had a wonderful new nickname for the man who loves to give schoolyard nicknames to people he throws tantrums about.... Wussolini. Perfect description of a man who bromances dictators, huffs out his chest about how wonderful and great he is... then when he acts proudly like a demagogue clearly NOT speaking fast or clamping down on the crowd to stop, he egregiously lies and puts it all on them. See Trumpers, he'll sell you out at the drop of a hat and go all snowflake in protest that no, absolutely not his fault. They were the ones doing the chant.... yet it was clear he was leading them on, enjoying being the center of attention. No, Trump... you DON'T get to be a demagogue and push bigotry and racist notions and then try to make yourself look like a responsible, decent person appalled by the crowd reaction. God dammit, it's the one you were pushing for and what you have been doubling down on the past couple of days.. racism and bigotry is the essential element in your re-election campaign because you know unless you have the deplorables riled up you don't chance a chance against ANY of the perspective leading Democratic nominees for President. And chances are even now those idiots will forgive you … because you have them pegged as the people who would see you shoot someone dead on Fifth Avenue and they would support you, so they'll forgive anything. Even throwing them under the bus... thank you sir, may I have another?!!

 

[Sausy]

Re: Trump has been normalizing racism, and it's working

It also used to be directed to Irish, Italian and East European Catholics and Jews... not white enough, I guess. But most definitely intended most for those of brown or dark skinned people.

 

[rareboy]

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[gsdx]

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The GOP seems to be a little bit annoyed with Trump:

There was a feeling of exhaustion in the Senate Republican conference after much of Monday and Tuesday was spent responding to media questions about Trump’s tweets.

Just when they thought the storm had passed, it flared up again Thursday because of the rally the night prior.

Republican senators found themselves wearily repeating the statements they had issued earlier in the week.

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Others said they were sick of having to constantly respond to Trump’s behavior.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/453824-gop-rattled-by-trump-rally

 

[rareboy]

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^ But yet they will trot out there and willingly repeat their support for him and continue to enable the madman occupying the palace.

Just like the Senate did with Caligula. Just like the Kremlin did with Stalin. Just like all the functionaries who personally benefit are doing with dictators and madmen all around the globe today.

I guess we were all fools to think that the US was better than this somehow.

 

[Sausy]

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And they still have no problem labelling the Squad as communists who hate America and anti-Semites who hate Jews and Israel. They just won't go with the openly racist angle, but polite demagoguery is still demagoguery.

 

[Dystopian]

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I wouldn't be too sure. So far you have swallowed everything fed to you. Now y'all going to rally behind the racist fraud squad like you did Hillary. Good luck.

How ironic that we should now turn to blind belief. Firstly, Sec'y Clinton. I don't know of anyone who swallowed everything she said, nor anyone who idolized her no matter what she did. She lost the election because many saw her as flawed. Freedom of thought. People looked at Sec'y Clinton and despite the hacked emails and hijacking of social media by a foreign power she won the majority vote. By a lot. On the Right, how does it go when you tell your bro's that Donald is really running off the rails on this or that? Not well. Every vicious tweet, calculated or unintentional mistatement, every bald faced lie is okay because it comes from Him. That's why you don't state the obvious, no matter how fucking crazy he is. You would be attacked, beaten down, ostracized if you criticized The ONE AND ONLY Donald. Racist fraud squad. Never in modern history has a President of the United States condoned neo Nazis marching in our streets. We may recall that we fought the most costly war in our history to secure our freedom from facist ideology. Now we are told that blind loyalty to a remarkably flawed human being is Making America Great Again. When one takes on the Office of POTUS, they become the President of all Americans. Leader of the Free World. Who in history has admonished critics in the Legislative Branch to go back where they came from? Rhetorical question. No fucking body. No one was this insecure and frightened of criticism and craved the approval of his electorate as much as Donald J. Trump. He has opened the door to racisim. Undeniably members of his base are thrilled and urge him on. There are Americans who want us to be White, Christian, Straight, Conservative, compliant and obedient. These are the people who don't, can't and/or won't think for themselves. Oligarch as Populist. A cult of personality. His followers crow about he Constitution where he ignores it. Trump is the greatest threat to the Republic since the Civil War. America is not becoming Great...er. He is dragging it down to his level, trouncing on our values and lying to everyone, including his base. We have one chance and one chance only. 2020.

 

[Dystopian]

Re: Trump has been normalizing racism, and it's working

Why is it racist? Someone comes here to escape violence and poverty in their homeland, but when they get here all they is how shit everything is. How is that racist? I've sent my own family back to Ukraine when they came here and just bashed everything. Fuck em.

Hello, Donald! You tell these minority female Members of Congress go back where they came from, you don't even realize that that's a train ride to New Jersey for chrissakes. Just because they're not white doesn't mean they were not born Americans. They don't have to go anywhere, especially if you say so. What a fucking idiot. How is criticizing Donald J. Trump and his excuse for a dishonest turn style Administration "bashing everything"? He gives his critics live streaming material 24/7. People call him on his shit, and he acts out like a petulant 10 year old. If you are unable to engage in a grown up discourse on issues, then call your critics names and insult them. What other POTUS in our history can you say is by nature mean spirited and cruel? Why or even how does the Right jump to his defense? The more indefensible, ludicrous and outright shameful his behavior the more his base finds excuses for him. Taking a page from their Fuehrer's playbook, like him they lie about what he tweets, says and does and then turn it on his victims as it's their fault because they deserve it. DJT's personal attitudes are irrelevant. The attitude of the President of 320 million people counts. If he were to speak out against racism, his base would bail. When he makes racist remarks in the public domain, he knows his base loves it. The new normal.

 

[novastar]

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It wasn't Trump who said that...and what he meant was "if you don't like America get the hell out."

 

[novastar]

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It has NOTHING to do with RACE. He never even MENTIONED their race. Trump, as well as many other Americans, are sick and tired of the "hate America" and anti-semitic comments made by this "squad."