Courtesy of TPM:
Federal authorities on Tuesday charged three men from rural central Illinois with the bombing of a Minnesota mosque last year and said one of the suspects told an investigator the goal of the attack was to “scare” Muslims out of the United States.
A statement from the U.S. attorney’s office in Springfield, Illinois, says the men also are suspected in the attempted bombing of an abortion clinic. The Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minnesota, was bombed just before morning prayers on Aug. 5, causing a fire and extensive damage although no one was injured or killed. And there was an attempted bombing of the Champaign, Illinois, Women’s Health Practice on Nov. 7.
One of the men, Michael B. Hari, 47, described in an April 2017 Chicago Tribune article how he drafted a $10 billion plan to build a wall along the border with Mexico, citing President Donald Trump’s call for such a wall. Hari drew up the proposal after launching a security company, Crisis Resolution Security Services, the newspaper said.
The other two men charged in the mosque bombing with Hari were identified as Joe Morris, 22, and Michael McWhorter, 29. All three are from Clarence, a rural community of less than 100 residents some 35 miles (56 kilometers) north of Champaign-Urbana. A fourth man was charged with a gun offense, but he was not identified as a suspect in the bombing or attempted bombing.
Boy these Trump supporters seem like a nice bunch, don't they?
Screaming obscenities at brown people, bombing mosques, attacking people on social media, they are just brimming over with hostility for those who are not just like them.
Of course the worst thing they do is to vote.
Which is how we get so many ignorant, anti-science, xenophobes in positions of power.
Morality is not determined by the church you attend nor the faith you embrace. It is determined by the quality of your character and the positive impact you have on those you meet along your journey
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Showing posts with label Islamophobia. Show all posts
Thursday, March 15, 2018
Friday, March 09, 2018
The leader of a far right British group, who Donald Trump retweeted, has been found guilty of hate crimes.
Courtesy of The Hill:
The leader of a far-right British political group who was retweeted by President Trump has been found guilty of hate crimes.
Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader of Britain First, was found guilty on three counts of religiously aggravated harassment, BBC News reported Wednesday. Britain First leader Paul Golding was found guilty on one count.
Fransen and Golding were found guilty for posting videos during a gang rape trial, where three Muslim men and a teenager were convicted. They filmed themselves targeting people they believed were connected to that case and released the videos on social media and the party's website.
Oh, well they seem nice.
And their Islamophobic points of view earned them a fan in America:
Trump sparked controversy in November after he retweeted a video from Fransen that purported to show Muslims carrying out acts of violence against people and smashing a statue of the Virgin Mary.
British Prime Minister Theresa May criticized Trump for the tweet, and London's mayor urged authorities to cancel a planned visit.
Boy not only does Trump hire the very best people to work in the White House but he makes the very best online friends as well.
The leader of a far-right British political group who was retweeted by President Trump has been found guilty of hate crimes.
Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader of Britain First, was found guilty on three counts of religiously aggravated harassment, BBC News reported Wednesday. Britain First leader Paul Golding was found guilty on one count.
Fransen and Golding were found guilty for posting videos during a gang rape trial, where three Muslim men and a teenager were convicted. They filmed themselves targeting people they believed were connected to that case and released the videos on social media and the party's website.
Oh, well they seem nice.
And their Islamophobic points of view earned them a fan in America:
Trump sparked controversy in November after he retweeted a video from Fransen that purported to show Muslims carrying out acts of violence against people and smashing a statue of the Virgin Mary.
British Prime Minister Theresa May criticized Trump for the tweet, and London's mayor urged authorities to cancel a planned visit.
Boy not only does Trump hire the very best people to work in the White House but he makes the very best online friends as well.
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Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Twitter has shut down account of Muslim bashing British woman who Donald Trump retweeted in November.
Courtesy of The Hill:
A far-right British activist who gained prominence after President Trump retweeted her anti-Muslim tweets in November had her Twitter account suspended on Monday as part of the social network’s effort to crack down on hate speech.
Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader of far-right British group Britain First, saw her account suspended as part of a Twitter-wide crackdown on hate gorups.
In November, President Trump retweeted three videos from Fransen's account that purported to show Muslims committing acts of violence.
Fransen’s account, along with others connected to Britain First, now appear to be suspended.
Trump’s retweets prompted lawmakers in the U.S. and U.K. to speak out against Trump and Britain First, with several British lawmakers calling for his state visit to the country to be canceled.
After the Dutch Embassy disputed the veracity of one of the videos Trump retweeted, the White House defended Trump's actions, saying that it "doesn't matter" if the videos are real or not because the "threat is real."
Sure Twitter shuts down this racist, fake news spewing POS, but yet it allows this one to keep right on spreading misinformation.
A far-right British activist who gained prominence after President Trump retweeted her anti-Muslim tweets in November had her Twitter account suspended on Monday as part of the social network’s effort to crack down on hate speech.
Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader of far-right British group Britain First, saw her account suspended as part of a Twitter-wide crackdown on hate gorups.
In November, President Trump retweeted three videos from Fransen's account that purported to show Muslims committing acts of violence.
Fransen’s account, along with others connected to Britain First, now appear to be suspended.
Trump’s retweets prompted lawmakers in the U.S. and U.K. to speak out against Trump and Britain First, with several British lawmakers calling for his state visit to the country to be canceled.
After the Dutch Embassy disputed the veracity of one of the videos Trump retweeted, the White House defended Trump's actions, saying that it "doesn't matter" if the videos are real or not because the "threat is real."
Sure Twitter shuts down this racist, fake news spewing POS, but yet it allows this one to keep right on spreading misinformation.
Doesn't seem fair really.Wow, more than 90% of Fake News Media coverage of me is negative, with numerous forced retractions of untrue stories. Hence my use of Social Media, the only way to get the truth out. Much of Mainstream Meadia has become a joke! @foxandfriends— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 13, 2017
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Sunday, December 17, 2017
London borough passes a motion saying that Donald Trump is simply not welcome in their area of the city.
| Donald Trump is not welcome here. |
A London council has called on the Government to revoke its state visit invitation to the “bigoted” US President after he shared messages from a far-right group.
A motion passed by the Royal Borough of Greenwich vowed that Donald Trump “would not be welcome” in the area if the engagement goes ahead.
Councillors said they were alarmed by Donald Trump’s decision to retweet Islamophobic posts by Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader of Britain First.“
Council further notes with sadness the President’s bigoted attitude towards women and ethnic minorities which has resulted in examples of division and hatred within the US,” it continued.
“As such, Council calls upon the Government to abandon plans to invite Donald Trump on a state visit to the UK.”
Councillors said the huge security costs of the trip should be paid instead to charities that “promote peace and understanding”, such as the Jo Cox Foundation.
There's Donald Trump "Making America Great Again."
I swear this is like the rest of the world's reaction to George W. Bush's stupidity and warmongering, only on steroids.
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Friday, December 01, 2017
Well Donald Trump can always rely on support from at least one person, former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke.
That's right, Trump's Islamophobic tweets might horrify most of us, but it is red meat to his base.Trump retweets video of crippled white kid in Europe being beaten by migrants, and white people being thrown off a roof and then beaten to death, He's condemned for showing us what the fake news media WON'T. Thank God for Trump! That's why we love him!— David Duke (@DrDavidDuke) November 29, 2017
Yep, these are his peeps alright.This is why WE LOVE TRUMP and WHY the FAKE NEWS MEDIA HATES TRUMP. He brings to light what the lying, Fake News Media Won't. The truth is the media covers up horrific numbers of racist hate crimes against White people! https://t.co/G9pP9qCUNM— David Duke (@DrDavidDuke) November 29, 2017
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Thursday, November 30, 2017
Spokesperson for British Prime Minister Theresa May condemns Donald Trump's anti-Muslim tweets from yesterday, so of course Trump fires back.
After those incendiary videos were retweeted by Trump yesterday, this was the response from the office of the British Prime Minister:
Within hours of the anti-Muslim films going up, the Prime Minister’s official spokesman tried to distance Number 10 from Mr Trump’s posts, saying: “It is wrong for the President to have done this.”
That of course inspired this tweet from Trump:
Speaking on a trip to Jordan, the PM replied to President Trump's public challenge made overnight on Twitter.
She told reporters: "The fact that we work together, does not mean that we're afraid to say when we think the United States have got it wrong.
"I am very clear that retweeting Britain First was the wrong thing to do."
Trump was also rebuked by the Netherlands Embassy which responded to yesterday's Islamophobic tweet storm with this:
Trump's actions from the last 48 hours or so have brought the conversation about his mental health front and center, with the ghostwriter of "The Art of the Deal" even saying that people in the White House are "absolutely terrified" about what he might do next.
I guess those of us who have been occupying the "absolutely terrified" section of the bleachers are going to have to scoot over to make room for the late arrivals.
But not before we whisper under our breath, "It's about damn time!"
Within hours of the anti-Muslim films going up, the Prime Minister’s official spokesman tried to distance Number 10 from Mr Trump’s posts, saying: “It is wrong for the President to have done this.”
That of course inspired this tweet from Trump:
And that in turn had the Prime Minister responding with this just today:.@Theresa_May, don’t focus on me, focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom. We are doing just fine!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 30, 2017
Speaking on a trip to Jordan, the PM replied to President Trump's public challenge made overnight on Twitter.
She told reporters: "The fact that we work together, does not mean that we're afraid to say when we think the United States have got it wrong.
"I am very clear that retweeting Britain First was the wrong thing to do."
Trump was also rebuked by the Netherlands Embassy which responded to yesterday's Islamophobic tweet storm with this:
In other words the perpetrator was NOT an immigrant, but simply a bully taking advantage of a weaker peer for the entertainment of his friends who were filming him..@realDonaldTrump Facts do matter. The perpetrator of the violent act in this video was born and raised in the Netherlands. He received and completed his sentence under Dutch law.— Netherlands Embassy 🇺🇸 (@NLintheUSA) November 29, 2017
Trump's actions from the last 48 hours or so have brought the conversation about his mental health front and center, with the ghostwriter of "The Art of the Deal" even saying that people in the White House are "absolutely terrified" about what he might do next.
I guess those of us who have been occupying the "absolutely terrified" section of the bleachers are going to have to scoot over to make room for the late arrivals.
But not before we whisper under our breath, "It's about damn time!"
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Wednesday, November 29, 2017
So Donald Trump spent the morning retweeting a British fascist once convicted of verbally abusing a Muslim woman, in order to inflame his base.
VIDEO: Muslim migrant beats up Dutch boy on crutches! pic.twitter.com/11LgbfFJDq— Jayda Fransen (@JaydaBF) November 28, 2017
VIDEO: Muslim Destroys a Statue of Virgin Mary! pic.twitter.com/qhkrfQrtjV— Jayda Fransen (@JaydaBF) November 29, 2017
The thing about that last video is that you KNOW that if fundamentalist Christians could get away with throwing gay people off of roof tops that it would actually be raining men in no time.VIDEO: Islamist mob pushes teenage boy off roof and beats him to death! pic.twitter.com/XxtlxNNSiP— Jayda Fransen (@JaydaBF) November 29, 2017
These videos are of course supposed to anger and upset you, and indeed they are terrible.
However for every video of a Muslim doing something terrible, you can be sure that there is one of a Jew, Christian, or Hindu doing something equally appalling.
Simply put people do terrible things for a variety of reasons, religion being only one of them.
However more to the point is the fact that Donald Trump is not just retweeting a supporter, he is retweeting a convicted fascist.
Courtesy of The Independent:
The deputy leader of Britain First has been found guilty of religiously aggravated harassment afer she hurled abuse at a Muslim woman wearing a hijab.
Jayda Fransen, 30, was fined nearly £2,000 for wearing a political uniform and shouting at Sumayyah Sharpe during a "Christian patrol" of Bury Park in Luton, on Saturday 23 January.
Fransen admitted telling Ms Sharpe that Muslim men force women to cover up to avoid being raped "because they cannot control their sexual urges", adding "that's why they are coming into my country raping women across the continent".
Ms Sharpe was with her four young children at the time.
I certainly have no warm feelings concerning Islam, nor any other organized religion, and rapists deserve the harshest of punishments under the law, but this woman was with her children and doing no harm to anybody.
To verbally assault her in a public place, in front of her babies, is unconscionable.
And I can all but guarantee you that now with the man in the White House retweeting all of this, that we will see soon more of that kind of behavior on our own streets as well.
Methinks that something is coming soon, and the tangerine tinted Hitler does not want us talking about it.
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Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Canadian woman verbally attacks Sikh politician believing him to be a Muslim.
I don't know how many of you have already had the pleasure of watching this video of Canadian politician Jagmeet Singh demonstrating extreme patience and kindness when confronted with the kind of hatred that might have inspired Mahatma Gandhi to drop a bitch, but I thought it was just too good not to share here.
Courtesy of Global News:
Singh was speaking to supporters at one of his “JagMeet and Greet” outreach events on Wednesday, when he was accosted by a heckler.
“When is your Sharia going to end?” the woman shouted, referring to traditional Islamic law. “We know you’re in bed with the Muslim Brotherhood!”
As she continued ranting, Singh told the audience, “We don’t want to be intimidated by hate, we don’t want hatred to ruin a positive event… so let’s show people how to treat someone with love.
“We welcome you. We love you, we support you,” he told the woman, who eventually stormed off.
When asked why he did not simply identify himself as a Sikh, Singh had this to say:
“Many people have commented that I could have just said I’m not Muslim. In fact many have clarified that I’m actually Sikh. While I’m proud of who I am, I purposely didn’t go down that road because it suggests their hate would be ok if I was Muslim,” he said.
“We all know it’s not. I didn’t answer the question because my response to Islamophobia has never been ‘I’m not Muslim.’ It has always been and will be that ‘hate is wrong.”
I pride myself on having gained control of my once legendary temper, and of course I would never strike a woman, but damn this lady would have pushed me right to my limits.
I only hope that by now she has seen this video multiple times and can see just what a hateful, ignorant, despicable human being she really is.
And if she doesn't see it I hope that those around her remind of this incident everyday until she does.
Courtesy of Global News:
Singh was speaking to supporters at one of his “JagMeet and Greet” outreach events on Wednesday, when he was accosted by a heckler.
“When is your Sharia going to end?” the woman shouted, referring to traditional Islamic law. “We know you’re in bed with the Muslim Brotherhood!”
As she continued ranting, Singh told the audience, “We don’t want to be intimidated by hate, we don’t want hatred to ruin a positive event… so let’s show people how to treat someone with love.
“We welcome you. We love you, we support you,” he told the woman, who eventually stormed off.
When asked why he did not simply identify himself as a Sikh, Singh had this to say:
“Many people have commented that I could have just said I’m not Muslim. In fact many have clarified that I’m actually Sikh. While I’m proud of who I am, I purposely didn’t go down that road because it suggests their hate would be ok if I was Muslim,” he said.
“We all know it’s not. I didn’t answer the question because my response to Islamophobia has never been ‘I’m not Muslim.’ It has always been and will be that ‘hate is wrong.”
I pride myself on having gained control of my once legendary temper, and of course I would never strike a woman, but damn this lady would have pushed me right to my limits.
I only hope that by now she has seen this video multiple times and can see just what a hateful, ignorant, despicable human being she really is.
And if she doesn't see it I hope that those around her remind of this incident everyday until she does.
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Sunday, July 23, 2017
ABC invites Eric Bolling of Fox News to join Sunday panel, because apparently journalism is dead.
Courtesy of Media Matters:
Fox News host and Trump shill Eric Bolling is scheduled to appear as a panelist on ABC’s This Week. Aside from cheerleading everything President Donald Trump says and does, Bolling was a prominent birther who challenged former President Barack Obama’s legitimacy, as well as a racist, sexist and Islamophobic conspiracy theorist. Bolling has been one of Trump’s most outspoken media sycophants, even on Fox News.
He’s dismissed Trump’s lies, downplayed the controversies surrounding the president, and deflected blame from Trump and his allies. Even his colleagues at Fox News have called him a “Trump apologist.” Bolling has also criticized the integrity of the host of This Week, George Stephanopoulos. In October, Bolling speculated that Good Morning America, ABC’s morning show which Stephanopoulos also hosts, did not cover hacked emails from former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s top aides released on WikiLeaks because Stephanopoulos used to work for former President Bill Clinton.
MM goes on to list a number of sexist, racist, and Islamophobic remarks that Bolling has made over the years, complete with video, and then sums up the problem with his appearance on what is considered a serious Sunday news program at the bottom of the page:
During his time at Fox News, Bolling has pushed a number of conspiracy theories. He was a big force behind the “birther” conspiracy theory that alleged that Obama was not born in the U.S. After Obama released his long-form birth certificate, Bolling still claimed, that “there is a legitimate question as to whether or not the president of the United States is allowed to be president of the United States.”
Bolling took it upon himself to thoroughly examine Obama’s birth certificate on air, even speculating that the certificate’s border showed it may have been photoshopped. Bolling also speculated about the death of former Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich who was murdered in 2016, dismissing the police conclusion that his death was the result of a botched robbery: “It’s clearly not a robbery. There wasn’t a robbery. … This was a hit.” Bolling concluded that there’s “lots of smoke right now” and that the death was “like an episode of Homeland.”
Beyond that, Bolling has pushed a number of other conspiracy theories, alleging that Obama was trying to “bring people closer to the cities” to keep an eye on them and questioning whether Obama “let” an oil rig leak so he “could renege on his promise” to “allow some offshore drilling.” Perhaps his most entertaining conspiracy theory came in 2011 when Bolling wondered if “liberal Hollywood was using class warfare [in a Muppets movie] to brainwash our kids.”
Simply put not only should Eric Bolling NEVER be given legitimacy by inviting him on an actual news show, but NONE of the Fox News talking heads, or Right Wing radio hosts, should be provided that platform to spread their lies to the American people.
And yes I include Megyn Kelly, Greta Van Susteren, and Hugh Hewitt in that category.
These are NOT journalists.
They are purveyors of conspiracy theories, alternative facts, and Right Wing talking points.
There is a place for that, but it is certainly NOT on actual news programs that advertise themselves as practicing journalism.
Fox News host and Trump shill Eric Bolling is scheduled to appear as a panelist on ABC’s This Week. Aside from cheerleading everything President Donald Trump says and does, Bolling was a prominent birther who challenged former President Barack Obama’s legitimacy, as well as a racist, sexist and Islamophobic conspiracy theorist. Bolling has been one of Trump’s most outspoken media sycophants, even on Fox News.
He’s dismissed Trump’s lies, downplayed the controversies surrounding the president, and deflected blame from Trump and his allies. Even his colleagues at Fox News have called him a “Trump apologist.” Bolling has also criticized the integrity of the host of This Week, George Stephanopoulos. In October, Bolling speculated that Good Morning America, ABC’s morning show which Stephanopoulos also hosts, did not cover hacked emails from former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s top aides released on WikiLeaks because Stephanopoulos used to work for former President Bill Clinton.
MM goes on to list a number of sexist, racist, and Islamophobic remarks that Bolling has made over the years, complete with video, and then sums up the problem with his appearance on what is considered a serious Sunday news program at the bottom of the page:
During his time at Fox News, Bolling has pushed a number of conspiracy theories. He was a big force behind the “birther” conspiracy theory that alleged that Obama was not born in the U.S. After Obama released his long-form birth certificate, Bolling still claimed, that “there is a legitimate question as to whether or not the president of the United States is allowed to be president of the United States.”
Bolling took it upon himself to thoroughly examine Obama’s birth certificate on air, even speculating that the certificate’s border showed it may have been photoshopped. Bolling also speculated about the death of former Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich who was murdered in 2016, dismissing the police conclusion that his death was the result of a botched robbery: “It’s clearly not a robbery. There wasn’t a robbery. … This was a hit.” Bolling concluded that there’s “lots of smoke right now” and that the death was “like an episode of Homeland.”
Beyond that, Bolling has pushed a number of other conspiracy theories, alleging that Obama was trying to “bring people closer to the cities” to keep an eye on them and questioning whether Obama “let” an oil rig leak so he “could renege on his promise” to “allow some offshore drilling.” Perhaps his most entertaining conspiracy theory came in 2011 when Bolling wondered if “liberal Hollywood was using class warfare [in a Muppets movie] to brainwash our kids.”
Simply put not only should Eric Bolling NEVER be given legitimacy by inviting him on an actual news show, but NONE of the Fox News talking heads, or Right Wing radio hosts, should be provided that platform to spread their lies to the American people.
And yes I include Megyn Kelly, Greta Van Susteren, and Hugh Hewitt in that category.
These are NOT journalists.
They are purveyors of conspiracy theories, alternative facts, and Right Wing talking points.
There is a place for that, but it is certainly NOT on actual news programs that advertise themselves as practicing journalism.
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Thursday, June 08, 2017
Trumpism infiltrates our public schools.
Courtesy of Buzzfeed:
In the first comprehensive review of post-election bullying, BuzzFeed News has confirmed more than 50 incidents, across 26 states, in which a K-12 student invoked Trump’s name or message in an apparent effort to harass a classmate during the past school year.
In the parking lot of a high school in Shakopee, Minnesota, boys in Donald Trump shirts gathered around a black teenage girl and sang a portion of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” replacing the closing line with “and the home of the slaves.” On a playground at an elementary school in Albuquerque, New Mexico, third-graders surrounded a boy and chanted “Trump! Trump! Trump!”
On a school bus in San Antonio, Texas, a white eighth-grader said to a Filipino classmate, “You are going to be deported.” In a classroom in Brea, California, a white eighth-grader told a black classmate, “Now that Trump won, you're going to have to go back to Africa, where you belong.” In the hallway of a high school in San Mateo County, California, a white student told two biracial girls to “go back home to whatever country you're from.” In Louisville, Kentucky, a third-grade boy chased a Latina girl around the classroom shouting “Build the wall!” In a stadium parking lot in Jacksonville, Florida, after a high school football game, white students chanted at black students from the opposing school: “Donald Trump! Donald Trump! Donald Trump!”
The first school year of the Donald Trump presidency left educators struggling to navigate a climate where misogyny, religious intolerance, name-calling, and racial exclusion have become part of mainstream political speech.
These budding political beliefs among some students carry consequences beyond the schoolyard. Today’s high schoolers will be eligible to vote in 2020, and today’s fifth-graders will be eligible to vote in 2024. But even if the wave of Trump-related bullying doesn’t reflect some widespread political awakening among young people, it indicates a more troubling reality: the extent to which racial and religious intolerance has shaped how kids talk, joke, and bully.
I am old enough to remember school yard arguments about the Vietnam War and Watergate, where children often argued their parent's point of view overheard at home with angry words and sometimes angrier fists.
We only had the vaguest understanding of the various arguments, but we were certainly not lacking passion or confidence that we were right.
That was one of the most volatile times that I can remember in this country, and to be honest it essentially pales when compared to what we are seeing today.
For all of his faults Richard M. Nixon was a man concerned with setting a proper example and the dignity of the office.
Donald Trump on the other hand is like an escaped circus orangutan who passed out in the Oval Office and woke up with everybody calling him Mr. President.
He is a classless, racist, misogynist who has no idea how to comport himself as a human being, much less the leader of the free world.
That means that every young, impressionable child who looks for an example of how to deal with responsibility, interact appropriately with others, and demonstrate self control, will look at the leader of his country and find the worst possible role model imaginable.
There is no way that is not going to have a negative impact on the future leaders of tomorrow.
In the first comprehensive review of post-election bullying, BuzzFeed News has confirmed more than 50 incidents, across 26 states, in which a K-12 student invoked Trump’s name or message in an apparent effort to harass a classmate during the past school year.
In the parking lot of a high school in Shakopee, Minnesota, boys in Donald Trump shirts gathered around a black teenage girl and sang a portion of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” replacing the closing line with “and the home of the slaves.” On a playground at an elementary school in Albuquerque, New Mexico, third-graders surrounded a boy and chanted “Trump! Trump! Trump!”
On a school bus in San Antonio, Texas, a white eighth-grader said to a Filipino classmate, “You are going to be deported.” In a classroom in Brea, California, a white eighth-grader told a black classmate, “Now that Trump won, you're going to have to go back to Africa, where you belong.” In the hallway of a high school in San Mateo County, California, a white student told two biracial girls to “go back home to whatever country you're from.” In Louisville, Kentucky, a third-grade boy chased a Latina girl around the classroom shouting “Build the wall!” In a stadium parking lot in Jacksonville, Florida, after a high school football game, white students chanted at black students from the opposing school: “Donald Trump! Donald Trump! Donald Trump!”
The first school year of the Donald Trump presidency left educators struggling to navigate a climate where misogyny, religious intolerance, name-calling, and racial exclusion have become part of mainstream political speech.
These budding political beliefs among some students carry consequences beyond the schoolyard. Today’s high schoolers will be eligible to vote in 2020, and today’s fifth-graders will be eligible to vote in 2024. But even if the wave of Trump-related bullying doesn’t reflect some widespread political awakening among young people, it indicates a more troubling reality: the extent to which racial and religious intolerance has shaped how kids talk, joke, and bully.
I am old enough to remember school yard arguments about the Vietnam War and Watergate, where children often argued their parent's point of view overheard at home with angry words and sometimes angrier fists.
We only had the vaguest understanding of the various arguments, but we were certainly not lacking passion or confidence that we were right.
That was one of the most volatile times that I can remember in this country, and to be honest it essentially pales when compared to what we are seeing today.
For all of his faults Richard M. Nixon was a man concerned with setting a proper example and the dignity of the office.
Donald Trump on the other hand is like an escaped circus orangutan who passed out in the Oval Office and woke up with everybody calling him Mr. President.
He is a classless, racist, misogynist who has no idea how to comport himself as a human being, much less the leader of the free world.
That means that every young, impressionable child who looks for an example of how to deal with responsibility, interact appropriately with others, and demonstrate self control, will look at the leader of his country and find the worst possible role model imaginable.
There is no way that is not going to have a negative impact on the future leaders of tomorrow.
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Monday, June 05, 2017
Breitbart fires writer for making inflammatory tweet in response to London's attack. The catch? She has been making inflammatory tweets for years.
Courtesy of CNN Money:
Katie McHugh, the Breitbart writer who tweeted a number of incendiary remarks in the immediate aftermath of the London terror attack, is no longer with the right-wing news site, four sources familiar with the situation told CNN.
Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow announced McHugh's departure internally Monday morning. After this article was initially published, McHugh herself confirmed she was out, tweeting, "Breitbart News fired me for telling the truth about Islam and Muslim immigration" and posting a link to a fundraising page started to support her on the fringe right website WeSearchr.
McHugh had ignited controversy on Saturday night when she wrote on Twitter that "there would be no deadly terror attacks in the U.K. if Muslims didn't live there."
"You're a real moron," actor Pej Vahdat replied.
"You're an Indian," shot back McHugh, incorrectly identifying the ethnicity of Vahdat, who is Iranian-American.
Seems pretty cut and dried, right?
I mean after all Breitabart cannot defend having such an Islamophobic racist white nationalist on their payroll.
The problem is that this McHugh woman has been an Islamophobic, racist, white nationalist all along.
As demonstrated by her numerous inflammatory tweets:
So the question to ask is since this McHugh woman's opinions were out there for everybody to see for themselves, what took Breitbart this long to be outraged?
Or are they even outraged, or instead simply bending to public opinion?
Katie McHugh, the Breitbart writer who tweeted a number of incendiary remarks in the immediate aftermath of the London terror attack, is no longer with the right-wing news site, four sources familiar with the situation told CNN.
Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow announced McHugh's departure internally Monday morning. After this article was initially published, McHugh herself confirmed she was out, tweeting, "Breitbart News fired me for telling the truth about Islam and Muslim immigration" and posting a link to a fundraising page started to support her on the fringe right website WeSearchr.
McHugh had ignited controversy on Saturday night when she wrote on Twitter that "there would be no deadly terror attacks in the U.K. if Muslims didn't live there."
"You're a real moron," actor Pej Vahdat replied.
"You're an Indian," shot back McHugh, incorrectly identifying the ethnicity of Vahdat, who is Iranian-American.
Seems pretty cut and dried, right?
I mean after all Breitabart cannot defend having such an Islamophobic racist white nationalist on their payroll.
The problem is that this McHugh woman has been an Islamophobic, racist, white nationalist all along.
As demonstrated by her numerous inflammatory tweets:
The only way to strike a balance between vigilance, discrimination, (& terror) is to end Muslim immigration. #CNNDebate #IstandwithAhmed— Katie McHugh🇺🇸 (@k_mcq) September 16, 2015
Indian tribes never bothered to build any kind of civilization. They killed each other and chased bison. Yawn~ https://t.co/U0B0lAPqqq— Katie McHugh🇺🇸 (@k_mcq) September 17, 2015
British settlers and their descendants built civilization. Indians never bothered to build more than a few teepees. https://t.co/2uGuMKjNnJ— Katie McHugh🇺🇸 (@k_mcq) September 17, 2015
Mexicans wrecked Mexico & think invading the USA will magically cure them them of their retarded dysfunction. LOL. https://t.co/H5D7YFLGNQ— Katie McHugh🇺🇸 (@k_mcq) September 17, 2015
Well she seems nice.British settlers built the USA. "Slaves” built the country much as cows “built” McDonald’s. Amateur… https://t.co/bOIXSpbpxB— Katie McHugh🇺🇸 (@k_mcq) September 17, 2015
So the question to ask is since this McHugh woman's opinions were out there for everybody to see for themselves, what took Breitbart this long to be outraged?
Or are they even outraged, or instead simply bending to public opinion?
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Sunday, January 29, 2017
Donald Trump removes any doubt that his immigration ban is based on Islamophobia.
Our country needs strong borders and extreme vetting, NOW. Look what is happening all over Europe and, indeed, the world - a horrible mess!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 29, 2017
It would seem clear to me that Trump is justifying the ban not only by citing terrorist attacks here in America but also attacks against Christians in the Middle East.Christians in the Middle-East have been executed in large numbers. We cannot allow this horror to continue!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 29, 2017
And while the killing of Christians based on their religious beliefs is indeed disgusting and inhuman, it is also true that in the Middle East Muslims kill their fellow Muslims due to differing religious beliefs in far, far greater numbers.
The way the tweet is worded it makes is sound as if Trump is using the ban to keep the evil Muslims from killing the saintly Christians in this country, which is a pitfall that even the clumsy Bush administration was able to avoid.
Which is once again quite ironic considering that it is this so-called Christian nation that has been dropping tons of bombs on predominately Muslim countries for the last 16 years.
Trump is also ramping up the "War on Terror" which surely means American troops on the ground in Islamic countries, and an increase in civilian causalities.
In other words, Trump has just openly started a very public religious war in the name of Christianity on a number of Muslim countries.
And this is how he is responding to those criticizing him for it.
The joint statement of former presidential candidates John McCain & Lindsey Graham is wrong - they are sadly weak on immigration. The two...— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 29, 2017
Yeah, I don't think THEY'RE the ones looking to start World War III....Senators should focus their energies on ISIS, illegal immigration and border security instead of always looking to start World War III.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 29, 2017
Of course all of this only gives even more credibility to this Twitter account:
There is a reason why you only put smart sane people into the White House.Attempts to get POTUS to work on policy failed. Retreats to residence, skulking over McCain/Lindsey announcement and public protests.— Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) January 29, 2017
Does everybody get why now?
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Sarah Palin rushes to defend Trump's Muslim ban.
Courtesy of, where else, Breitbart:
A blanket “immigration ban”? No, it is not. That is a fake news headline. (Tell that to the people stranded in the DFW National airport because they were no longer allowed to enter the country.)
Even so-called conservative websites groveling for clicks are making more out of President Trump’s action to fully vet foreigners’ intentions upon U.S. entrance than it obviously is. (Hey, even conservative news outlets get it right once in awhile.)
Trump is doing what the majority recognized was necessary to secure our borders. (The majority voted for Hillary Clinton. Let's not forget that.) Voters asked for it, he promised it, and thus he was elected. Now he’s doing it. (And how did that work out?)
This isn’t inhumane. It’s exercising common-sense compassion to keep human beings safe. It’s about fully vetting foreigners and merely following the laws the people–through our representative form of government within our republic–agreed upon. (No, no it's not.)
The misinformed are ballistically knee-jerking ("Ballistically knee jerking?" IS this some weird Palin sex practice?) because they aren’t used to candidates fulfilling campaign promises. Perhaps it’s shocking because we’re used to swamp dwellers murkying (Not a word.) up the waters once typical politicians get elected, but that’s exactly why a typical politician wasn’t elected. The status quo has got to go.
Many of us have demanded we regroup and get a handle on security issues. What next preventable tragedy must happen before we finally do so? (NOTHING Trump just did would stop the next terrorist attack. NOTHING!)
Trump’s executive action is a step in the right direction towards welcoming safe, loving, law-abiding, hardworking, patriotic people into our nation that was built on the backs of safe, loving, law-abiding, hardworking, patriotic people willing to assimilate into America’s exceptional melting pot.
Okay so either Palin cannot take the hint that Trump is just not into her, or somebody is paying her to publicly kiss his ass like this.
But then again maybe this is just another case of a racist applauding the actions of a fellow racist.
After all former KKK Gran Wizard David Duke was thrilled with the ban as well.
A blanket “immigration ban”? No, it is not. That is a fake news headline. (Tell that to the people stranded in the DFW National airport because they were no longer allowed to enter the country.)
Even so-called conservative websites groveling for clicks are making more out of President Trump’s action to fully vet foreigners’ intentions upon U.S. entrance than it obviously is. (Hey, even conservative news outlets get it right once in awhile.)
Trump is doing what the majority recognized was necessary to secure our borders. (The majority voted for Hillary Clinton. Let's not forget that.) Voters asked for it, he promised it, and thus he was elected. Now he’s doing it. (And how did that work out?)
This isn’t inhumane. It’s exercising common-sense compassion to keep human beings safe. It’s about fully vetting foreigners and merely following the laws the people–through our representative form of government within our republic–agreed upon. (No, no it's not.)
The misinformed are ballistically knee-jerking ("Ballistically knee jerking?" IS this some weird Palin sex practice?) because they aren’t used to candidates fulfilling campaign promises. Perhaps it’s shocking because we’re used to swamp dwellers murkying (Not a word.) up the waters once typical politicians get elected, but that’s exactly why a typical politician wasn’t elected. The status quo has got to go.
Many of us have demanded we regroup and get a handle on security issues. What next preventable tragedy must happen before we finally do so? (NOTHING Trump just did would stop the next terrorist attack. NOTHING!)
Trump’s executive action is a step in the right direction towards welcoming safe, loving, law-abiding, hardworking, patriotic people into our nation that was built on the backs of safe, loving, law-abiding, hardworking, patriotic people willing to assimilate into America’s exceptional melting pot.
Okay so either Palin cannot take the hint that Trump is just not into her, or somebody is paying her to publicly kiss his ass like this.
But then again maybe this is just another case of a racist applauding the actions of a fellow racist.
After all former KKK Gran Wizard David Duke was thrilled with the ban as well.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Producer from the Apprentice is astounded that people bought their bullshit and elected their fake reality star to be president.
Here are a few excerpts from this article over at Vanity Fair:
The Apprentice contributed to that. People lapped up what the producers were putting out, and the danger became real as news directors, desperate to compete with ratings, started putting music under soft news stories. Facebook started pushing altogether fake news. Opinions on Twitter became truths over lies. People were prone to clickbait no matter how salacious or factually questionable it was, and the entire journalism world turned on its head.
At the very same time, some clever producers were putting forth a manufactured story about a billionaire whose empire was, in actuality, crumbling at the very same time he took the job, the salary, and ownership rights to do a reality show. The Apprentice was a scam put forth to the public in exchange for ratings. We were “entertaining,” and the story about Donald Trump and his stature fell into some bizarre public record as “truth.” This is nothing new, and the impact it’s having on the history of the world is best depicted in the Academy Award-winning film Network, a satire.
So essentially just about everything that people think they know about Trump's "success" was written for the caricature of himself that he played on TV.
The producer, Bill Pruitt, also ads this:
We are masterful storytellers and we did our job well. What’s shocking to me is how quickly and decisively the world bought it. Did we think this clown, this buffoon with the funny hair, would ever become a world leader? Not once. Ever. Would he and his bombastic nature dominate in prime-time TV? We hoped so. Now that the lines of fiction and reality have blurred to the horrifying extent that they have, those involved in the media must have their day of reckoning. People are buying our crap.
You have probably all read comments by that insignificant little troll POS who keeps remarking that liberals are "lost in the wilderness." But the ironic part of that statement is that liberals knew that electing Trump would abandon this country in that wilderness and so we fought hard to prevent it.
And we are not by any stretch of the imagination alone in that wilderness, the conservatives, racists, Islamophobes, and Xenophobes are right there with us, they are just too fucking slow on the uptake to realize it.
In fact the ONLY people who are not soon going to be stumbling around in the darkness looking for a way out are the big business folks who are about to have the best, most financially lucrative, four years of their careers.
And Donald Trump is signaling that truth with every new cabinet member he puts in place.
I mean does anybody REALLY think that the new Secretary of State Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson is going to put the needs of this country ahead of the only company he has ever worked for?
Or that Rick Perry is NOT going to fuck up the Department of Energy?
Or that the WWE's Linda McMahon knows dick about small business?
Or that Betsy DeVos does not believe she is on a mission from God to destroy the public education system?
Let's face it Trumpsters, you got tricked into watching a nationally broadcast reality show and convincing yourselves it was real.
And now you get to witness what happens when scripted reality crashes head first into actual reality.
Unfortunately the more intelligent of us, the ones who saw this coming from miles away, the ones you derisively label as "libtards," have to experience that reality right along with you.
The Apprentice contributed to that. People lapped up what the producers were putting out, and the danger became real as news directors, desperate to compete with ratings, started putting music under soft news stories. Facebook started pushing altogether fake news. Opinions on Twitter became truths over lies. People were prone to clickbait no matter how salacious or factually questionable it was, and the entire journalism world turned on its head.
At the very same time, some clever producers were putting forth a manufactured story about a billionaire whose empire was, in actuality, crumbling at the very same time he took the job, the salary, and ownership rights to do a reality show. The Apprentice was a scam put forth to the public in exchange for ratings. We were “entertaining,” and the story about Donald Trump and his stature fell into some bizarre public record as “truth.” This is nothing new, and the impact it’s having on the history of the world is best depicted in the Academy Award-winning film Network, a satire.
So essentially just about everything that people think they know about Trump's "success" was written for the caricature of himself that he played on TV.
The producer, Bill Pruitt, also ads this:
We are masterful storytellers and we did our job well. What’s shocking to me is how quickly and decisively the world bought it. Did we think this clown, this buffoon with the funny hair, would ever become a world leader? Not once. Ever. Would he and his bombastic nature dominate in prime-time TV? We hoped so. Now that the lines of fiction and reality have blurred to the horrifying extent that they have, those involved in the media must have their day of reckoning. People are buying our crap.
You have probably all read comments by that insignificant little troll POS who keeps remarking that liberals are "lost in the wilderness." But the ironic part of that statement is that liberals knew that electing Trump would abandon this country in that wilderness and so we fought hard to prevent it.
And we are not by any stretch of the imagination alone in that wilderness, the conservatives, racists, Islamophobes, and Xenophobes are right there with us, they are just too fucking slow on the uptake to realize it.
In fact the ONLY people who are not soon going to be stumbling around in the darkness looking for a way out are the big business folks who are about to have the best, most financially lucrative, four years of their careers.
And Donald Trump is signaling that truth with every new cabinet member he puts in place.
I mean does anybody REALLY think that the new Secretary of State Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson is going to put the needs of this country ahead of the only company he has ever worked for?
Or that Rick Perry is NOT going to fuck up the Department of Energy?
Or that the WWE's Linda McMahon knows dick about small business?
Or that Betsy DeVos does not believe she is on a mission from God to destroy the public education system?
Let's face it Trumpsters, you got tricked into watching a nationally broadcast reality show and convincing yourselves it was real.
And now you get to witness what happens when scripted reality crashes head first into actual reality.
Unfortunately the more intelligent of us, the ones who saw this coming from miles away, the ones you derisively label as "libtards," have to experience that reality right along with you.
Monday, November 28, 2016
Three California mosques receive threatening letter calling them "Children of Satan" and praising Donald Trump.
Courtesy of Slate:
The Council on American-Islamic Relations is calling for police to increase protection of mosques after at least three in California received identical handwritten letters that vow President-elect Donald Trump will “do to you Muslims what Hitler did to the Jews.” The same photocopied letter was sent to the Islamic Center of Long Beach, the Islamic Center of Claremont and the Evergreen Islamic Center in San Jose over the last week.
The horrific letter is addressed “to the children of Satan” and calls Muslims “vile and filthy people” that “worship the devil.” “Your day of reckoning has arrived,” warns the letter. “There’s a new sheriff in town -- President Donald Trump. He’s going to cleanse America and make it shine again. And he’s going to start with you Muslims. He’s going to do to you Muslims what Hitler did to the Jews. You Muslims would be wise to pack your bags and get out of Dodge.” The letter was signed by “Americans for a Better Way.”
I'm still confused, is this how Trump is "making America great again?"
The Council on American-Islamic Relations is calling for police to increase protection of mosques after at least three in California received identical handwritten letters that vow President-elect Donald Trump will “do to you Muslims what Hitler did to the Jews.” The same photocopied letter was sent to the Islamic Center of Long Beach, the Islamic Center of Claremont and the Evergreen Islamic Center in San Jose over the last week.
The horrific letter is addressed “to the children of Satan” and calls Muslims “vile and filthy people” that “worship the devil.” “Your day of reckoning has arrived,” warns the letter. “There’s a new sheriff in town -- President Donald Trump. He’s going to cleanse America and make it shine again. And he’s going to start with you Muslims. He’s going to do to you Muslims what Hitler did to the Jews. You Muslims would be wise to pack your bags and get out of Dodge.” The letter was signed by “Americans for a Better Way.”
I'm still confused, is this how Trump is "making America great again?"
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Friday, November 11, 2016
Being non-white and attending school in Donald Trump's America.
Courtesy of Think Progress:Yesterday during lunch at Royal Oak Middle School in Royal Oak Michigan, white students loudly chanted BUILD THE WALL, BUILD THE WALL. pic.twitter.com/dfqU2xnMvZ— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) November 10, 2016
During lunch at Royal Oak Middle School in Royal Oak, Michigan, a group of students chanted “Build the wall! Build the wall!”
But that is not all.
Even past secondary school this kind of thing is happening.
Courtesy of Crooks and Liars:
In a Facebook post on Wednesday, York NAACP President Sandra Thompson revealed that she had been receiving reports of students at York Vo-Tech "being spit on, attacked, and called names because of their race or perceived Immigrant status."
One concerned parent provided video of students at the school holding a Donald Trump campaign sign while shouting "white power."
The group "Parents of York County School of Technology Students" said on Facebook that members had received reports that "Trump's presidential win was announced at school today amidst chants of 'white power.' That white students referred to other races as their slaves, and at some points even spit on those students."
And of course you know that if this is happening in other states that Texas will not allow themselves to be left out.
This is what happens when you put a xenophobic racist in the White House.
Hope has been replaced with fear.
Tolerance has been replaced with distrust.
And love has been replaced with hate.
#Notmypresident
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Friday, September 16, 2016
Trump supporter firebombs a mosque. And so the hatred begins to spread.
The suspect in the Florida mosque firebombing has been caught:https://t.co/ksm3QRxZQn pic.twitter.com/lvA9fXSsLI— Imraan Siddiqi (@imraansiddiqi) September 14, 2016
Courtesy of Heavy:I hope that the mainstream media covers this story - An apparent Trump supporter firebombing a mosque on 9/11. pic.twitter.com/5jt5fhNtZH— Imraan Siddiqi (@imraansiddiqi) September 14, 2016
A Facebook page that appears to be Schreiber’s shared a Republican National Committee photo on Trump/Pence that bears the slogan “The team that will make America great again!” He wrote that he was single, is a student, lives in Florida, and was from New York. His Facebook page also contains Jewish symbology.
He also shared news of a Central Park explosion that was not deemed terrorism related, about Saudi Arabian links to 9/11, and an article headlined, “Only a demented fool believes Islam is not a problem.” Schreiber’s Facebook page also contains rhetoric against President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
On July 12, a post on the page reads, “IF AMERICA truly wants peace and safety and pursuit of happiness they should consider all forms of ISLAM as radical, the truth is that there is no such a thing as radical ISLAMIC extremism…ALL ISLAM IS RADICAL, and should be considered TERRORIST AND CRIMANALS and all hoo participate in such activity should be found guilty of WAR CRIM until law and order is restored in this beautiful free country, all who agree with this statement, like it and make a comment.”
Just another preview of Donald Trump's America.
A place that I imagine the majority of us would never want to live.
So make damn sure that you vote.
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Sunday, September 11, 2016
Quote from Muslim-bashing Trump supporter: “America is the ark of Noah, Trump’s gonna win.”
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| Islamophobe, xenophobe, racist, and Trump supporter Emirieta Xhelili. |
A bigoted Brooklyn woman launched a sickening attack on two Muslim women pushing their babies in strollers — punching them in the face and trying to pull off their hijabs, prosecutors said Friday.
Emirjeta Xhelili, 32, hurled Islamophobic insults as she pounced on the two victims near her Bath Beach home about 1:30 p.m. Thursday, authorities said.
“Get the f--k out of here,” Xhelili, 32, allegedly yelled at the pair, according to prosecutors. “Get the f--k out of America, b-----s.”
As she punched the 23-year-old women in the face and kicked them in their legs, she tried to rip the traditional Muslim veils off their heads at Bay 20th St. and Cropsey Aves., police sources said.
“This is America — you shouldn’t be different from us,” she yelled, prosecutors said.
The woman also has a rather repugnant presence on social media:
Xhelili has no previous arrests and works at Noi Due, a kosher Italian restaurant on the Upper West Side, her lawyer said. Her vile social media musings include several bizarre tweets cheering the candidacy of Donald Trump.
“America is the ark of Noah,” one reads. “Trump’s gonna win.”
Gee, can you even imagine what this country will be like if this woman's candidate actually wins?
I am just going to move my refrigerator, computer, and TV's into my bedroom now, because if that happens I am never getting out of bed again.
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Saturday, September 10, 2016
Trump campaign demands an apology after Hillary Clinton refers to their supporters as a "basket of deplorables." Oh, I was just calling them a "flock of assholes." Update!
Courtesy of Politico:
Donald Trump’s campaign is demanding an apology for comments Hillary Clinton made at a fundraising event in New York City, where she said half of his supporters belonged in a “basket of deplorables” -- “the racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic -- you name it.“
Clinton’s comments came as she urged the crowd of donors not to “get complacent” after seeing “the latest outrageous, offensive, inappropriate comment” from Trump and assume, “Well, he's done this time.”
“You know,” she said, “to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables.”
“Right?” she said as the crowd laughed and applauded.
“The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic -- you name it,” Clinton continued. “And unfortunately there are people like that. And he has lifted them up. He has given voice to their websites that used to only have 11,000 people -- now have 11 million. He tweets and retweets their offensive, hateful, mean-spirited rhetoric.”
Some are referring to this statement as Hillary's 47 percent moment, after the famous comments made by Mitt Romney during the 2012 election, but that is just bullshit. Not to mention wishful thinking on the part of the Trump campaign.
Instead of painting all Republicans with the same broad brush strokes Hillary is trying to cut the non-crazies from the herd and convince them to vote for her, or at the very least NOT vote for Donald Trump.
Let's face it the racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic voting block is NEVER going to vote for her no mater what she says or does, so she is simply attempting to draw a bright line between that part of he GOP base, and the part who are simply habitual Republican voters.
And it's working.
So is she going to apologize?
Fuck no!
Update: Well crap she kind of did apologize. Well kinda.
Update 2: And this is WHY she should not have even KINDA apologized:
Yeah this will cost her the election just like Obama's "bitter clingers" comment cost him his two elections.
Donald Trump’s campaign is demanding an apology for comments Hillary Clinton made at a fundraising event in New York City, where she said half of his supporters belonged in a “basket of deplorables” -- “the racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic -- you name it.“
Clinton’s comments came as she urged the crowd of donors not to “get complacent” after seeing “the latest outrageous, offensive, inappropriate comment” from Trump and assume, “Well, he's done this time.”
“You know,” she said, “to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables.”
“Right?” she said as the crowd laughed and applauded.
“The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic -- you name it,” Clinton continued. “And unfortunately there are people like that. And he has lifted them up. He has given voice to their websites that used to only have 11,000 people -- now have 11 million. He tweets and retweets their offensive, hateful, mean-spirited rhetoric.”
Some are referring to this statement as Hillary's 47 percent moment, after the famous comments made by Mitt Romney during the 2012 election, but that is just bullshit. Not to mention wishful thinking on the part of the Trump campaign.
Instead of painting all Republicans with the same broad brush strokes Hillary is trying to cut the non-crazies from the herd and convince them to vote for her, or at the very least NOT vote for Donald Trump.
No, it won't.Wow, Hillary Clinton was SO INSULTING to my supporters, millions of amazing, hard working people. I think it will cost her at the Polls!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 10, 2016
Let's face it the racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic voting block is NEVER going to vote for her no mater what she says or does, so she is simply attempting to draw a bright line between that part of he GOP base, and the part who are simply habitual Republican voters.
And it's working.
So is she going to apologize?
Fuck no!
Update: Well crap she kind of did apologize. Well kinda.
Personally I would have let the statements stand, since we all know that most Americans likely to vote for Hillary agree with them 100%."I won't stop calling out bigotry and racist rhetoric in this campaign." —Hillary pic.twitter.com/C3Z7GybJ53— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 10, 2016
Update 2: And this is WHY she should not have even KINDA apologized:
Because she's fucking right.Look at these traits of Trump supporters and tell me Hillary didn't underestimate size of the #BasketOfDeplorables pic.twitter.com/A8kMwNSg7G
— Adam Khan (@Khanoisseur) September 10, 2016
Yeah this will cost her the election just like Obama's "bitter clingers" comment cost him his two elections.
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Sunday, April 03, 2016
Mostly white armed protesters outside Islamic mosque slink off with tail between their legs after being confronted by mostly black armed counter protesters.
Courtesy of The Dallas Morning News:
Racial tensions in South Dallas almost exploded at an anti-mosque protest Saturday afternoon before quickly dissolving when the protesters retreated.
A few hundred South Dallas residents, mostly black, flooded Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to oppose a planned demonstration by a mostly white group that routinely protests outside mosques.
Both sides were armed.
Dallas police stood guard on a funeral home’s roof as black counterprotesters swarmed the parking lot of Eva’s House of Bar-B-Q, vowing to defend their streets and chanting “black power.”
“This is what they fear — the black man,” said activist Olinka Green. “This is what America fears.”
The anti-mosque group showed up in camouflage, carrying guns and an American flag, FOX 4 reported. They left soon after and the protests ended without incident.
I guess those Islamophobic protesters don't feel like such bad ass Rambo types if the other side brings their guns out as well.
Isn't having EVERYBODY armed one of their favorite talking points?
You know, though it might seem counter intuitive, this kind of a response might actually keep somebody from being shot as it will intimidate these candy ass ammosexuals into skipping the next protest.
Racial tensions in South Dallas almost exploded at an anti-mosque protest Saturday afternoon before quickly dissolving when the protesters retreated.
A few hundred South Dallas residents, mostly black, flooded Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to oppose a planned demonstration by a mostly white group that routinely protests outside mosques.
Both sides were armed.
Dallas police stood guard on a funeral home’s roof as black counterprotesters swarmed the parking lot of Eva’s House of Bar-B-Q, vowing to defend their streets and chanting “black power.”
“This is what they fear — the black man,” said activist Olinka Green. “This is what America fears.”
The anti-mosque group showed up in camouflage, carrying guns and an American flag, FOX 4 reported. They left soon after and the protests ended without incident.
I guess those Islamophobic protesters don't feel like such bad ass Rambo types if the other side brings their guns out as well.
Isn't having EVERYBODY armed one of their favorite talking points?
You know, though it might seem counter intuitive, this kind of a response might actually keep somebody from being shot as it will intimidate these candy ass ammosexuals into skipping the next protest.
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