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  • ruszja

    Member
    August 28, 2020 at 4:05 pm

    Quote from Frumious

    Seems Jacob Blake is no longer handcuffed to his bed in the hospital. I guess police decided he is not a flight risk?

    Awfully decent of them.

    /S

    One of his ten lawyers probably posted bond on the warrant the cops came to serve when all this happened.

  • btomba_77

    Member
    August 31, 2020 at 9:16 am

    [b]I was an FBI agent who infiltrated white supremacists. Too many local police dont take the far right seriously or actively sympathize[/b]

    [link=https://www.theguardian.com/commenti…macists-police]https://www.theguardian.c…menti…macists-police[/link]

    Quote:
    for decades, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has routinely warned its agents that the white supremacist and far-right militant groups it investigates often have links to law enforcement. Yet the justice department has no national strategy designed to protect the communities policed by these dangerously compromised law enforcers.

    Quote:
    A leaked 2015 counter-terrorism policy guide made the case more directly, warning agents that FBI domestic terrorism investigations focused on militia extremists, white supremacist extremists, and sovereign citizen extremists often have identified active links to law enforcement officers.

    Quote:
    white supremacists and far-right militants have committed far more attacks and killed more people in the US over the last 10 years than any foreign terrorist movement. The FBI regards them as the most lethal domestic terror threat. The need for national action is even more critical.

    • kaldridgewv2211

      Member
      August 31, 2020 at 10:06 am

      This is all getting pretty ridiculous.  There’s peaceful protest and then there are people who are using those as a guise to stir $h1t up.  Then you have idiots who feel that because they purchased an AR-15 they have and kind of perceived or actual power to do whatever the F they’re doing.  All the while the POTUS doesn’t come out and just say knock the BS off.  He almost revels in the threats.  I’ll send in the national guard.  Americans shooting Americans over politics.  Pure dumb fudgery.

      • ruszja

        Member
        August 31, 2020 at 10:17 am

        Quote from DICOM_Dan

        This is all getting pretty ridiculous.  There’s peaceful protest and then there are people who are using those as a guise to stir $h1t up.  Then you have idiots who feel that because they purchased an AR-15 they have and kind of perceived or actual power to do whatever the F they’re doing.  All the while the POTUS doesn’t come out and just say knock the BS off.  He almost revels in the threats.  I’ll send in the national guard.  Americans shooting Americans over politics.  Pure dumb fudgery.

         
        Given that about 50% of the population will do exactly the opposite of whatever it is the president says, I dont see much of a loss in him not saying such a thing. He could say ‘eat more apples’ and we would have wall to wall coverage on CNN on how that is obviously racist and designed to kill the fructose intolerant.
         
        The riots and the democratic mayors hapless response to them play into his entire ‘vote for me to stem the chaos’ narrative. Fix the riot problem and the Trump problem goes away.

        • Unknown Member

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          August 31, 2020 at 11:22 am

          Interesting that the violent this past week has basically involved trump supporters at black life matter protests

          Maybe if the trumpers stayed home nothing would happen

          • kayla.meyer_144

            Member
            August 31, 2020 at 11:28 am

            Talk about apples and oranges examples.
             
            Yes, advising eating apples is benign so who would care while cheerleading violence is not & yet 40% of the population thinks that is just grand and peachy.
             
            Fix the Trump problem & you begin to address the “riot” problems.
             
             

          • ruszja

            Member
            August 31, 2020 at 11:55 am

            Quote from Chirorad84

            Interesting that the violent this past week has basically involved trump supporters at black life matter protests

            Maybe if the trumpers stayed home nothing would happen

             
            Dumb as it may be to support Trump, being wrong is protected under the first amendment.
             
            Universally, the problem has been the violent reaction by Antifa to the presence of counter-demonstrators.  Maybe Antifa should stay home instead ?

            • Unknown Member

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              August 31, 2020 at 12:07 pm

              Universally the problem has been police kneeling on necks or shooting black guys in back as they run away

              If support for thats antifa sign me up

              • ruszja

                Member
                August 31, 2020 at 12:09 pm

                Quote from Chirorad84

                Universally the problem has been police kneeling on necks or shooting black guys in back as they run away

                If support for thats antifa sign me up

                 
                So you think Antifa actually supports the cause to push back against police brutality. Thats funny.

                • Unknown Member

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                  August 31, 2020 at 12:29 pm

                  I think antifa actually opposes white nationalists KKK and anti semites

                  I really dont have a problem with antifa

                  I have a problem with white supremacy groups

                • Unknown Member

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                  August 31, 2020 at 12:29 pm

                  I think antifa actually opposes white nationalists KKK and anti semites

                  I really dont have a problem with antifa

                  I have a problem with white supremacy groups

                  • ruszja

                    Member
                    August 31, 2020 at 12:41 pm

                    Quote from Chirorad84

                    I think antifa actually opposes white nationalists KKK and anti semites

                    I really dont have a problem with antifa

                    I have a problem with white supremacy groups

                     
                    I’ll put you down for the ‘pro civil war’ faction.

                    • Unknown Member

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                      August 31, 2020 at 12:49 pm

                      I have a problem with white supremacy

                      If that puts me in the civil war faction

                      I will wear that badge of honor

  • ruszja

    Member
    August 31, 2020 at 11:37 am

    Quote from Frumious

    Fix the Trump problem & you begin to address the “riot” problems.

     
    So the BLM riots didn’t happen when the chosen one ran the federal government ?
     
    Questionable police killings are a local/state problem that needs local solutions. Boot the police unions out of the disciplinary process, improve training, universal cameras, fire troubled cops etc. It’ll take only a few decades.

    • Unknown Member

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      August 31, 2020 at 11:48 am

      There were protest under Obama

      But nothing like this

      Remember the church shooting in South Carolina

      Obama really defused that situation

    • kayla.meyer_144

      Member
      August 31, 2020 at 11:54 am

      Who is your “chosen one?”
       
      Oh yeah, that Black Guy?
       
      [link=https://theweek.com/articles/928989/why-obama-still-drives-republicans-nuts]https://theweek.com/artic…rives-republicans-nuts[/link]
       
      The problem is that the “local/state” problem of the police seems to be happening at multiple states at the same time.
       
      I agree, break the police unions as a start.
       
      Do you think Trump is up to encouraging that? I don’t.
       
      I agree with your last sentence but there is more needed that has to be done. “Tear down that (blue) wall!” is also key.
       
      Omerta and lying to protect the guilty is not how police should act.
       
       

  • btomba_77

    Member
    August 31, 2020 at 1:15 pm

    Ask yourself: do I look like a radical socialist with a soft spot for rioters? Really?” ~ Joe Biden

    • clickpenguin_460

      Member
      August 31, 2020 at 1:32 pm

      He doesn’t but the people controlling him/running the country with him and after him do.

      • kayla.meyer_144

        Member
        August 31, 2020 at 2:15 pm

        A Brooklyn cheer on that statement.
         
        At least Biden will look for competence for his appointees and kissing the ring pledging personal loyalty to him will not be necessary. That’s a good change. We aren’t living in a personality cult  autocracy yet, although Trump is trying. 

        • clickpenguin_460

          Member
          August 31, 2020 at 2:18 pm

          I don’t like either of the people either of them will have around them.  I think you should be picking people who do not work in politics and try to find people who are apolitical for a Cabinet.  Hiring the head of a housing charity for HUD, hiring the CEO of an Ag company for Agriculture, etc.  I don’t like the political favor nonsense.  For example, Secretary of State is a very difficult job and it’s been a bunch of terrible people doing it for a long time.

          • kayla.meyer_144

            Member
            August 31, 2020 at 2:22 pm

            So I don’t disagree about the circular doors. But like the Electoral College, that’s the system we have until laws are changed. And that said, very many government employees are dedicated workers.

  • btomba_77

    Member
    September 4, 2020 at 4:08 pm

    [link=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/0…eat-dhs-409236]https://www.politico.com/…020/0…eat-dhs-409236[/link]

    White supremacists present the gravest terror threat to the United States, according to a draft report from the Department of Homeland Security.

    Two later draft versions of the same document all of which were reviewed by POLITICO describe the threat from white supremacists in slightly different language. But all three drafts describe the threat from white supremacists as the deadliest domestic terror threat facing the U.S., listed above the immediate danger from foreign terrorist groups.

    • clickpenguin_460

      Member
      September 4, 2020 at 4:27 pm

      Totally.  So many white supremacist acts over the last decades.  Can’t remember any foreign terrorist attacks or any violent leftist riots at all.

      • Unknown Member

        Deleted User
        September 4, 2020 at 5:40 pm

        Oklahoma City

        • Unknown Member

          Deleted User
          September 4, 2020 at 5:40 pm

          Why the white supremacy apologist on aunt Minnie

          Why?

          Whats up with that?

          • clickpenguin_460

            Member
            September 4, 2020 at 6:33 pm

            Okay one in the mid 90’s.  Guess that’s what the DHS data must be based on.
             
            I’m not apologizing for anyone. I just think that’s a strange assertion given the recent foreign terrorism and current leftist terrorism.  Guess the white supremacists just talk a big game and get people nervous?

            • Unknown Member

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              September 5, 2020 at 1:31 pm

              [link=https://twitter.com/mollyfprince/status/1302256464740917248?s=21]https://twitter.com/molly…02256464740917248?s=21[/link]

              For the folks who wonder why criminals get shot multiple times.

  • 19462008

    Member
    September 6, 2020 at 12:33 am

    Quote from fw

    Quote from CudaRad

    I agree to some parts of your statement, Denver police, all you need to be is 21, have HS Diploma or a GED and can take the test. Outside Denver Jeffco, you can do the same thing however, your higher education puts you in front of the process. If you are an officer with a BS or BA, you will addressed as an Agent in title. 

    The officer who killed George Floyd has a bachelors in criminal justice. The african american rookie who effected the initial arrest has a bs in sociology.

    It’s not the college degree those people were lacking, its competence.

    The how did a higher educated law enforcement officer be allowed to continue working when they had so many infractions or run-ins in their past history. Who… allowed it continue? The Union? Again, the Mayor and City Board are the ones that oversee such city recourses. You could say that all the prior Mayors were.. Incompetent or Didn’t care about what was going on. But… the officer is responsible for his own actions. And therefore, if found guilty, will be sentenced like a citizen. 

    • ruszja

      Member
      September 6, 2020 at 4:43 am

      Quote from CudaRad

      The how did a higher educated law enforcement officer be allowed to continue working when they had so many infractions or run-ins in their past history.

      If you police the rougher neighborhoods of town you are going to have to use force more frequently than if you work the leafy suburbs. The great majority of those complaints were closed as unfounded, some of them were for using ‘bad words’. I have no way of telling whether 18 complaints (2 sustained) in 19 years of inner city policing is a bad record.

      • btomba_77

        Member
        September 6, 2020 at 4:48 am

        I have no way of telling whether 18 complaints (2 sustained) in 19 years of inner city policing is a bad record.

         
        Me neither.  Could be a “bad cop” could be just working a rough beat.  Kind of like looking at the number of times a radiologist has been named in litigation and trying to asses their how good/bad a rad they are based on that.
         
        For me I just want daylight.
         
        A good argument for transparency and independent citizen review boards with subpoena power.  If it’s nothing, then we can all know it’s nothing.  If it’s something we get to know that too.

      • 19462008

        Member
        September 6, 2020 at 5:31 pm

        Quote from fw

        Quote from CudaRad

        The how did a higher educated law enforcement officer be allowed to continue working when they had so many infractions or run-ins in their past history.

        If you police the rougher neighborhoods of town you are going to have to use force more frequently than if you work the leafy suburbs. The great majority of those complaints were closed as unfounded, some of them were for using ‘bad words’. I have no way of telling whether 18 complaints (2 sustained) in 19 years of inner city policing is a bad record.

        Interesting, I did not know that about him. Then their follow up was shotty or he actually was cleared properly. But for now.. he did a bad thing.

        • ruszja

          Member
          September 6, 2020 at 6:37 pm

          Quote from CudaRad

          Interesting, I did not know that about him. Then their follow up was shotty or he actually was cleared properly. But for now.. he did a bad thing.

           
          Oh, no question, what he did on video that day, was awful, and no this was not covered under the ‘maximum restraint technique’ allowable under his departments policy. Floyd was being an a-hole and squirming when they tried to load him into the squad car, but at the point when he was on the ground, he wasn’t actively resisting and not a threat to the officers or himself.
           
          The problem I have is with him (and the department) being demonized based on a history  ’18 complaints’ and the fact that he had been involved in a fatal shooting. You can’t compare the work of a city cop in a place like Minneapolis, Baltimore or Oakland, CA with the ‘average’ police officer. The fact that 16 of the complaints were closed without as much as a letter of reprimand, suggests that either the cities complaint resolution process is messed up, or that he in fact was not a ‘bad cop’.
           
           

          • Unknown Member

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            September 9, 2020 at 6:57 am

            I wonder if BLM knows Antifa was allied with Hitler and helped him come to power. It feels as if that would be a source of tension, given BLM’s focus on history. Does Antifa owe reparations to anyone who lost a family member or property to Nazi Germany?

            Hmm. Chiro keeps saying his relatives were Antifa and Hitler supporters. I wonder if he now owes us reparations.

            • btomba_77

              Member
              September 17, 2020 at 5:38 am

              [h1][b]Cop Killer Was Part of Right-Wing Boogaloo Movement[/b][/h1]  
               
              The FBI announced that Steven Carrillo, the U.S. Air Force sergeant who allegedly murdered law enforcement officers in California during protests earlier this month, was associated with the right-wing Boogaloo movement, and that Carrillo chose the timing of his attacks to take advantage of a time when this nation was mourning the killing of George Floyd, [link=https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/06/16/accused-killer-of-california-cops-was-associated-with-right-wing-boogaloo-movement/#40f46fdb59bd]Forbes[/link] reports.
               

              • kaldridgewv2211

                Member
                September 17, 2020 at 6:55 am

                scum bag.

                • btomba_77

                  Member
                  September 17, 2020 at 9:46 am

                  [link=https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/516888-wray-says-racially-motivated-violent-extremism-makes-up-most-of-fbis]Wray: Racially motivated violent extremism makes up most of FBI’s domestic terrorism cases[/link]
                   
                  [b]”People subscribing to some kind of white supremacist type ideology is certainly the biggest chunk”[/b]
                   
                   
                   
                  BI Director Christopher Wray told lawmakers Thursday that racially motivated violent extremism cases account for the bulk of the bureau’s work on domestic terrorist threats.
                   
                  Testifying before the House Homeland Security Committee, Wray also said most of the racially motivated cases deal with white supremacists.
                  “Within the domestic terrorism bucket, the category as a whole, racially motivated violent extremism is, I think, the biggest bucket within that larger group. And within the racially motivated violent extremist bucket, people subscribing to some kind of white supremacist type ideology is certainly the biggest chunk of that,” he said.
                   

                  • Unknown Member

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                    September 17, 2020 at 10:48 am

                    Crickets from the aunt Minnie Q-Anon
                    Crowd

  • Unknown Member

    Deleted User
    September 17, 2020 at 11:18 am

    He said racially motivated anarchist extremists. Sounds like he was talking about Antifa. Makes sense since they are mostly white. Thanks for this kpack!

    • Unknown Member

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      September 17, 2020 at 11:24 am

      “Antifa is a real thing. It’s not a group or an organization. It’s a movement, or an ideology may be one way of thinking of it,” Wray said.
      FBI Director Chris Wray made clear that Antifa is not a made-up, right-wing conspiracy theory and that the FBI has cases involving those connected to it.

      “And we have quite a number — and I’ve said this quite consistently since my first time appearing before this committee — we have any number of properly predicated investigations into what we would describe as violent anarchist extremists and some of those individuals self-identify with Antifa.”

      Yes. Agreed.

      • Unknown Member

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        September 17, 2020 at 11:28 am

        Antifa is real

        But its way way way way overblown especially compared to white supremacy groups

        Its not even close

        • Unknown Member

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          September 17, 2020 at 12:38 pm

          Quote from Chirorad84

          Antifa is real

          But its way way way way overblown especially compared to white supremacy groups

          Its not even close

           
          I was under the impression that every organization with white people in charge or in leadership is considered white supremacist, including the papacy?

          • kaldridgewv2211

            Member
            September 21, 2020 at 1:04 pm

            Bill Barr is labelling places like Portland Anarchy Jurisdictions.  This is to withhold money from what I can tell.  Double Secret Probation.
             
             
             [link=https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/21/politics/doj-anarchy-jurisdictions/index.html]https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/21/politics/doj-anarchy-jurisdictions/index.html[/link]

            • btomba_77

              Member
              September 23, 2020 at 3:06 pm

              [b]Pro-Trump Activists Plotted Violence Ahead of Rallies[/b][/h1]  
              Leaked chat logs show Portland-area pro-Trump activists planning and training for violence, sourcing arms and ammunition and even suggesting political assassinations ahead of a series of contentious rallies in the Oregon city, including one scheduled for this weekend, [link=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/23/oregon-portland-pro-trump-protests-violence-texts]The Guardian[/link] reports.

               

              • btomba_77

                Member
                September 30, 2020 at 3:41 am

                [link=https://twitter.com/EzraNBC/status/1311135496333135873?s=20]https://twitter.com/EzraNBC/status/1311135496333135873?[/link]

                “Proud Boys in social media groups are going wild about the “Stand back and stand by” comment. They are basically seeing it as acknowledgment and a call to arms”
                 
                 
                (Trump’s clear refusal to condemn white supremacy also the lead debate headline for NBC news)

  • btomba_77

    Member
    September 30, 2020 at 8:08 am

    [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Proud_Boys_Trump_logo.jpeg/220px-Proud_Boys_Trump_logo.jpeg[/img]

  • btomba_77

    Member
    September 30, 2020 at 8:57 am

      “I think he misspoke. I think he should correct it. If he doesn’t correct it, I guess he didn’t misspeak.”
     
      ~ Sen. Tim Scott (R) on Trump’s shout out to the “Proud Boys” to “stand back and stand by.” during the first Presidential debate.

    • ruszja

      Member
      September 30, 2020 at 9:00 am

      Quote from dergon

        “I think he misspoke. I think he should correct it. If he doesn’t correct it, I guess he didn’t misspeak.”

      ~ Sen. Tim Scott (R) on Trump’s shout out to the “Proud Boys” to “stand back and stand by.” during the first Presidential debate.

       
      How many hours until there will be a statement ‘he didn’t hear the question’.
       
      And the follow-up question.
       
       

      • btomba_77

        Member
        September 30, 2020 at 9:27 am

        Quote from fw

        Quote from dergon

        “I think he misspoke. I think he should correct it. If he doesn’t correct it, I guess he didn’t misspeak.”

        ~ Sen. Tim Scott (R) on Trump’s shout out to the “Proud Boys” to “stand back and stand by.” during the first Presidential debate.

        How many hours until there will be a statement ‘he didn’t hear the question’.

        And the follow-up question.

         
        Looks like the WH response is all over the place …
         
        Peter Navarro is going with “Trump was just about to do it, but Chris Wallace cut him off.”
         
        “I dont think that theres anything to clarify.”  ~White House communications director Alyssa Farah 
         
        “He wants them to get out of the way. He wants them to not do the things they say they want to do.”  ~ Hogan Gidley
         
         
         
         

        • ruszja

          Member
          September 30, 2020 at 9:42 am

          Quote from dergon

          Looks like the WH response is all over the place …

          Peter Navarro is going with “Trump was just about to do it, but Chris Wallace cut him off.”

          “I dont think that theres anything to clarify.”  ~White House communications director Alyssa Farah 

          “He wants them to get out of the way. He wants them to not do the things they say they want to do.”  ~ Hogan Gidley

          That’s what happens if you are incapable of hiring qualified communications staff.

          The only saving grace is that it is wholly irrelevant what the staff says because Trumpybear will come out with a full throated defense of whatever dumb shit he said. ‘Of course I like Nazis, there are good Nazis, you know, tremendous.’

  • Unknown Member

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    September 30, 2020 at 10:02 am

    Biden posted a message calling Rittenhouse a white supremacist. Hes not.

    It probably wont matter to the election, but the DNC/Biden campaign is getting sued by the same lawyer for this that got Sandmann his hundreds of millions.

    So that will be fun.

    • clickpenguin_460

      Member
      September 30, 2020 at 10:07 am

      Serious questions..
       
      Are all Republicans racist in the eyes of the Dems no matter what?
       
      Are all people who vote for Trump racist in the eyes of the Dems no matter what?

      • btomba_77

        Member
        September 30, 2020 at 10:24 am

        Quote from Cubsfan10

        Serious questions..

        Are all Republicans racist in the eyes of the Dems no matter what?

        Are all people who vote for Trump racist in the eyes of the Dems no matter what?

        I’ll rake you at word that you really pose a serious question.
         
         So I’ll answer simply first: No.
         
        That said it is absolutely true that white with racial animus are drawn to Donald Trump in a particular kind of way. And right now Donald Trump is the Republican party.
         
         
        I’ll give you an assessment of my RL friends/family who I know to be Republican and voting Trump
         
        1) My sister – Born again evangelical.  Very much wants to see religion a large part of American public life.  Believes the US should be led by a Chrisitan and only a christian.  I do not consider her a racist nor to have negative racial views.
         
        2) My buddy “Jimmy” – Eastern european immigrant. All things “Left” are bad. The left destoryed his native land and to elect a Democrat means the US will be a communist dictatorship soon after.   Is he an overt racist? No.   Does he harbor animus toward non-whites? You betcha.
         
        3 My buddy “Earl” – A man’s man. Macho. Likes guns … a lot. He’s 2A. He’s also a CFO for a small business.  He wants guns and low taxes.  Is he an overy racist? Not exactly… but he absolutely has very negative views of Muslims and Mexicans.
         
        4) My buddy “William” – Republican for multiple generations. Daughter works for the GOP on occasion. Likes low taxes… in public is steadfastly non-political (on conversation etc). I have never heard him say or imply something that would make believe he is racist.
         
        5) My friend “james” – Career federal law enforcement.  Supports cops no matter what.  He is an overt racist. We don’t really spend time together since Trump … he really came out of the closet on the racial animus.
         
         
        So, no #notallRepublicans .  
         
        But is racism a problem (or a feature) of the Trump Republican party? Absolutely.  

        • clickpenguin_460

          Member
          September 30, 2020 at 11:10 am

          I was being serious and thanks for the case studies.
           
          My wife and her family are similar to #2 as her Dad came from Yugoslavia when he was in his 20s.  They are the most fervent Trump supporters I know but not racist.
           
          I guess I would say I’m closest to no. 4?  I hate big government and taxes, want a strong military/police force, and want to reign in spending (waste more importantly).  
           
          I just wanted to know that not all liberal people are labeling me racist.  I’ve been called it many times in the past 3 years and it’s starting to bug me a lot.
           
          I guess the only thing I disagree with you is that both parties have a racist problem.  The Republicans with white supremacy and the Dems with anti-white rhetoric.  It comes back to whether or not you think you can be racist against whites, I guess.  It was one reason why I thought Wallace was biased last night.  He framed the critical race theory question as Trump shutting down a benign racial sensitivity training but that is not what CRT is at all.  There’s a big difference between the nice diversity videos and things we watch every year for the hospital and CRT.

        • kayla.meyer_144

          Member
          September 30, 2020 at 11:14 am

          Cubsfan,

          Serious answer, no and no. And what dergon wrote, I agree, Trump has made racism & other disagreeable hates out of the closet like fundamentalist religious views including anti-gay animus as part of GOP mainstream along with other nut-job reactionary ideas like John Birch & Q-anon. You cant look at the GOP & easily separate those extremist views.

          Now my serious questions, how much of Republican support is really animus against so-called elites like scientists & other knowledge based professions? & how much is support just about making Liberal tears? & do you really believe that everything Democrats is Socialism & bent on Communist dictatorship & creating dependence on government?

        • ruszja

          Member
          September 30, 2020 at 11:22 am

          Quote from dergon

          2) My buddy “Jimmy” – Eastern european immigrant. All things “Left” are bad. The left destoryed his native land and to elect a Democrat means the US will be a communist dictatorship soon after.   Is he an overt racist? No.   Does he harbor animus toward non-whites? You betcha.

           
          Opposing the socialist takeover  racism.

          • btomba_77

            Member
            September 30, 2020 at 11:24 am

            Quote from fw

            Quote from dergon

            2) My buddy “Jimmy” – Eastern european immigrant. All things “Left” are bad. The left destoryed his native land and to elect a Democrat means the US will be a communist dictatorship soon after.   Is he an overt racist? No.   Does he harbor animus toward non-whites? You betcha.

            Opposing the socialist takeover  racism.

             
            Perhaps how I wrote it wasn’t clear …
             

            Those are two different viewpoints that he holds
             
            1)He opposes socialism
             
            2) He doesn’t have a good opinion of brown people

            • kayla.meyer_144

              Member
              September 30, 2020 at 11:34 am

              Ive known a number of Russians, Ukrainians & Eastern Europeans in my life & most share dergons example of most being Republican for reasons dergon wrote. I cannot say however  that they have made me aware of racial animus, in NYC, we have a very broad mix of people from around the world, many who are non-white, many from sh1t-hole countries, who range from aides, techs, physicians, etc. The times people shared their racial animus with me was some Italian-American techs at different times/ years talking about how they were taking over. That was in the Bronx & Jersey City hospitals & because I am a blond & blue-eyed white man they assumed I shared their views. 

              However I do not know if they were ever Republicans. 
               

            • ruszja

              Member
              September 30, 2020 at 11:48 am

              Quote from dergon

              Perhaps how I wrote it wasn’t clear …

              Those are two different viewpoints that he holds

              1)He opposes socialism

              2) He doesn’t have a good opinion of brown people

               
              Spelled out that way, it makes more sense. 
               
              That is btw. an opinion he shares with many immigrants of all skin colors. Ask some working class west africans what they think about the native population. If they can speak freely, you may get your feelings hurt.

              • btomba_77

                Member
                September 30, 2020 at 11:55 am

                Trump on the WH lawn right now saying he doesnt know who the Proud Boys are.

                Despite telling them to stand by last night

                • ruszja

                  Member
                  October 1, 2020 at 10:36 am

                  Quote from dergon

                  Trump on the WH lawn right now saying he doesnt know who the Proud Boys are.

                  Despite telling them to stand by last night

                   
                  Of course he doesn’t. That would have required him to actually listen to the briefings given by the FBI and the three letter agencies.

                  • btomba_77

                    Member
                    October 1, 2020 at 11:56 am

                    Kilmeade Urges Trump to Take Some Time Today to Clarify His White Supremacist Statement

                    [link=https://www.mediaite.com/tv/kilmeade-urges-trump-to-take-some-time-today-to-clarify-his-white-supremacist-statement/]https://www.mediaite.com/tv/kilmeade…ist-statement/[/link]

  • kayla.meyer_144

    Member
    September 30, 2020 at 11:55 am

    You mean that many Africans or Caribbean Blacks do not hold many African-Americans in high esteem.
     
    But is that racist animus? I dont think that applies.
     
    Many White Americans do not know the difference between a West African and a Caribbean Black and an American Black. Same as many White Americans dont know the difference between a Mexican or Puerto Rican or Cuban or Guatemalan or Honduran, etc. They all are the same to many White Americans. 

  • btomba_77

    Member
    October 1, 2020 at 4:05 am

    [link=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/internal-document-shows-trump-officials-were-told-make-comments-sympathetic-n1241581?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma]https://www.nbcnews.com/p…81?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma[/link]

    [b]White House/ DHS Instructed Federal Officials to make favorable statements about Right Wing Terrorist Kyle Rittenhouse[/b]

    Federal law enforcement officials were directed to make public comments sympathetic to [link=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/teen-accused-shooting-2-kenosha-protesters-fighting-extradition-wisconsin-face-n1241070]Kyle Rittenhouse[/link], the teenager charged with fatally shooting two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, according to internal Department of Homeland Security talking points obtained by NBC News.
     
    In preparing Homeland Security officials for questions about Rittenhouse from the media, the document suggests that they note that he “took his rifle to the scene of the rioting to help defend small business owners.”
     
    Another set of talking points distributed to Homeland Security officials said the media were incorrectly labeling the group Patriot Prayer as racists after clashes erupted between the group and protesters in Portland, Oregon.
     
    It is unclear whether any of the talking points originated at the White House or within Homeland Security’s own press office.
    [/QUOTE]
     

  • btomba_77

    Member
    October 1, 2020 at 10:24 am

    [link=https://www.newsweek.com/proud-boys-trump-video-colorado-rally-1535645]https://www.newsweek.com/…colorado-rally-1535645[/link]

    Proud Boys Members Appear in Official Trump Campaign Video

  • btomba_77

    Member
    October 1, 2020 at 12:01 pm

    Fox News’ John Roberts is angry-

    “Stop deflecting. Stop blaming the media. I’m tired of it.”

    [link=https://twitter.com/BGrueskin/status/1311737752560586752]https://twitter.com/BGrue…us/1311737752560586752[/link]

  • btomba_77

    Member
    October 1, 2020 at 3:23 pm

    [link=https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/519245-dilbert-creator-scott-adams-blasts-trumps-white-supremacist]’Dilbert’ creator Scott Adams blasts Trump’s white supremacist answer: ‘He screwed me'[/link]

    • btomba_77

      Member
      October 2, 2020 at 3:59 am

      [b]Trump Finally Condemns All White Supremacists   [/b]
       
      [b] [/b]
      President Trump condemned all White supremacists Thursday evening after pointedly refusing to do so at Tuesdays presidential debate and in the days since, [link=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/01/politics/trump-proud-boys-white-supremacists/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_allpolitics+%28RSS%3A+CNN+-+Politics%29]CNN[/link] reports.
       
      I condemn the KKK, I condemn all White supremacists, I condemn the Proud Boys. I dont know much about the Proud Boys, almost nothing, but I condemn that.

       

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