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Re: Racist, or not racist... You be the judge
1.) happens? yes is the norm or rampant. I never see that in my area, doesn't mean it not happening in your area though.
Ohio, PA and Virginia where I spend lots of time I dont encounter it.
2.) i think you just described the majority of people, I know thats just about everybody I know lol its awesome
3.) agreed
4.) I cant agree here at all, He doesnt talk like "we" talk but I do agree that media has slammed him and all politicians unfairly at times.
5.) I agree with the deliberate intent statements, dont agree about Trump but then again I dont judge trump for any of that stuff really. I know when it comes to that stuff he is a moron, uncoached as you say. I judge him for other important stuff, not his rough around the edges, lack of foresight stuff.
1.)But I do think it happens every day in ordinary society.
2.)I am not careful what word I use around people who know me and know who and what I am. I can call my relatives of Italian descent dago or wop and it's fine. They love it. And they can call me a redneck cracker and I love it. Of course none of us would do that around people who didn't know us and know the context we were using. I don't always finish a sentence or even a word around those who know me well because I know they got it without me saying it. Somebody listening in who didn't know me could get the wrong impression, however.
3.) And it is just natural to refer to our friends and relatives of "Irish" descent as Irish, or of German descent "German" or Italian descent "Italian". So if it isn't racist to do that, why is it racist to call somebody of Mexican descent "Mexican"? Well, that's different some will say. Why? Why is it different? My "Mexican" relatives, all American born except for one who is a naturalized citizen all call themselves "Mexican". It seems to be different only to those who might be latent racists themselves. Who knows?
4.) One of Donald Trump's personal selling points is that he talks like we all talk and not as the coached, careful scripted and memorized, politically correct politicians talk. And I honestly do think he has been unfairly slammed by the media including some of the more conservative Fox News people as well as the Trump haters on this and other message boards, Facebook, Twitter or whatever.
5.)But. . . having said that. . . sometimes I think there is a deliberate intent to it too. Not an intent to be racist. Only an intent to stir up the media storms that have kept him leading every newscast and on all the front pages. The reason I think that is every time media interest begins to wane, he seems to come up with one of these more provocative statements. And we the gullible do seem to fall for it every single time. The man may indeed be brilliant. .
1.) happens? yes is the norm or rampant. I never see that in my area, doesn't mean it not happening in your area though.
Ohio, PA and Virginia where I spend lots of time I dont encounter it.
2.) i think you just described the majority of people, I know thats just about everybody I know lol its awesome
3.) agreed
4.) I cant agree here at all, He doesnt talk like "we" talk but I do agree that media has slammed him and all politicians unfairly at times.
5.) I agree with the deliberate intent statements, dont agree about Trump but then again I dont judge trump for any of that stuff really. I know when it comes to that stuff he is a moron, uncoached as you say. I judge him for other important stuff, not his rough around the edges, lack of foresight stuff.