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From The CBC
The phone call included condolences, a pledge of solidarity, and a question from the U.S. president.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's nation was still aching with grief after a white-nationalist gunman killed 50 people at two mosques in Christchurch. As she spoke on Friday with U.S. President Donald Trump, her American counterpart asked what he could offer.
Ardern reportedly answered, "Sympathy and love for all Muslim communities."
Trump "acknowledged that and agreed," she told reporters. But if the two national leaders sounded like they shared a common understanding, it appears to have been fleeting.
The U.S. president, tweeting about the call, made no mention of Ardern's plea. Instead, on the morning after their chat, Trump defended Fox News personality Jeanine Pirro, whose recent on-air remarks were deemed to be so bigoted against Muslims that the network reportedly suspended her.
COMMENT:-
Unfortunately it appears that the only "evidence" that someone is, in even the tiniest bit, a racist that some will accept is if the person under consideration swears, under oath and under penalty of perjury, that they are a racist. Anything short of that, means that there is enough "evidence" to conclude that the person under consideration is NOT a racist and, accordingly that proves that they are not a racist.
"First they came for the..."
Should one "condemn" __[fill in the blank]__ because there IS racism in __[fill in the blank]__? Nope, there is racism in every country.
Should one "condemn" __[fill in the blank]__ because its people want to pretend that there is no racism in __[fill in the blank]__? You tell me.
Despite Trump's view, white nationalism is a growing threat, data shows
The phone call included condolences, a pledge of solidarity, and a question from the U.S. president.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's nation was still aching with grief after a white-nationalist gunman killed 50 people at two mosques in Christchurch. As she spoke on Friday with U.S. President Donald Trump, her American counterpart asked what he could offer.
Ardern reportedly answered, "Sympathy and love for all Muslim communities."
Trump "acknowledged that and agreed," she told reporters. But if the two national leaders sounded like they shared a common understanding, it appears to have been fleeting.
The U.S. president, tweeting about the call, made no mention of Ardern's plea. Instead, on the morning after their chat, Trump defended Fox News personality Jeanine Pirro, whose recent on-air remarks were deemed to be so bigoted against Muslims that the network reportedly suspended her.
COMMENT:-
Unfortunately it appears that the only "evidence" that someone is, in even the tiniest bit, a racist that some will accept is if the person under consideration swears, under oath and under penalty of perjury, that they are a racist. Anything short of that, means that there is enough "evidence" to conclude that the person under consideration is NOT a racist and, accordingly that proves that they are not a racist.
"First they came for the..."
Should one "condemn" __[fill in the blank]__ because there IS racism in __[fill in the blank]__? Nope, there is racism in every country.
Should one "condemn" __[fill in the blank]__ because its people want to pretend that there is no racism in __[fill in the blank]__? You tell me.