It’s Been Going On for Awhile
There’s a lot of talk of white supremacy and how it’s erupted in violence.
Thing is, it’s been going on awhile.
The Columbine killers were certainly a long way down that path.
We had the violence in Charlottesville last year, and some traction was gauged as “good people on both sides” was the worst of all possible statements.
Back in the 1920’s the KKK had prominent individuals as members...
...Fred Trump fell into that category...
...and there are certainly a whole lot of white people who think they’re better than Asians, Latino, and Blacks.
They just do.
And they’re out of hiding now.
Yesterday we heard that it should be condemned, as it should be, but what will that do to the rallies?
Trump campaigned on the hate last time...
...he was upping the ante this time through.
How can he feed his base if he’s condemning them?
He isn’t going to head out and preach love all of a sudden.
Those people will still chant “send them back.”
He will classify immigrants as less than human...
...and he has to.
Because that’s all he knows.
Seriously.
Trump didn’t invent the hatred behind the white supremacy movement...
...but he only just condemned it yesterday, and in the reading of the words on the TelePrompTer he had cotton mouth, and he offered prayers to the people of Toledo.
His handlers have to be begging him to not tweet and to not take back every single thing he said during his condemnation.
What a sad mess.
Where does all this hate come from?
Can’t we just live?
Thing is, it’s been going on awhile.
The Columbine killers were certainly a long way down that path.
We had the violence in Charlottesville last year, and some traction was gauged as “good people on both sides” was the worst of all possible statements.
Back in the 1920’s the KKK had prominent individuals as members...
...Fred Trump fell into that category...
...and there are certainly a whole lot of white people who think they’re better than Asians, Latino, and Blacks.
They just do.
And they’re out of hiding now.
Yesterday we heard that it should be condemned, as it should be, but what will that do to the rallies?
Trump campaigned on the hate last time...
...he was upping the ante this time through.
How can he feed his base if he’s condemning them?
He isn’t going to head out and preach love all of a sudden.
Those people will still chant “send them back.”
He will classify immigrants as less than human...
...and he has to.
Because that’s all he knows.
Seriously.
Trump didn’t invent the hatred behind the white supremacy movement...
...but he only just condemned it yesterday, and in the reading of the words on the TelePrompTer he had cotton mouth, and he offered prayers to the people of Toledo.
His handlers have to be begging him to not tweet and to not take back every single thing he said during his condemnation.
What a sad mess.
Where does all this hate come from?
Can’t we just live?
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