Were they really that right to be all upset about it. It came back in what less than a week? Trump didn't have to. Trump has taken plenty of unpopular positions and reveled in it. But the administration put back the Tuskegee airmen and all the others because they either don't really care about individuals breaking some barrier or actually celebrate it.
They put it back after the public outcry, right?
Fuck off. I have so much more respect for the conservatives on these boards that at least have some conviction. You and Zen ride the hell out of that fence. Your but what about tactics get old and tiring. Try to stand on your maga beliefs and stop riding the fence.
Yeah. But there's been plenty of public outcry over other things and they haven't put it back. That indicates to me that either they don't care or they actually celebrate it.
Sorry you're upset. Just pointing out the fallacy in your opinion.
I was responding to your question about whether people should have been upset, given that it was put back up. Of course people (including republicans) were upset during the time after it was taken down and before it was put back up.
I'm not upset at all. You proved nothing by stating that SC has a black representative.
I think what I am saying is that a black person who acted like Trump, and said the exact things that Trump says would not be perceived the same as Trump is by some of the MAGA population. I think it would have been enough of a difference that this hypothetical black trump wouldn’t have one the general election and would have had a much harder time coming out of the primaries.
I would hazard a Guess that they lied when they said they took it down for editing. I didn't see that quote but if they said it, I don't buy it.
I just don't know. Maybe you're right. But I could definitely see someone having similar views and as charismatic as Trump and having plenty of pigment.
Maybe. Being rich and famous lets you get away with more stuff. In other words, I can definitely see a rich and famous black guy getting away with the stuff Trump got away with before I could see a poor and unknown white guy getting away with the same stuff.
How many things in various agencies that have been taken down have not been put back up? This isn't just a handful of agencies or items, there have been plenty of news stories since Trump's DEI "crackdown" of minority heroes being removed from websites and public exhibits from many different agencies, organizations, departments, etc. And of course they're lying - all these people are doing is following the directives of Trump and their bosses. I wonder how many LGBTQ people have been removed and not restored? I'd bet a good many, and they won't be coming back.
I’m talking more about the back door deals than the scandals.
Trust me, you're better off. I put both of them on ignore awhile ago and it's a much better experience reading the board. Of course they'll say it's because I only want a "liberal echo chamber", which is bullshit. If there were arguing in good faith it would be different, but they're simply not. They love yanking people's chains here by being deliberately dense and arguing in circles as long as the other poster is willing to keep arguing or posting. It's not worth the time or effort, imo.
That I agree with. Same with Epstein. I can't think of anyone black and famous that got that kind of pass.
I don't think that a black person could have made the alliance with the Christian Nationalists, the power structure of the Republican Party and/ or the adulation from the rightwing media. It took all three of those to get us here and the foundations were laid when Trump wasn't even a contender. I think everybody is a little surprised by how this played out.
Thank you my friend. I finally decided to do a political post and of course no response. Perhaps it was too fact-based.
