A quick thought on Justin Trudeau, Donald Trump, and our media's coverage of race and racism.

[LincolnRossiter]

Who the hell believes that Justin Trudeau is a racist? The answer is "no one," so why the hell are our media playing up this blackface thing as though it's indicative of Trudeau's racism.

I'm sick and tired of the innuendo, nodding of heads, and tacit accusations. Trudeau should be criticized for his stupid, childish antics. But anyone who thinks he's a racist should man (or woman) up and make the call.

This is why we lose elections to actual open, practicing racists like Donald Trump, Jesse Helm, and Strom Thurmond. Liberals need to wake the fuck up or watch what happens next. They're doing the shame shit to Biden.

It's pathetic.

[EveHammond13]

1. Katy Tur was HYPERVENTILATING about Trudeau. But gives a big MEH to trump's racism.

[LincolnRossiter]

3. Katy Tur's a fucking moron. I'm so done with this shit.

NT.

[OKNancy]

8. I saw that. She's ridiculous

I don't get it really. Has Trudeau given any indication in his political life of being a racist or supporting bigoted laws?

I see some rat-forking here.

[TheRealNorth]

2. Trudeau apologized....

Republicans know they don't have to apologize as long as they can wait around for the next outrage.

[EveHammond13]

5. and now begins the media's time-honored "BEATING OF THE DEAD (LEFT/DEM/PROGRESSIVE) HORSE"

[WhiskeyGrinder]

4. When people commit racist acts, it generally indicates that they might be racist.

It doesn't help anyone to pretend that people raised in a white supremacy aren't affected at all by racist influences.

[LincolnRossiter]

7. Give me a break.

Everyone's affected by racist influences. Does that make everyone a racist? Let's leave out the fact that "Arab" is not, in fact, considered a race.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

9. If a person hasn't done conscious anti-racism work to dismantle internal prejudices instilled by the

white hegemony they live in, do they still affect that person's actions?

[OKNancy]

10. That's true

That's a small irritation when I see that. In fact most people who speak Arabic languages are Caucasian. That's why I use the word bigot instead of racist. Same goes for people from Mexico. Mexican is not a race.

[Vinca]

6. The way they're breathlessly reporting the Trudeau story you'd think he dressed in sheets and

burned crosses on lawns. This happened when he was young and stupid and he apologized. The orange menace is treating the homeless in California like vermin to be gotten rid of and nary a peep. I'm so sick of this.