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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump is a racist. Not a dog-whistler but a consistent, reliable white supremacist
http://www.salon.com/2016/06/09/donald_trump_has_been_a_racist_from_the_start_partner/Dana Milbanks June 6 article in The Washington Post was aptly headlined, Republicans finally discover that Trump is an actual racist. Not a virtual racist, not a borderline or occasional or slip-of-the-lip racist, but a dyed-in-the-wool, consistent, reliable racist, a white supremacist who stereotypes with abandon and abuses vast categories of human beings for their whatever and wherever.
Examples are beyond legion. If for some reason youve missed out, consult the June 6 edition of Brian Lehrers show on WNYC for a sampling of Trumps race-minded slurs. By now they must add up to an entire kiloslur.
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Traditional news organizations will probably consider such language out of bounds. And the English language need not be made to march in lockstep. Theres more than one way to make the point. But in the light of Trumps attack on Judge Gonzalo Curiel for his Mexican heritage, it is, to say the least, peculiar that major media are still tiptoeing around.
Vox writer German Lopez isnt having any of it:
Instead of calling it like it is, CBS News, MSNBC, The Washington Post and The New York Times have called Trumps comments about Curiel racially charged and racially tinged. the weasel words the media typically uses to describe racism. It makes one wonder: What would it take for them to finally call Trump or his remarks just plainly racist? If claiming a qualified, vetted judge shouldnt be able to do his job because of his race and ethnicity isnt racist, then what the hell is?
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Donald Trump is a racist. Not a dog-whistler but a consistent, reliable white supremacist (Original Post)
deminks
Jun 2016
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Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)1. So was his father
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
tonyt53
(5,737 posts)3. Big time!
Gothmog
(145,176 posts)4. Trump needs the support of racists