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Solly Mack

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8. Racist Trump thinks his white skin allows him the right to define what the protest is about.

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Mon Sep 25, 2017, 02:28 PM

Sep 2017

His appeal to (white) nationalism is gristle for his base, who share his thinking that they, too, get to define the protest in terms that are not only deliberately inaccurate, but rooted in racism and expressed through their white privilege.

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'Do you buy what the president says, that his statements are not about race?' ...of course, not. [View all] bigtree Sep 2017 OP

"Do you buy what the president says, that his statements are not about race?" Stinky The Clown Sep 2017 #1

I don't buy ANYTHING that scumbag says... ADX Sep 2017 #2

I have no reason to believe anything coming out of the WH at this point.. HipChick Sep 2017 #3

Benedict Donald is a white supremacist, there's no need to take what he says about race seriously uponit7771 Sep 2017 #4

No. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2017 #5

� bigtree Sep 2017 #6

Racist, white supremacist, billh58 Sep 2017 #7

Racist Trump thinks his white skin allows him the right to define what the protest is about. Solly Mack Sep 2017 #8