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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bill's attack on the BLM protesters: fair & defensible, or not? [View all]Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)6. Wow. That's the worst quote I've seen today (nt)
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"when you talk about ghettos traditionally, what you talk about is African-American communities. "
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#3
No it isn't and your positions on race are far too suspect to take you seriously.
morningfog
Apr 2016
#8
And associating "ghettos" with "African American communities" is not "suspect" at all.
Nye Bevan
Apr 2016
#9
FACT NOT IN DISPUTE: Racist think ghettos are associated with blacks and persist its meme
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#35
Irrelevant, it could've been written by Malcom X himself and the statement is still racist & urtful
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#55
Strawman, no one is concerned about putting on anything. That meme is racist on its face, Red..
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#40
Nope, Clinton doesn't get a pass on anything.. he's just been there, so at least he'll argue with us
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#57
You voted fair and defensible, yet you have been outspoken when it comes to racially insensitive
morningfog
Apr 2016
#11
Yeap, Clinton gets the benefit of the doubt. Someone who had a person who called Obama niggerized
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#32
Cause they didn't have someone who called Obama niggerized stump for them in front of mostly white
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#52
Nope, she doesn't think podium birds mean too much of anything so it sounds like her decisions
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#34
Nah, just looking at how people react to podium birds and deciding accordingly
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#53
There is no "nuance" that makes it acceptable to oppose wage increases in Haiti
Ken Burch
Apr 2016
#49
Poor places...southy Boston... West Virginia... The "unexposed" only think about Blacks
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#71
No, when you think about ghettos only the unexposed and racist think about blacks...
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#73