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Originally Posted by
blake
druff, you're really suffering from some form of derangement syndrome. how is it possible you have so little self awareness?
you've given trump a pass for tons of examples of potential racism and even went so far as to conclusively determine that "he's not racist", yet omar's line -- "it's all about the benjamins" -- conclusively defines her as anti-semitic. that she may be blasting israeli lobbying is not even possible in your world.
take this from someone who genuinely hates every politician involved -- you're quickly departing from even mildly objective to a conservative mumbles. (sorry but it's true.)
and please don't cite examples of you criticizing trump (albeit extremely mildly). if you have to cite examples of of your objectiveness, you're not objective
Why do you think I'm willing to admit Trump's fault in other areas and not this supposed racism?
If I really believed he was racist, I would say so. I haven't been blind to Trump, and in fact stated many times during the 2016 primary that I really, really didn't want him to be the candidate.
The examples of Trump's "racism" are incredibly weak, and seem to be more pointing to examples of a prejudiced, racially insensitive guy than a racist who hates non-whites.
Ilhan isn't just any random politician. She's a devout Muslim, so when she makes a comment about Jewish money influencing US policy toward Israel, you take notice. Had it just been a non-Muslim Democrat saying it, I would also suspect anti-Semitism, but I would be willing to entertain the small chance that it was a general anti-lobbying statement. When it comes from a Muslim, and when her anti-lobbying focus is only upon Israel and nothing else, you'd have to be a complete idiot to not realize what she meant.
Furthermore, she has made other statements since then which reinforce the obvious.
All of Trump's controversial policies are not rooted in racism, but rather what he sees as putting "America first", as he even claimed he'd do during his campaign.
He wants to build the wall not because he hates brown people, but because he believes immigrants from Mexico burden our social systems and commit crime.
He wanted to ban Muslims from entering the country -- even as refugees -- because Muslims are the most likely immigrants to be coming here for reasons to commit acts of terror, even if the vast majority are coming for innocent reasons.
The left calls these policies borne from racism. I strongly disagree. Even if you disagree with the policies themselves, the sentiment behind them is not racist. The policies are America-centric -- with the basic principle that it's better to shut a large group of mostly innocent people out of the country if the small percentage who aren't innocent are going to hurt America.