Another Racist Tweet?

[rogue06]

"Racism" and "racist" have lost their meaning!

Which is why they have now started using white supremacist.

[rogue06]

Yup - which is why Jim CAN'T prove you wrong - too many posters around here have used it too loosely.

Which is sad, 'cause in reality, it's not racism to be stupid - or to have low expectations of others.

Well, it would be racism if the reason you have low expectations is because of their race.

[Tassman]

In other words, he accidentally said what he was thinking.

Liberals often do that, then have to walk it back. And other liberals have to rush to his aid to help "clarify" what he said. He's a serial "slip of the tongue"-er.

[rogue06]

That isn't what he said but rather how you chose to interpret it.

[Tassman]

That isn't what he said but rather how you chose to interpret it.

https://www.vox.com/2019/8/9/2079847...ffe-iowa-trump

[Bill the Cat]

Which is why they have now started using white supremacist.

It's a way of painting only white republicans as racist. Everyone else is off the hook.

[Mountain Man]

No, because I don't define racist as 'has preconceptions about people of another race'. I define it as 'being significantly negatively prejudiced against people of another race'. Literally complimenting someone - even really stupidly - isn't a negative pre-judgement. I will grant, that in context, it quickly could be - but no, as is, it's patronizing and stupid, not racist.

Hmmm... I thought that comment was one of the more overt examples of Biden's racism because it implies that blacks in general are dirty, inarticulate, and smell bad.

[One Bad Pig]

As usual, nothing of substance coming from the peanut gallery.

Your post got exactly the amount of substance it deserved.

[Mountain Man]

So, yeah, I willingly withdraw my statement about Joe being racist. I think it's more that he's ignorant.

Racism and ignorance are not mutually exclusive. In fact, they often go hand-in-hand.

[Cow Poke]

Racism and ignorance are not mutually exclusive. In fact, they often go hand-in-hand.

Again, "racism" has lost all meaning, given it's tossed around like kinds in the playground calling each other 'dummy'.

[Sparko]

You obviously don't understand what is meant by whataboutism, Sparko.

Sure, I do:

It's an "valid reason" liberals use to avoid admitting their guy is a racist. But when a conservative does the same thing, it becomes "Whataboutism"

[Mountain Man]

Again, "racism" has lost all meaning, given it's tossed around like kinds in the playground calling each other 'dummy'.

As a political rejoinder, yes, it has become largely meaningless, but the term still has legitimate application. If someone believes that other races are inherently inferior to one's own (and Biden certainly seems to fall into this category) then he is a racist by definition.

[JimL]

Really? So if someone said to you, "It sure is nice to see a black man who's clean, articulate, and smells nice," you wouldn't consider that racist?

He was probably (in his head) directing that remark to the actual racists he understands to be out there. Also, I don't believe that was Bidens actual statement.

[JimL]

So, yeah, I willingly withdraw my statement about Joe being racist. I think it's more that he's ignorant.

Good, so I don't have to prove you wrong now?

[lilpixieofterror]

That's wrong, because my argument with respect to Nixon and Reagan did refute the charge here of racism against Biden. I didn't accuse the claimants with hypocrisy, I showed them the difference between Bidens' non racist inarticulate remark and the actual and blatant racist remarks of Nixon and Reagan. I'm sure they can see the difference, they just can't bring themselves to admit to it.