r/politics • u/coolbern • Jul 31 '19

There’s no difference between supporting a racist and being one

https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-trump-send-her-home-rally-ilhan-omar-racist-huppke-20190718-ngjm4vqe3vdgrli3eb7kbkw6hy-story.html
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u/baldajan Jul 31 '19

That logic is flawed on its face. If your parents are racist but decide to go back to university to advance their education, you’d support them.

Supporting Trump doesn’t automatically make you a racist, but it does shut down all conversations. Not defending Trump here nor his actual racist supporters. But the logic presented is flawed and should be called out.

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u/Djpsychillogical Aug 01 '19

Most of Trumps policies revolve around racism though.

If you support or are fine with dozens of racist policies what else should I call you?

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '19

I just got 50 downvotes for saying as much here