Posted on 11/02/2018 1:48:15 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
President Donald Trump defied charges Thursday from Democrats and the establishment media that he was a racist for supporting tough measures on immigration enforcement. “Well you know the word ‘racist’ is used about every Republican that’s winning,” Trump said in an interview with Christian Broadcast Network. “Any time a Republican is leading they take out the ‘R’ word, the ‘racist’ word.”
Trump denied that he was anti-immigrant, asserting that the country needed them but that all immigrants had to come into the country legally.
“I’m not anti-immigrant at all. I’m all for people coming into the country legally and people based on merit,” he said.
The president also announced that he would no longer continue the practice of “catch and release” for migrants claiming asylum at the southern border.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
... and their supporters.
Clear and succinct.
This guys got great, big brass ones. Makes the opposition studder.
You know what?
He’s right!
Well, I’ll be!
Trump is so anti-immigrant he married one.
For the rest of my life, I will measure every politician against this great man.
Trump has a knack of coming up with a new, succinct formulation for what we were thinking all along.
Exactly.
“Racism and racist” are terms coined by Communists and Anarchists in the early 20th century. ANYONE who uses those terms, in any reference, are Communists or fellow travelers! Simple as that!
“Anti-racism” is a euphemism for anti-white!
Exactly.
“The term “racism” was invented by communists. Leon Trotsky was one of the first to use it. When whites engage in favoritism toward other whites (and therefore discrimination against non-whites), it’s called “racism”. When other groups engage in favoritism, it’s called “ethnic solidarity”. When you buy into these word games, it’s called being a useful idiot.”
Not entirely true but it’s an interesting topic...
He’s a great racist!
He’s winning the race! d:^)
Name-calling is the end-game for those with no points in a debate.
Good God how I love that man, our President.
And he is so antisemetic some of his kids are Jews.
And he moved our Embassy to Jerusalem.
npr is not the first source I’d go to for the truth.
President Trump is John Wayne in True Grit.
“Fill year hand you son of a bitch. “
Well it’s the OED they quote.
What I found interesting is NPR was willing to paint him as a racist (with some blurring and halfhearted caveats) but when you look at his personal experience from Wikipedia:
"...Pratt's long and active military career included eight years in the great plains, which involved participation in some of the signal conflicts with Native Americans of the southern plains, including the Washita campaign of 1868–1869 and the Red River War of 1874–1875. The winter of 1874-1875 caused many hostiles to surrender to their Indian Agents and Pratt was responsible for gathering testimony for and against the worst offenders. He worked directly with interpreters and prisoners to clear as many charges as possible..."
Yikes.
Those were the worst times out there. And he was privy to much of it. I wonder about the horrible things he must have seen in his role as described above being responsible for gathering testimony, meeting people who were likely horribly scarred if they survived, never mind his actual combat experiences that must have made him say that famous quote: "kill the Indian...to save the man"
I believe in many respects, he would be a conservative today. He believed in assimilating Indians into America, not keeping them on reservations. I don't have trouble imagining the kind of politicians of the day who wanted to keep Indians "on the reservation". Probably similar to Leftists of today, who portray themselves as protectors of the oppressed, but are among the most virulent of racists in their policies.
This is only my initial impression of this man, my opinion may change as I read more. I am going to read more about him to get a more even-handed approach than leftist sources like Wikipedia or NPR. But I am going to try to keep him in his place and time in history as I evaluate him, not rip him out and transplant him into today's standards, which is what the Left constantly does.
Pratt's approach towards Native Americans seems to me to more closely mirror the approach Booker T. Washington advocated for blacks in America, an approach that should have been adopted, rather than that of W.E.B. Dubois. I think that was a disaster for black America.
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