If I were in his shoes, I'd probably do the same thing, condemn all of it.
Moral cowardice in the face of evil completely discredits this man as a leader. There were actual Nazis in Charlottesville with swastikas and Luftwaffe markings on their shields.
Orrin Hatch: "We should call evil by its name. My brother didn't give his life fighting Hitler for Nazi ideas to go unchallenged here at home."
And the Neo-Confederate racists waving traitor flags don't get a pass, either. This is the day when Americans take a stronger stand against racist evil and domestic terrorism. The clowns with tiki torches are on the losing side of history and they know it.
Moral cowardice in the face of evil completely discredits this man as a leader. There were actual Nazis in Charlottesville with swastikas and Luftwaffe markings on their shields.
Good Nazis who believe in the Superior Aryan Race and hate the Statue of Liberty?But these are good Nazis. They're American Nazis. They're on our side. The real problem is all of those people who want to fight the Nazis! Perhaps we should be questioning their patriotism!
Good Nazis who believe in the Superior Aryan Race and hate the Statue of Liberty?
The problem is that he refuses to say they are Terrorists when in the past Muslims have done similar things and he called them Terrorists. Trump did a horrible Job "Condemning all of it" what a load a bull.
...no, he took the exact same approach that Obama took when there were instances of Islamic terrorism.
...no, he took the exact same approach that Obama took when there were instances of Islamic terrorism.
Which is to choose ones words carefully so that they can condemn the actions without potentially appearing to take sides when neither side is favorable.
A close example would be the political bickering that happened after the shootings that took place at the "Draw Muhammed" context in Texas.
There were calls from Republicans at time asking Obama to "call it what it is, and publicly condemn Islamic terrorism"...and they wouldn't accept just "terrorism", he was pressured to use the specific words "Islamic terrorism" or they would claim he was "being too soft on them".
Again, that was a tough spot to be in...if he only singled out "Islamic Terrorism" in that scuffle, it would've been viewed as him siding with the "let's have Muhammed drawing contest to mock Muslims" crowd...which obviously he didn't want to do. So, much like Trump did in this instance, he took the opportunity to condemn violence, some generic platitudes about how "we all need to come together as Americans", and thanked law enforcement that got the situation under control.
One there's one group setting out to intentionally provoke, and another group takes the bait and violence breaks out, singling out one side for condemnation comes across as "teaming up" with the other side.
Obama's strategists understood this as do Trump's...
The strategy that Trump loudly condemned many times.Obama's strategists understood this, as do Trump's...
Thanks for proving my point that Donald Trump was only being PC when it suited him.
The strategy that Trump loudly condemned many times.
Perhaps you missed his quote that I linked:
"I condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of violence and bigotry,''
I doubt this is "being PC when it suits him".
If what many on the left are saying is true, and "these are Trump's people" and "his loyal fan base", by him saying that he "in the strongest possible terms" "condemns this display of bigotry", ...wouldn't he have just alienated those folks?
We already know Trump's a hypocrite...it's not his hypocrisy I'm calling out in this thread.
Yep, he's had no problem directly going after Islamic extremism (to the point that he's essentially decided any refugees from Syria must be Islamic extremists), or saying that the refugees we agreed to take from Austrialia he "guaranteed" were bad people, or describing undocumented immigrants as criminals and rapists.
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