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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 255: A Holiday Present From Tulsi
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12/30/19 9:24:30 PM
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xp1337 posted...
I'm legitimately not following you here. Yes, I remember that tweet and no one bought it for a second other than as that cheap pandering attempt you're rightfully calling it out for.

If you're saying there is racism present in both parties, well duh. What I'm saying is that one party - the Democrats - at least rhetorically, acknowledges it and tries to address it with various redresses, whether it be criminal justice reform, affirmative action, changes in housing policy, wage gap, etc. While the other party either dismisses the problem entirely/considers it resolved and uses dogwhistles (and now has done away with even that) to pursue its other goals ("welfare queen" language to attack the social safety net), otherwise actively pursues policies that have a documented and proven disproportional effect on minorities.

It is not difficult to see which category Trump falls under. Now, or back during the campaign, or during Obama's presidency.

Is the point you're trying to make here that both the Democrats and Republicans are different faces of the same coin? Because if so this discussion isn't going to go anywhere because I disagree with that premise in the strongest way.

I think he's saying that the Democrats' policies for dealing with racism are just as bad (even worse?) for minorities than the Republican ones.

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