Current Events > I liked Obama, but the Trayvon could have been my son thing was the cringiest

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thing I have ever heard.

Obama : "Trayvon could have been my son"

No he couldn't have been

Obama: "Oops, I meant Trayvon could have been me"

No he couldn't have been

Obama: "Oops, I meant to say that we are both black"



I'm sure Obama didn't write that line, but christ lmao

I honestly didn't pay much attention to the story. Just knew it involved a hoodie?
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Eh, I see what he was saying.

The cringiest moment of Obama's presidency in retrospect was the "at least I'll go down as a president" jab at Trump.
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CrimsonRage posted...

I still don't see what was so wrong with him saying that tbh

Snowflakes can't handle Obama saying anything

CrimsonRage posted...

I still don't see what was so wrong with him saying that tbh

NadYobWoc posted...

The cringiest moment of Obama's presidency in retrospect was the "at least I'll go down as a president" jab at Trump.

if you like your doctor, you can keep him or w/e
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ElatedVenusaur posted...

CrimsonRage posted...

I still don't see what was so wrong with him saying that tbh

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Balrog0 posted...

NadYobWoc posted...

The cringiest moment of Obama's presidency in retrospect was the "at least I'll go down as a president" jab at Trump.

if you like your doctor, you can keep him or w/e

Nah that wasn't that bad. The vast majority of people did keep their doctor, and more would have if not for Republican meddling with the ACA.
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NadYobWoc posted...

Eh, I see what he was saying.

The cringiest moment of Obama's presidency in retrospect was the "at least I'll go down as a president" jab at Trump.

Hindsight is 20/20

What Obama said about Trayvon was stupid in the moment


The jab at Trump had potential to either be a badass moment for Obama or a huge egg on his face. He took the risk and it didn't pay off and now he looks like a colossal cuckold and that will be quoted for generations.

But he had every reason to believe Trump would not win since every media outlet was claiming that to be the case

CrimsonRage posted...

I still don't see what was so wrong with him saying that tbh

I'd not-so-subtly imply racism, but knowing this site that would probably get modded quicker than actual racism.
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BLAKUboy posted...

CrimsonRage posted...

I still don't see what was so wrong with him saying that tbh

I'd not-so-subtly imply racism, but knowing this site that would probably get modded quicker than actual racism.

It is such a meh whatever quote and yet people still get riled up about it.
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Can we at least quote him accurately?

If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon,” Obama said. “When I think about this boy, I think about my own kids.”

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ElatedVenusaur posted...

CrimsonRage posted...

I still don't see what was so wrong with him saying that tbh

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ThyCorndog posted...

ElatedVenusaur posted...

CrimsonRage posted...

I still don't see what was so wrong with him saying that tbh

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Milkman5 posted...

and that will be quoted for generations.

it really won't
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prince_leo posted...

Milkman5 posted...

and that will be quoted for generations.

it really won't

Oh, it will. There are some conservatives who are still trying to prove Obama was born in Kenya, still saying he's a Muslim, still saying he isn't the real father of his daughters, referencing his "57 states" gaffe, etc.
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CableZL posted...

Oh, it will. There are some conservatives who are still trying to prove Obama was born in Kenya, still saying he's a Muslim, still saying he isn't the real father of his daughters, etc.

oh fair enough, I thought he meant for like textbook examples of "what not to do" or Bush 1's "read my lips" stuff
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why couldn't he have been Obama's son tc?

Obama could even have adopted Trayvon
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Remember when Kobe Bryant got attacked for not going after Zimmerman and he said he didn't give a shit and he shouldn't be expected to just because he's black?
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ThePrinceFish posted...

Remember when Kobe Bryant got attacked for not going after Zimmerman and he said he didn't give a shit and he shouldn't be expected to just because he's black?

Yeah, that s*** was dumb.
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CableZL posted...

Can we at least quote him accurately?

If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon,” Obama said. “When I think about this boy, I think about my own kids.”

and

ElatedVenusaur posted...

CrimsonRage posted...

I still don't see what was so wrong with him saying that tbh

Because that implies he thinks of his own kids as thuggish delinquents who should not be held responsible for their actions.

CrimsonRage posted...

I still don't see what was so wrong with him saying that tbh

Nothing was wrong with it. Some people have a problem with black people that are unapologetically black.
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If Trayvon could have been Obama's son, then Obama is a shit father. If your teenage kid is uploading pics of himself smoking weed, brandishing handguns, and trying to look like a thug, you failed as a parent.
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KhlavicLanguage posted...

CrimsonRage posted...

I still don't see what was so wrong with him saying that tbh

Snowflakes can't handle Obama saying anything

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The Admiral posted...

If Trayvon could have been Obama's son, then Obama is a shit father. If your teenage kid is uploading pics of himself smoking weed, brandishing handguns, and trying to look like a thug, you failed as a parent.

Your parents should have aborted you, they failed.
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Ilove4chan posted...

The Admiral posted...

If Trayvon could have been Obama's son, then Obama is a shit father. If your teenage kid is uploading pics of himself smoking weed, brandishing handguns, and trying to look like a thug, you failed as a parent.

Your parents should have aborted you, they failed.

Aww, look at this poor snowflake. Someone hurt his feelings.
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NadYobWoc posted...

Balrog0 posted...

NadYobWoc posted...

The cringiest moment of Obama's presidency in retrospect was the "at least I'll go down as a president" jab at Trump.

if you like your doctor, you can keep him or w/e

Nah that wasn't that bad. The vast majority of people did keep their doctor, and more would have if not for Republican meddling with the ACA.

Revisionist history.
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CableZL posted...

If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon,” Obama said. “When I think about this boy, I think about my own kids.”

Thank you, I was going to point this out.
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The Admiral posted...

If Trayvon could have been Obama's son, then Obama is a shit father. If your teenage kid is uploading pics of himself smoking weed, brandishing handguns, and trying to look like a thug, you failed as a parent.

What's the problem with pics smoking weed? I mean it's ill advised to create pictorial evidence if you live in a state where it's not legal yet, but it's as though you implied it speaks negatively to his character, as opposed to just being something risky.
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Lightsasori posted...

CableZL posted...

If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon,” Obama said. “When I think about this boy, I think about my own kids.”

Thank you, I was going to point this out.

That's not true though, since he made similar comments a few times. Here is the infamous quote:

You know, when Trayvon Martin was first shot I said that this could have been my son. Another way of saying that is Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago.

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/07/19/remarks-president-trayvon-martin
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Iodine posted...

BLAKUboy posted...

CrimsonRage posted...

I still don't see what was so wrong with him saying that tbh

I'd not-so-subtly imply racism, but knowing this site that would probably get modded quicker than actual racism.

It is such a meh whatever quote and yet people still get riled up about it.

When taken by itself, it's a benign statement. When viewed through the lens of all of his statements about a black man supposedly roughed up, only to turn out to be 100% in the wrong, it is another example of how blatantly racist President Obama is.
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The Admiral posted...

Ilove4chan posted...

The Admiral posted...

If Trayvon could have been Obama's son, then Obama is a shit father. If your teenage kid is uploading pics of himself smoking weed, brandishing handguns, and trying to look like a thug, you failed as a parent.

Your parents should have aborted you, they failed.

Aww, look at this poor snowflake. Someone hurt his feelings.

Nice, a "snowflake" insult LMAO.

2016 is over cuck, get a new word.
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darkjedilink posted...

Iodine posted...

BLAKUboy posted...

CrimsonRage posted...

I still don't see what was so wrong with him saying that tbh

I'd not-so-subtly imply racism, but knowing this site that would probably get modded quicker than actual racism.

It is such a meh whatever quote and yet people still get riled up about it.

When taken by itself, it's a benign statement. When viewed through the lens of all of his statements about a black man supposedly roughed up, only to turn out to be 100% in the wrong, it is another example of how blatantly racist President Obama is.

Imagine actually believing this shit.
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The Admiral posted...

Lightsasori posted...

CableZL posted...

If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon,” Obama said. “When I think about this boy, I think about my own kids.”

Thank you, I was going to point this out.

That's not true though, since he made similar comments a few times. Here is the infamous quote:

You know, when Trayvon Martin was first shot I said that this could have been my son. Another way of saying that is Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago.

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/07/19/remarks-president-trayvon-martin

Ah.

And when you look at the full quote of what he's talking about, it makes perfect sense.

You know, when Trayvon Martin was first shot I said that this could have been my son. Another way of saying that is Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago. And when you think about why, in the African American community at least, there’s a lot of pain around what happened here, I think it’s important to recognize that the African American community is looking at this issue through a set of experiences and a history that doesn’t go away.

There are very few African American men in this country who haven't had the experience of being followed when they were shopping in a department store. That includes me. There are very few African American men who haven't had the experience of walking across the street and hearing the locks click on the doors of cars. That happens to me -- at least before I was a senator. There are very few African Americans who haven't had the experience of getting on an elevator and a woman clutching her purse nervously and holding her breath until she had a chance to get off. That happens often.

And I don't want to exaggerate this, but those sets of experiences inform how the African American community interprets what happened one night in Florida. And it’s inescapable for people to bring those experiences to bear. The African American community is also knowledgeable that there is a history of racial disparities in the application of our criminal laws -- everything from the death penalty to enforcement of our drug laws. And that ends up having an impact in terms of how people interpret the case.

Now, this isn't to say that the African American community is naïve about the fact that African American young men are disproportionately involved in the criminal justice system; that they’re disproportionately both victims and perpetrators of violence. It’s not to make excuses for that fact -- although black folks do interpret the reasons for that in a historical context. They understand that some of the violence that takes place in poor black neighborhoods around the country is born out of a very violent past in this country, and that the poverty and dysfunction that we see in those communities can be traced to a very difficult history.
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And so the fact that sometimes that’s unacknowledged adds to the frustration. And the fact that a lot of African American boys are painted with a broad brush and the excuse is given, well, there are these statistics out there that show that African American boys are more violent -- using that as an excuse to then see sons treated differently causes pain.

I think the African American community is also not naïve in understanding that, statistically, somebody like Trayvon Martin was statistically more likely to be shot by a peer than he was by somebody else. So folks understand the challenges that exist for African American boys. But they get frustrated, I think, if they feel that there’s no context for it and that context is being denied. And that all contributes I think to a sense that if a white male teen was involved in the same kind of scenario, that, from top to bottom, both the outcome and the aftermath might have been different.

Now, the question for me at least, and I think for a lot of folks, is where do we take this? How do we learn some lessons from this and move in a positive direction? I think it’s understandable that there have been demonstrations and vigils and protests, and some of that stuff is just going to have to work its way through, as long as it remains nonviolent. If I see any violence, then I will remind folks that that dishonors what happened to Trayvon Martin and his family. But beyond protests or vigils, the question is, are there some concrete things that we might be able to do.

I know that Eric Holder is reviewing what happened down there, but I think it’s important for people to have some clear expectations here. Traditionally, these are issues of state and local government, the criminal code. And law enforcement is traditionally done at the state and local levels, not at the federal levels.
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So essentially, he was talking about the reality of what us black males face going through life while referencing things he himself has experienced. He wasn't trying to excuse any ill-advised photos Trayvon took or excuse any drug dealing he was doing.
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Taharqa_ posted...

darkjedilink posted...

Iodine posted...

BLAKUboy posted...

CrimsonRage posted...

I still don't see what was so wrong with him saying that tbh

I'd not-so-subtly imply racism, but knowing this site that would probably get modded quicker than actual racism.

It is such a meh whatever quote and yet people still get riled up about it.

When taken by itself, it's a benign statement. When viewed through the lens of all of his statements about a black man supposedly roughed up, only to turn out to be 100% in the wrong, it is another example of how blatantly racist President Obama is.

Imagine actually believing this shit.

'It's clear the cops acted stupidly...' only for it to turn out his college professor friend is racist.

Supporting Martin, only for it to turn out that Martin instigated the violence.

Supporting Michael Brown, only for it to turn out that Brown was a violent sociopath who assaulted a cop.

Supports Antifa, a violent group that the FBI wanted to classify as domestic terrrists under his Presidency, only for him to block such.

Didn't condemn black people killing cops, instead blaming cops.

Yeah, not racist at all.
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darkjedilink posted...

Taharqa_ posted...

darkjedilink posted...

Iodine posted...

BLAKUboy posted...

CrimsonRage posted...

I still don't see what was so wrong with him saying that tbh

I'd not-so-subtly imply racism, but knowing this site that would probably get modded quicker than actual racism.

It is such a meh whatever quote and yet people still get riled up about it.

When taken by itself, it's a benign statement. When viewed through the lens of all of his statements about a black man supposedly roughed up, only to turn out to be 100% in the wrong, it is another example of how blatantly racist President Obama is.

Imagine actually believing this shit.

'It's clear the cops acted stupidly...' only for it to turn out his college professor friend is racist.

Supporting Martin, only for it to turn out that Martin instigated the violence.

Supporting Michael Brown, only for it to turn out that Brown was a violent sociopath who assaulted a cop.

Supports Antifa, a violent group that the FBI wanted to classify as domestic terrrists under his Presidency, only for him to block such.

Didn't condemn black people killing cops, instead blaming cops.

Yeah, not racist at all.

If Obama's a racist in your eyes then I'm sure you have no problem calling Trump a racist, the latter actually put white nationalists in the White House.
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Taharqa_ posted...

If Obama's a racist in your eyes then I'm sure you have no problem calling Trump a racist, the latter actually put white nationalists in the White House.

And didn't allow black people to stay in his apartments in the 70s, for which he was sued twice.
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Milkman posted...

I liked Obama

No you didn't.
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NadYobWoc posted...

The cringiest moment of Obama's presidency in retrospect was the "at least I'll go down as a president" jab at Trump.

which is 100% factually correct
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Cringiest moment was when he invited the attention whore clock kid to the White House.
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Milkman5 posted...

He took the risk and it didn't pay off and now he looks like a colossal cuckold and that will be quoted for generations.

...no.
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Taharqa_ posted...

darkjedilink posted...

Taharqa_ posted...

darkjedilink posted...

Iodine posted...

BLAKUboy posted...

CrimsonRage posted...

I still don't see what was so wrong with him saying that tbh

I'd not-so-subtly imply racism, but knowing this site that would probably get modded quicker than actual racism.

It is such a meh whatever quote and yet people still get riled up about it.

When taken by itself, it's a benign statement. When viewed through the lens of all of his statements about a black man supposedly roughed up, only to turn out to be 100% in the wrong, it is another example of how blatantly racist President Obama is.

Imagine actually believing this shit.

'It's clear the cops acted stupidly...' only for it to turn out his college professor friend is racist.

Supporting Martin, only for it to turn out that Martin instigated the violence.

Supporting Michael Brown, only for it to turn out that Brown was a violent sociopath who assaulted a cop.

Supports Antifa, a violent group that the FBI wanted to classify as domestic terrrists under his Presidency, only for him to block such.

Didn't condemn black people killing cops, instead blaming cops.

Yeah, not racist at all.

If Obama's a racist in your eyes then I'm sure you have no problem calling Trump a racist, the latter actually put white nationalists in the White House.

Whataboutism at it's finest.

In the face of those events, how could you possibly claim he isn't?
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darkjedilink posted...

Whataboutism at it's finest.

In the face of those events, how could you possibly claim he isn't?

He has white friends, though

In fact, one of his best friends is white.
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Any black person that is not an apologist for white supremacy like Jason Whitlock or Jesse Lee Peterson and doesn't bow and scrape is a racist to some of these folks. Unapolgetic blackness is seen as an offense.
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darkjedilink posted...

Supporting Martin, only for it to turn out that Martin instigated the violence.

He was being stalked by a strange armed man.
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