Have Democrats used the word "racist" too often to describe our opponents?

[louis c]

I just was watching Meghan McCain on Van Jones and she makes a point that she remembers that her father was called a racist, that Bush was called a racist and that Romney was called a racist.

The difference, I think, is that only some fringe elements called those Presidential candidates racist. I know I never did. I may have pointed out that each of them were insensitive to the needs of minorities or that there were many people in their party who were racist (Jeff Sessions sure is). But, in any event, perhaps the word racist was overused in the past, and as a result, we are paying a price, now.

Let's use the old story of the boy who cried wolf, when there really wasn't a wolf. When there really was one, nobody believed him.

But, that's the point of the story. In the end, there really was a fucking wolf and Trump is that wolf. He is a racist. All you have to do is play back the tapes or read his tweets.

[brush]

1. What's the point of your headline then if you arrive at the conclusion you did in the last graph?

And FYI, the repug party is the white peoples' party which is another term for racist party.

That hasn't changed since the dixiecrats left the Democratic Party in the mid-60s.

[louis c]

24. Because Trump really is a racist

that's the whole point. Not every Republican is a racist. Jeff Flake isn't, john McCain isn't, my Governor, Charlie Baker, isn't, Susan Collins isn't, George W. Bush isn't. A majority of Republicans may be racist, but they're not all racist.

It has diluted that word, so when we really have a racist in the White House, that description doesn't carry the same weight.

"In the end, there really was a wolf".

Trump's that wolf.

[bathroommonkey76]

32. Dubya? LOL

B/c I remember a hurricane called Katrina that hit New Orleans a few years ago - Dubya and his administration didn't do SHIT to help the minorities in the Superdome/New Orleans. If I'm not mistaken he and McCain were eating cake the day it hit!

McCain has had many racist comments about Vietnamese and Muslim people. Did you know he voted against MLK's holiday?

I'm all for giving people the benefit of the doubt, but those two don't deserve to be at the forefront any Civil Rights discussions.

[louis c]

39. I always look to incompetence first

[bathroommonkey76]

45. And you look passed everything I typed.

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I understand - No need to comment on the stuff that is true, right? lol

[louis c]

46. If W. is a racist, how would you describe Trump?

[blur256]

2. Um no

Racists are racists are racists. Would you allow someone from the past who was a Democrat to say those things? Nope. No pass from me.

[MLAA]

3. Nope

[underthematrix]

4. I don't think it's racism. I think

Trumpsters are angry that whiteness is no longer aspirational for people of color. They have an inferiority complex.

[NCDem777]

13. More than that

they want to dismantle society. They've learned that in a society that you can't always do whatever you want, so they want to tear it all down.

[Doodley]

5. Remember, Trump was the most racist of all 17 Republican candidates. They picked Trump.

In the end, all the other candidates rallied behind the racist-in-chief.

[oberliner]

6. What is your view?

Do you think McCain, Bush, and Romney are racists or not?

[louis c]

40. No

I think they prioritize issues that help white America ahead of minorities.

But the term "racist" should be reserved for people who really think the white race is superior to any other.

If McCain, Bush and Romney are racist, it kinda excuses Trump. It dilutes the meaning.

[oberliner]

41. Makes sense

I feel pretty much the same way.

[madamesilverspurs]

7. Nope.

Not as long as they continue to dress in sheets, physically and verbally.


.

[DonViejo]

8. That's from the Steve Bannon book...

he was pushing that months and months ago in his analysis of the '18 and 20 elections. The GOP will retain control of the Congress and Cadet Bone-spurs will be re-elected; Dems "played the they're racist card too many times, Americans got tired of it."

[oberliner]

11. What do you think will happen in 18 and 20?

[DonViejo]

19. Today, Dems take the House in '18, maybe the Senate.

If Trump is still in office, he'll be defeated; if Pence is President, he'll be defeated.

[oberliner]

21. That would be great

I hope you are right!

[ismnotwasm]

9. No.

[smirkymonkey]

10. If the shoe fits...

[JI7]

12. When was Romney called a racist ? Her father opposed martin Luther king day

Kanye west implied Bush was racist after Katrina.

Hey father opposed mlk day but for years now he had been praised for defending Obama.

And joe the plumber was racist.

[Igel]

14. Fringe or not.

Leaders or just loudmouths.

Doesn't matter.

To the (R), we're "them".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out-group_homogeneity

[mercuryblues]

15. if the white hood fits

then no.

[JI7]

16. The Republican party is supporting trump

[Initech]

17. Honestly? I don't think we're using it enough!

The Trump humpers and Fox News fans should be getting called out on their racism and sexism daily, weekly, hourly. They can't keep getting away with this shit.

[JI7]

18. Strom Thurmond, Jesse helms jeff session, . Look at the type of republicans who used to be democrat

The Republican party embraced the southern strategy and became the white peoples party.

[bathroommonkey76]

33. Thurmond and Helms

would love today's Republican Party.

[Atticus]

20. No. WHY do you suppose those three did not care about "the needs of minorities"? WHY do you

suppose they did nothing to separate themselves from racists like Sessions in their party? In some respects, each was more dangerous to POC than old Jeff Beauregard because they actively portrayed themselves as unbiased and caring.

They did not openly use racial epithets, burn crosses in peoples' yards or lynch anyone. They were far too "decent" for any of that and they no doubt genuinely disapproved of all such "uncivilized" behavior. But, they stood silent while all this and more took place. They used their privilege and their power to further the interests and the fortunes of themselves and others "like them". In plain language, they lived lives based on the assumption that Sessions and the cross burners and those in the lynch mobs were right :. they---white men---were better people than those with more melanin and, therefore, of course they should have better, safer, more prosperous lives.

And, because they pulled it off with a smile and a nod instead of a rope and a hood, they are "not racists" to some.

[SamKnause]

22. I refer to them as EVIL FUCKING LIARS !!!!!!!

That encompasses quite a bit.

[meadowlander]

23. Not when they all happen to be racists.

To be fair though, I do think we need more shades of term.

You have people who are racially insensitive, who just don't have a clue because they never interacted with people from different backgrounds, through to straight up white supremacists.

Trump is a white supremacist. Your other three examples fall in various parts of the scale.

But they should always be called out on it because being silent is being complicit.

[ellie]

25. No.

[nini]

26. If the shoe fits..

they have to wear it.

[Corgigal]

27. Why does her opinion count?

Besides, taking some of her daddy military pension money. What has she done anything for this country? Talking? Fuck off.

[guillaumeb]

28. Not enough. Not nearly enough.

8 years of GOP obstructionism and barely hidden racist remarks are all the evidence that is needed.

[Skittles]

29. I think if you are part of a party that openly supports racism

that in itself makes you racist

[marylandblue]

30. I agree with you, they aren't all racists

Many support policies that hurt poor people, which disproportionately affects minorities leading Democrats to call those Republicans racists. But that makes it appear that the policy changes are racially based when in fact many or most who benefit from them are white, which only convinces white voters that Democrats don't care about them. This is all done in order to avoid a discussion that neither party wants to talk about - class warfare. Though some Democrats are starting to talk about it more.

[old guy]

31. Nope.

[Lint Head]

34. You can never use the word racist too often when talking

about a racist. What term would you use? Chopped liver?

[doc03]

35. no that is what they are nt

[Spider Jerusalem]

36. Welcome to America, where it's worse for a white person to be called a racist...

than it is for them to actually be a racist. (And anyone who was paying attention and wasn't themselves racist probably saw Romney's comments to the NAACP, or McCain's votes against MLK Day and the 1990 Civil Rights Act, and thought, "well, if it quacks like a duck"...)

[mrsv]

37. Hell No!

[Behind the Aegis]

38. To answer your question...

All The White Supremacists Running For Office In 2018

[kydo]

42. No way! If anything we haven't said it enough!

They are racists! We should be calling it for what it is but we tried to take the high road and be politically correct. However these days being politically correct is frowned upon. Mostly because certain people want to be free to use racist and anti women rhetoric. You know they wanted to be able to tell you what they really think. Fine. It works both ways. But if one acts like a racist, then one should be prepared to be called a racist.

Just saying...

[Downtown Hound]

43. There are different degrees of racism

There's overt racism of the type that the KKK and Nazis profess, and there's more subtle racism like Mitt Romney's 47% of the population are lazy and just want free stuff comment.

Trump is guilty of the former. McCain and Romney are guilty of the latter.

So in other words, no.

[OnDoutside]

44. True, and just general ignorance.