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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFFS, Can SOMEONE tell these WH imbeciles WHO Frederick Douglass was, and that he's dead!?
Link to tweet
White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Wednesday that President Donald Trump "wants to highlight the contributions" Frederick Douglass has made to the country, without giving any indication of what those contributions were.
In a listening session Monday morning to mark Black History Month, Trump described Douglass as someone who "has done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more." A reporter asked Spicer at the daily briefing what exactly Trump was referring to by way of Douglass' contributions.
"I think he wants to highlight the contributions that he has made," Spicer responded. "And I think through a lot of the actions and statements that he's going to make, I think the contributions of Frederick Douglass will become more and more."
Spicer and Trump's use of the present tense to describe Douglass only muddied things, as Douglass, the 19th-century black abolitionist leader who was the first black citizen to hold a high rank in the U.S. government, died in 1895.
read: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/sean-spicer-says-trump-honors-frederick-douglass-contributions?utm_content=buffer839ce&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
watch:
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)They are now issuing a clarion call to the racists.
No more dog whistles.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)About something.
bigtree
(86,005 posts)...is there some unwritten code that these supremacists and neo-supremacists won't utter any of the accomplishments of these important figures to diminish their roles in our nation's history?
It's a valid argument to suppose these conservatives are feigning stupidity. At any rate, that's not some roadblock that prevents me from taking their bullshit very seriously.
Foo Fighter
(743 posts)In an espisode of "Hate My Neighbor" on Viceland, the comedian/interviewer/reporter wades into the muck to check out some neo-Nazi groups. (BTW, don't call them Nazis. They prefer the term National Socialists.) Given that they're Holocaust deniers*, it might be fair to assume that they also refuse to acknowledge the accomplishments of anyone that isn't white.
Here's a link to the episode for those that are interested.
*Note: in the episode, when asked if there should be another genocide, the wife of the Nazi National Socialist guy states that yes, there should be "another genocide." She then quickly corrects herself and states there should be "a" genocide followed by a VERY awkward silence. So yeah, there are people like that and for them, Trump probably isn't going far enough.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,198 posts)We all know that. Duh.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)Next he banned Muslims, now he fucks with Blacks. Brace yourselves, Irish and Mexicans. You have holidays coming up soon for him to shit on. Trump loves shitting on everybody.
atreides1
(16,093 posts)They have one thing in common with Trump...they're the same color!!!
IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)I'm kidding. I know what you mean. I'm wondering what he is going to do next month to insult the Irish on Saint Patricks Day. So far, he has insulted every other group of people. For many years, the president proclaims March Irish-American Heritage Month. It is also women's history month. That gives him two chances to personally insult me.
BadgerMom
(2,771 posts)Intersection! He can trot out Omarosa again as he did today. (I hate that like Beyoncé, Cher, and Gaga, that woman is now a one-namer.)
bravenak
(34,648 posts)Stellar
(5,644 posts)You cracks the hell out of me!
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)"I was thinking of that guy who plays for Cleveland..."
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ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Harriet Tubman: She was the first black train engineer. Worked for Northern Pacific.
Rosa Parks: First black bus driver. She liked to sit all day, so being a driver was the perfect occupation.
Malcolm X: Cartoon name for Malcolm Little. The "X" was to "Mark the spot" where cartoon anvils were dropped on him by racist cartoon characters. Saturday after Saturday, mean characters would try to hit Malcolm with anvils, but they always missed.
bigtree
(86,005 posts)https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-drops-black-history-month-shocker-omarosa-actually-182039863.html
(no 'community leaders' actually present)
Grammy23
(5,813 posts)Any more than YOU are a nice person.
kwassa
(23,340 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)At least they use all the right words connected to the right people!
Rex
(65,616 posts)THIS quote reminds me of Trump;
"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men." - Frederick Douglass
That quote should be tweeted to Trump...quick someone make up an account for Douglass. trumpie can start up a tweet storm with Fred.
susanna
(5,231 posts)sheshe2
(83,898 posts)I would love to F*ck with his pea brain.
susanna
(5,231 posts)susanna
(5,231 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)You think one of his trainers would notice and finally stop him? One can hope not!
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)That is if Fred can get under this thin skin with some snark...we all know how easy that is.
Rex
(65,616 posts)thin-skinned POTUS we've ever had. That is drives him crazy to know that so many of us think he is a flake and a loser that cheated to win!
NOT MY PRESIDENT!
I hope Bannon reads this and chokes on every single fucking word!
Thanks sheshe2 I needed that!
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)FD who is honored to be noted by drumpf. See how far it goes.
Cirque du So-What
(25,973 posts)tRump is still living in the 1880s, yunno, The Gilded Age, and Sphincter doesn't know what time it is unless Cheeto Benitp tells him.
DFW
(54,436 posts)"Proud of their ignorance."
And the people who voted for him think all this is just wonderful.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Columbia, Missouri
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)Docreed2003
(16,875 posts)"I think he wants to highlight the contributions that he has made," Spicer responded. "And I think through a lot of the actions and statements that he's going to make, I think the contributions of Frederick Douglass will become more and more."
Grammy23
(5,813 posts)to try to fill up the space with BS. The F student probably would leave it blank. But the one that is barely hanging on by his fingernails will give it a wag. I get the feeling we'll have plenty more Baffle 'Em with Bullsh*t Moments like this in the coming days. Pathetic....
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,319 posts)it's a damn good imitation.
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)At the 2007 miss USA competition, the 18-year-old contestant from South Carolina was asked why she thinks a fifth of Americans cannot locate their country on a map, to which she responded:
"I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uhmmm, some people out there in our nation don't have maps and uh, I believe that our, I, education like such as, uh, South Africa, and uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, uhhh, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., uh, should help South Africa, it should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future, for us.
Mr.Bill
(24,319 posts)Thanks.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)BainsBane
(53,066 posts)the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Not that they read.
Good God. That's embarrassingly stupid.
rurallib
(62,448 posts)logosoco
(3,208 posts)madaboutharry
(40,220 posts)Where were these people educated? My children have all read "My Bondage My Freedom" by 7th grade.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)tacking his speeches on doors or something like that?
Freddie
(9,273 posts)Someone new to church was talking about classes she was going to take to become a member. At the mention of Martin Luther this person said "wasn't he black?"
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)They killed Freddie!
Initech
(100,102 posts)Skittles
(153,193 posts)what embarrassments they are
LudwigPastorius
(9,170 posts)Solly Mack
(90,785 posts)If you told them, and they actually listened for a few minutes, know what their response would be?
Well, at least we mentioned his name. Get over it.
Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)"Frederick Douglass shows that 'all lives matter'"
angrychair
(8,733 posts)Even for them.
struggle4progress
(118,338 posts)of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle. The conflict has been exciting, agitating, all-absorbing, and for the time being, putting all other tumults to silence. It must do this or it does nothing. If there is no struggle there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation are men who want crops without plowing up the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, and it may be both moral and physical, but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both."
Frederick Douglass
Canandaigua, New York
3 August 1857
Tatiana
(14,167 posts)I definitely cannot do 4 years of this...
ProfessorGAC
(65,168 posts)They are equally stupid and identically incompetent. There is no amount of stupid that can make Sparklemoose look smart. And we couldn't possibly know if she's competent at her job because she'll quit before she can show it either way.
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)n/t.
burrowowl
(17,645 posts)Can't explain anything to them.
Rex
(65,616 posts)Let them flounder around in a sea of stupid.
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)Well as anything regarding overturning Obama's EOs, or repealing the ACA. After that, there is more trump can delegate to him.