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pepperbear

(5,648 posts)
Thu Jul 2, 2020, 07:04 PM Jul 2020

Trump tells African-Americans....oh you just have to read it [View all]

"My message is that we have a great country, we have the greatest country on Earth. We have a heritage, we have a history and we should learn from the history, and if you don’t understand your history, you will go back to it again. You will go right back to it. You have to learn. Think of it, you take away that whole era and you’re going to go back to it sometime. People won’t know about it. They’re going to forget about it. It’s okay.

Now what I do like, I like the idea of building new statues to people, to great people. People that have done something. And I think that’s okay.

But you don’t want to take away our heritage and history and the beauty, in many cases, the beauty, the artistic beauty. Some of the sculptures and some of this work is some of the great — you can go to France, you can go anywhere in the world and you will never see more magnificent work. And that’s a factor. It’s not the biggest factor but it’s a factor."


https://www.msn.com/en-gb/lifestyle/lifestylegeneral/trump-tells-african-americans-to-understand-their-history-or-you-will-go-back-to-it-again/ar-BB166xVG


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Fuck right off, Donnyl Nevilledog Jul 2020 #1
You can go to Germany... OilemFirchen Jul 2020 #2
You can go to the former East Germany DBoon Jul 2020 #7
And there's a difference between remembering historical horrors and reveling in them. OilemFirchen Jul 2020 #11
What a fine building, and what a loss! bucolic_frolic Jul 2020 #35
great find SiliconValley_Dem Jul 2020 #46
Profound. dalton99a Jul 2020 #3
"We must never forget the River of Blood! and the Bowling Green Massacre!" struggle4progress Jul 2020 #4
Blithering idiot. Stupid oaf. Dunderhead. Solly Mack Jul 2020 #5
Official Frontier Gibberish Botany Jul 2020 #24
.... handmade34 Jul 2020 #6
A history lesson from President No-Read? Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2020 #8
Um, You Got The Name Wrong ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #48
WTaF. Swimming pool Budweiser basic word salad bs. He knows nothing. Just strings a lot of words SammyWinstonJack Jul 2020 #9
I think black folks absolutely understand their history. Cracklin Charlie Jul 2020 #10
Not so... SergeStorms Jul 2020 #37
So, there I was, living my life when suddenly . . . gratuitous Jul 2020 #12
*snort* Nevilledog Jul 2020 #16
+1 (nt) ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #49
Those are the words of an idiot Goodheart Jul 2020 #13
He has a point. Just who was this hitler fellow? I've found no statues of him. Did he really exist? PSPS Jul 2020 #14
That's it. Note the time and call it. The few brain cells that are left can no longer crickets Jul 2020 #15
Can I rec your post 100 times? Dem2theMax Jul 2020 #17
I believe an unsophisticated computer AI could create a better speech. NT mwooldri Jul 2020 #18
Eliza could create a more cogent speach. Throckmorton Jul 2020 #21
And I thought I was dating myself... mwooldri Jul 2020 #28
Racist idiot in chief means statues and monuments to himself, the greatest, most handsomest niyad Jul 2020 #19
That's 30 seconds Kaiserguy Jul 2020 #20
So...if we don't keep hate monuments we'll have slavery and civil war again. Got it. flibbitygiblets Jul 2020 #22
He's saying that if you let history forget the greatness of the confederacy... Kablooie Jul 2020 #23
Shut the hell up, Donnie.... paleotn Jul 2020 #25
By "Great People" I suppose he means himself... Wounded Bear Jul 2020 #26
Can someone translate that for me? smirkymonkey Jul 2020 #27
D- GeorgeGist Jul 2020 #29
That was so logically and articulately stated that I cannot argue with him. tclambert Jul 2020 #30
That didn't even make sense. Oh, the racism dripped right on through, PatrickforO Jul 2020 #31
SO black folks might revert to slavery without statues of slave owners to warn them off ???????????? BamaRefugee Jul 2020 #32
Someone please enlighten me here..... KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2020 #33
There's One Thing We Can Learn! ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #50
"you will go back to it again" bucolic_frolic Jul 2020 #34
Is he threatening to enslave people of color again??? roamer65 Jul 2020 #36
He might not like the way it would end up if he were to "TRY" to re-enslave black folks... The_REAL_Ecumenist Jul 2020 #39
This white person wont stand for it. roamer65 Jul 2020 #40
Aww, you sweet actual human being, you... The_REAL_Ecumenist Jul 2020 #41
Just trying to be the best human I can. roamer65 Jul 2020 #43
Right there with you. SlogginThroughIt Jul 2020 #42
WTaF, MUTHAF*CKA??! You have the colossal nerve to ATTEMPT to us black folks about HISTORY? The_REAL_Ecumenist Jul 2020 #38
Amen and remember to... electric_blue68 Jul 2020 #44
donny wants statues of himself usajumpedtheshark Jul 2020 #45
translation: if you black people remove these statues, we might repeat our history and enslave you SiliconValley_Dem Jul 2020 #47
Too bad little Donnie didn't see statues of Benedict Arnold Martin Eden Jul 2020 #51
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