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12.01.2018, 18:55
| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President? | Quote: | |  | | | I was thinking the same:
Media: "The migrants are fleeing countries suffering from extreme poverty, disease, persecution and gang/religious violence."
Trump: "They are shitholes"
Media: "That's racist!"
...and it's really amazing how the media just throws that word "racist!" around at every opportunity, it's pretty much lost it's affect by now, they've gone to the well one too many times with that. | | | | | Actually most of the media is quoting sources as saying he’s racist, but I guess the reality is a bit more boring than the hype, right? | 
12.01.2018, 19:07
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| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President?
Ok then, spinning the racist angle
But CNN's top personalities Anderson Cooper and Don Lemon, just came on and said straight on "racist!" (altho sadly CNN is having bad credibility problems lately) | Quote: |  | | | Not racial, not racially charged. Racist. | | | | | https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/and...rk-1202662653/ | 
12.01.2018, 19:29
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| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President? | Quote: | |  | | | I was thinking the same:
Media: "The migrants are fleeing countries suffering from extreme poverty, disease, persecution and gang/religious violence."
Trump: "They are shitholes"
Media: "That's racist!"
...and it's really amazing how the media just throws that word "racist!" around at every opportunity, it's pretty much lost it's affect by now, they've gone to the well one too many times with that. | | | | | You are confusing migrants with refugees?
Refugees flee persecution and violence.
Migrants are simply looking for a life style improvement.
Anyway that is not the correct way for a country president to describe another country.
Maybe racist is not the best description? I would suggest vulgar ignoramus?
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12.01.2018, 20:20
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| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President? | Quote: | |  | | | Maybe racist is not the best description? I would suggest vulgar ignoramus? | | | | | Tellin' it how it is.
It's why he was elected!
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12.01.2018, 20:21
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| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President?
What a snowflake U.S. ambassador to Panama resigns, says cannot serve Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to Panama John Feeley, a career diplomat and former Marine Corps helicopter pilot, has resigned, saying he no longer felt able to serve President Donald Trump. Full story | The following 2 users would like to thank Castro for this useful post: | | 
12.01.2018, 20:27
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| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President?
New Yorkers daily cartoon by Peter Kuper.
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12.01.2018, 20:34
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| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President? | Quote: | |  | | | What a snowflake  U.S. ambassador to Panama resigns, says cannot serve Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to Panama John Feeley, a career diplomat and former Marine Corps helicopter pilot, has resigned, saying he no longer felt able to serve President Donald Trump. Full story | | | | | I disagree with you on this. The guy has to represent the US - and at the moment stand behind Trump. I would never work for a boss like Trump.
A snowflake would have blushed and carried on or, worse, hinted to the politicians of the guest-country that he doesn't agree with Trump and his way to approach things.
The guy did the right thing as many others should too. I can't believe there are actually still people who wanna do the job of media spokesman of the white house!
Having said that, all politicians active in the governement outside the white-house should seriously stick it out and make sure, the country is run properly. But they apparently prefer to "retire". Them is who I call snowflakes.
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12.01.2018, 20:36
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He is just plain inconsiderate. HIGNFY | The following 6 users would like to thank TobiasM for this useful post: | | 
12.01.2018, 20:47
| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President? | Quote: | |  | | | Does anyone remember that kid in class who called the teacher 'Dad'? | | | | | Yeah, went to his funeral, nobody cried.
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12.01.2018, 20:51
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| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President? | Quote: | |  | | | Tellin' it how it is.
It's why he was elected! | | | | | But he is denying he said it?
So is he also a snowflake? | This user would like to thank marton for this useful post: | | 
12.01.2018, 20:55
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| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President? | Quote: | |  | | | | | | | | Looks good to me.
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12.01.2018, 20:58
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| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President? | Quote: | |  | | | Tellin' it how it is.
It's why he was elected! | | | | | You don't need to be elected President of the United States to do a bit of name-calling.
Little children do it in the playground the whole time.
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12.01.2018, 21:27
| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President? | Quote: |  | | | Interesting. What do you believe is the cause of the knife crime then? Skin colour or a penchant for Dr Dre?
Also, no rapper EVER talks about knifing people, that's low rent. Guns are where it's at. | | | | | Showing your age there mate. Go and listen to Stormzy and J Hus spittin sum bars and report back. Won't pretend that I know more than I do, but rap has seen a renaissance in London in recent years. | Quote: |  | | | Again interesting. Which "black culture" are you referring to? London has a huge population of people from many places. Caribbean, Somalian, Kenyan, etc?
The fact you suggest they would be using "Innit" and "Fam" shows they are very much a product of being Londoners rather than anything else. Black, white and asians who grew up in London all use this vernacular, it's not a black thing in the slightest...5 mins of the dreadful Arsenal Fan TV will disabuse you of that notion. | | | | | Yes, Londoners. Black Londoners. And this is a part of black London culture. Heritage is secondary as they are born and bred Londoners. Whilst a Londoner of Congoloese descent would may have Pili-Pili on their meat and a Londoner of Jamaican descent may have Jerk sauce instead, what is very likely is that they'll both speak a street jungle patois otherwise known as "Multicultural London English". They are more likely to be in a street gang, and they are more likely to be stabbed for the simple fact that they are black Londoners. This is a feral culture that in part has been imported and in part that has developed on London's "Streets". | Quote: |  | | | Or more accurately a poor / low socio-economical problem. As you acknowledged earlier, Scotland has no black people and historically Glasgow has had a massive knife problem. | | | | | The number of thanks you got for this post just shows how the urge to be PC and not willing to see the reality has affected so many peoples judgment.
"poor / low socio-economical problem". Well according to Uncle Max this is a problem affecting the entire country. So where are the stabbings on this scale in Bristol or in Sheffield or in Newcastle? Looking further afield what about other capital cities in the Europe with "poor / low socio-economical problems"? Berlin? Madrid? Prague? Warsaw?
I wasting my time though, none of you will see it. Blinded to reality. Laughable. Now back let's get back to the latest dose of innit fam. Talented young British model is stabbed to death on London street in 'robbery gone wrong' | 
12.01.2018, 21:35
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| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President? | Quote: | |  | | | I disagree with you on this. The guy has to represent the US - and at the moment stand behind Trump. I would never work for a boss like Trump.
A snowflake would have blushed and carried on or, worse, hinted to the politicians of the guest-country that he doesn't agree with Trump and his way to approach things.
The guy did the right thing as many others should too. I can't believe there are actually still people who wanna do the job of media spokesman of the white house!
Having said that, all politicians active in the governement outside the white-house should seriously stick it out and make sure, the country is run properly. But they apparently prefer to "retire". Them is who I call snowflakes. | | | | | I was being sarcastic Curley 
Of course I think he did the right thing, I wish those in the Republican party would do the same and finally admit that he is demeaning them and the entire country.
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12.01.2018, 21:43
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| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President? | Quote: | |  | | | You see race and Obama's "blackness", I see the dismantling of an overbearing Administrative State. The more we get rid of it, notice how much better the US and its economy performs. Its because nobody voted nor asked for it.
So who is being racist?
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12.01.2018, 21:45
| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President? | Quote: | |  | | | The number of thanks you got for this post just shows how the urge to be PC and not willing to see the reality has affected so many peoples judgment. | | | | | Nope, it added balance to your rather clumsy assertion. | 
12.01.2018, 21:52
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| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President? | Quote: | |  | | | | | | | | They're dead because of a senseless act. That's what they have in common. HTH. | The following 2 users would like to thank 3Wishes for this useful post: | | 
12.01.2018, 21:55
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| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President? | Quote: | |  | | | | | | | | Of 120 murders in London for those 11 months. Remember London has a population size the equivalent of Switzerland. Dude you really need to get out more. https://www.met.police.uk/stats-and-...ata-dashboard/ | 
12.01.2018, 21:56
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| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President? | Quote: | |  | | | | | | | | I've seen that photo (first photo in linked article) before. As I'm not on Instagram, I suspect it was in a link on EF.
So the guy was active, expressing opinions (don't know about what as I don't remember where it was linked). Therefore dismissing his death as "believed to be a robbery which went wrong" the day after it occurred does not sound like diligent policework to me.
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