My President is a White Supremacist
Aug. 12th, 2017 08:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogI realize that I have no choice but to believe that our president in the USA is a White-supremacist and a Neo-Nazi sympathizer.
Words from David Duke, outspoken White-supremacist and former KKK Grand Wizard, about the riot in Charlottesville:
“This represents a turning point for the people of this country” and “We are determined to take our country back. We are going to fulfill the promises of Donald Trump."
A president who was worth a damn - who was *not* a White-supremacist and Neo-Nazi sympathizer, would strongly and directly condemn a torch-carrying mob chanting Nazi slogans and carrying Nazi symbols. I can't interpret Trump's carefully neutral response (despite Duke's criticism of Trump for condemning the violence) in any other way than as an intentional refusal to alienate White-supremacists and Nazis. Whether that's for purely Machiavellian reasons or personal beliefs doesn't matter. The actions and inactions are the same.
The President of my country is a White-supremacist and a Neo-Nazi sympathizer.
Duke criticized Trump's condemnation of violence and said that the Charlottesville riot would be a "turning point." He wants more violence like this. He is a terrorist, using violence to further his political agenda. Trump has failed to condemn that either.
That so many continue to support Trump through this makes me despondent and fearful. What will happen to my country?
-----
And from earlier today on Facebook:
As we see photos of swastika-carrying marchers, it's important to remember that wannabe-Nazi shitstains have just as much right to demonstrate as people who aren't racist fuckpuddles do. But also remember that in public speech, silence is consent.
Feel free to share that sentiment widely. Make your values known.
Words from David Duke, outspoken White-supremacist and former KKK Grand Wizard, about the riot in Charlottesville:
“This represents a turning point for the people of this country” and “We are determined to take our country back. We are going to fulfill the promises of Donald Trump."
A president who was worth a damn - who was *not* a White-supremacist and Neo-Nazi sympathizer, would strongly and directly condemn a torch-carrying mob chanting Nazi slogans and carrying Nazi symbols. I can't interpret Trump's carefully neutral response (despite Duke's criticism of Trump for condemning the violence) in any other way than as an intentional refusal to alienate White-supremacists and Nazis. Whether that's for purely Machiavellian reasons or personal beliefs doesn't matter. The actions and inactions are the same.
The President of my country is a White-supremacist and a Neo-Nazi sympathizer.
Duke criticized Trump's condemnation of violence and said that the Charlottesville riot would be a "turning point." He wants more violence like this. He is a terrorist, using violence to further his political agenda. Trump has failed to condemn that either.
That so many continue to support Trump through this makes me despondent and fearful. What will happen to my country?
-----
And from earlier today on Facebook:
As we see photos of swastika-carrying marchers, it's important to remember that wannabe-Nazi shitstains have just as much right to demonstrate as people who aren't racist fuckpuddles do. But also remember that in public speech, silence is consent.
Feel free to share that sentiment widely. Make your values known.
