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ihaveaquestion

(4,001 posts) Thu Aug 21, 2025, 10:46 AM Aug 21

Donald Trump Is a Racist. We Need to Call it Out. Stuart Stevens

Donald Trump has asked for a review of Smithsonian exhibitions and artifacts to eliminate items that remind us how bad slavery was. Donald Trump is a racist.

He’s also a fascist.

These are, clearly, very strong words, and it’s important to be careful with language, because if you use it too loosely, it loses its meaning. But after decades of evidence — the dog whistles, the calls for innocent black men to be executed, the bizarre fixation on the Confederacy, his alliance with known Nazis and White Christian Nationalists — saying these things, that Donald Trump is a fascist, that he is a racist, should be the least controversial thing to say about him.

Remember the knots the mainstream media tied themselves into back in ‘16 and ‘17 over whether or not to call him a liar? He lies. He’s a liar.

For seven months, he’s rounded up brown people for deportation, imprisonment, or total disappearance. He’s attempting to convince his base that slavery wasn’t so bad, after all. Some in his orbit are echoing this sentiment, going so far as to claim we shouldn’t actually blame white people for slavery.

He doesn’t like Black or brown people. Nearly every action is motivated by that dislike. Every breath he takes is flush with a fear and hatred of people who are not white.

What would you call that?

And now he’s trying to cleanse our historical institutions. He’s creating a police force to target all of us, but black and brown people particularly. He ignores courts. He is rigging elections. He’s plastered the White House (and the internet) with images of himself.

What would you call that?

Donald Trump is a fascist, and he’s a racist.

Saying it won’t make it go away. But we can’t hide from it anymore, either.

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Donald Trump Is a Racist. We Need to Call it Out. Stuart Stevens (Original Post) ihaveaquestion Aug 21 OP

The sane part of the country has been calling this out since 2015 LearnedHand Aug 21 #1

Sometimes things sink in with repetition so we need to keep doing it. ihaveaquestion Aug 21 #2

It's been called out so much that it has lost its edge. maxsolomon Aug 21 #13

Worst racist I've seen in this country since George Wallace and all the Southern segregationists Walleye Aug 21 #3

"It's a feature, not a bug." (n/t) thesquanderer Aug 21 #15

Oh yes, they brag about it. It makes them feel like big men. Walleye Aug 21 #16

Media should ask Trump/et al: "If slavery was so great, why were White people excluded?" RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Aug 21 #4

HE'S AN IDIOT Jimvanhise Aug 21 #5

Those that support him view his racism/bigotry as a desirable attribute in a candidate. Silent Type Aug 21 #6

lol. Ya think? OneGrassRoot Aug 21 #7

I share your skepticism for former Republicans coming out against the Orange Shitbag. ihaveaquestion Aug 21 #9

I don't question the sincerity.. OneGrassRoot Aug 21 #18

A stratified society is an essential element of fascism William Seger Aug 21 #8

The Leader of the Pack. Vroom Vroom. twodogsbarking Aug 21 #10

No Kiddin'! BBbats Aug 21 #11

Yes, and the misogyny is an added feature Walleye Aug 21 #17

Wow! I would not have known he was a racist without a screaming click bait video. MineralMan Aug 21 #12

Trump is a racist.. Dave Id Aug 21 #14

Racist? Fascist? NO DUH HHH! B.See Aug 21 #19

LearnedHand

(4,959 posts)

1. The sane part of the country has been calling this out since 2015

Reply to ihaveaquestion (Original post)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 10:49 AM

Aug 21

It’s just that it doesn’t matter anymore. No shame. No nothing except reveling in it. Like it’s a strength instead of a malignant character trait.

ihaveaquestion

(4,001 posts)

2. Sometimes things sink in with repetition so we need to keep doing it.

Reply to LearnedHand (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 11:02 AM

Aug 21

Keep saying it to your friends and neighbors... he's a racist, he's a fascist, he's a con man ... over and over. Bring the receipts when they ask why you say that and they will stop challenging you because they have no valid response.

maxsolomon

(37,204 posts)

13. It's been called out so much that it has lost its edge.

Reply to LearnedHand (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 01:38 PM

Aug 21

Just like "Fascist".

It doesn't mean anything specific to people now. They're numb to it.

Walleye

(42,129 posts)

3. Worst racist I've seen in this country since George Wallace and all the Southern segregationists

Reply to ihaveaquestion (Original post)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 11:07 AM

Aug 21

They’re proud of being racist remember, Stephen Bannon saying it was a badge to wear

thesquanderer

(12,743 posts)

15. "It's a feature, not a bug." (n/t)

Reply to Walleye (Reply #3)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 01:46 PM

Aug 21

Walleye

(42,129 posts)

16. Oh yes, they brag about it. It makes them feel like big men.

Reply to thesquanderer (Reply #15)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 02:24 PM

Aug 21

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(964 posts)

4. Media should ask Trump/et al: "If slavery was so great, why were White people excluded?"

Reply to ihaveaquestion (Original post)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 11:08 AM

Aug 21

Jimvanhise

(499 posts)

5. HE'S AN IDIOT

Reply to ihaveaquestion (Original post)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 11:26 AM

Aug 21

The Smithsonian has something like 200 exhibits. Two of them are about slavery. Trump is really stretching to find distractions from Epstein especially since a Federal judge revealed that the Government has hundreds of files of information they could release which they have been hiding.

Silent Type

(10,752 posts)

6. Those that support him view his racism/bigotry as a desirable attribute in a candidate.

Reply to ihaveaquestion (Original post)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 11:33 AM

Aug 21

OneGrassRoot

(23,810 posts)

7. lol. Ya think?

Reply to ihaveaquestion (Original post)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 11:36 AM

Aug 21

We’ve been saying that since he came down the escalator. And more of us who are older knew it because of Central Park 5. And it seems all New Yorkers have known it for many, many decades.

Glad to hear reformed (?) Republicans are catching on and saying it out loud though.

ihaveaquestion

(4,001 posts)

9. I share your skepticism for former Republicans coming out against the Orange Shitbag.

Reply to OneGrassRoot (Reply #7)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 11:53 AM

Aug 21

I'm always remembering how they supported the obvious racists in their party over the years and how they excused and welcomed their problematic supporters too. Then I think how a convert can be the most enthusiastic voice. They have 'seen the light' and feel betrayed by their own. Maybe they will revert to type later on, but for now I welcome their support, because we need all the help we can get to ditch the crazies.

OneGrassRoot

(23,810 posts)

18. I don't question the sincerity..

Reply to ihaveaquestion (Reply #9)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 04:40 PM

Aug 21

It’s just frustrating that it takes them so long to see the most obvious things.

William Seger

(11,777 posts)

8. A stratified society is an essential element of fascism

Reply to ihaveaquestion (Original post)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 11:50 AM

Aug 21

... to justify rule by an authoritarian demagogue who demonizes a scapegoat class and is supported by an oligarchy that profits from favorable treatment.

twodogsbarking

(15,297 posts)

10. The Leader of the Pack. Vroom Vroom.

Reply to ihaveaquestion (Original post)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 01:12 PM

Aug 21

BBbats

(236 posts)

11. No Kiddin'!

Reply to ihaveaquestion (Original post)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 01:21 PM

Aug 21

Of Course you know that's 90% of his appeal!
I know so many who are thrilled to their bones about it!
They try to say "I'm for Trump because of the economy(they might say fiscal policy if they're trying to make you think they're open minded). I don't want to pay higher taxes,etc."
But the bottom line in most is the Racism.
It's why they support him.