President Trump has a long history of showing empathy to claims of white racial grievances. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press Photo) By EUGENE ROBINSON WASHINGTON — No one should have been surprised to see President Trump playing footsie with racists. He’s been doing it for years. On Saturday, when Trump could not bring himself to condemn whiteContinue reading “President Trump playing footsie with racists and been doing it for years”
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Washington Post 8-16-2017
PowerPost • Analysis The Daily 202: False moral equivalency is not a bug of Trumpism. It’s a feature. From the alt-right to Putin and the Clintons, Trump’s “both sides” conceit is nothing new. By James Hohmann • Read more » Obama’s response to Charlottesville violence is the most liked tweet in Twitter’s history “No one is born hating another personContinue reading “Washington Post 8-16-2017”
Would there never even be a statue of Donald J. Trump?
Donald Trump, from His Tower, Rages at “the Other Side” in Charlottesville By Amy Davidson Sorkin At a press briefing that was supposed to be about infrastructure, Trump tossed aside his previous condemnation of white nationalists like an ill-fitting suit. Photograph by Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP “Wait a minute, I’m not finished. I’m not finished, FakeContinue reading “Would there never even be a statue of Donald J. Trump?”
Victim blaming
Victim blaming (or blaming the victim) is holding the victim (s) of a crime, an accident, or any type of abusive maltreatment to be entirely or partially responsible for the transgressions committed against them. Victim-blaming has traditionally emerged especially in racist and sexist forms. It is also about holding individuals responsible for their own personalContinue reading “Victim blaming”