Carl Lewis blasts president Donald Trump as "misogynist and racist" at the Pan American Games

'White people' this.... 'white people' that.

It's all over the place, including academia, media, politicians.

Don't try to act like there isn't racism from the left.[/quote]

This is why Trump won. Much of the US is poor/middle class and white, however they have very little incentive to want to be a part of a movement and party which disenfranchises them. Because if you are white of course you face no struggles. The left's other problem is when playing the victimhood/intersectional game they eat their own, which then pushes even more people away. It seems fine to pile on others, until your own group decides you are part of the problem when you don't want to abort 8 mo old babies, think national healthcare is not the solution for everyone (expand medical care for poor folks, but open up markets across state lines!), think science/biology in fact has strong evidence for 2 sexes and don't believe in 40-something genders, think open borders might just be an issue, etc. It would be nice to be part of the 'inclusive group' but disagree on any one of their talking points and all of sudden they become much less inclusive.

It would be nice of the moderate voices in the democrats and republicans who wanted to be honest about reality would break off and form a 3rd party. Most of the country is moderate and we could stop placating to the extreme left/right.

round and round wrote:

BLtheKid wrote:

Here's what I think is interesting. Donald Trump lived for 70 years - as one of the more well-known public figures - and yet, no one could figure out he was a racist until he became president. If that makes sense to you, you probably need to get either off your meds or get on some to help you.

people knew he was a racist in 1989 when he took out full-page advertisements in New York City newspapers calling for the death penalty in response to a case in which the five black and Latino teenagers were wrongfully convicted of rape.

but you probably weren't alive then.

you're uninformed.

Um, not only was I alive, I was living in NYC then. That sounds like the Central Park jogger case. So, you're making the argument that whenever a person is on the opposite side of an issue from a minority, that person is a racist. If it's that simple to you, you must see racism everywhere you go...

Regarding the case you referenced, who knows if they were wrongly convicted or not? According to the Mueller standard (which I don't agree with), they shouldn't be judged as innocent, right?

Full disclosure, I voted for Trump and likely will again. I don't particularly enjoy the way in which he conducts himself but I believe his stance on policies, taken in aggregate as I don't agree with ALL of his politics, outweigh the fact that he makes me cringe when he tweets and generally goes off the handle.

Having said that...

If Trump is any "ist" he's a narcissist, not a racist or a misogynist. Does he attack particular black people? Yep. Does he attack and belittle particular women? Yep. Does he attack particular males? Yep. Does he attack particular WHITE males? Yep.

I think Trump is an equal opportunity attacker and "belittler." By no means do I think he should do it. To be clear, I don't think it's a good thing, BUT I don't think his attacks are focused at any particular group as a whole. I think the left loses credibility when it continually jumps to branding Trump as a racist. If I take my six closest black friends, half voted for him and half didn't. In no way am I trying to use that sample in order to generalize to the entire black population in America. I realize that just because of who I am, biases and all, I am going to tend towards having more people in my circle who think like I do, but it does also make an example of the fact that there are plenty of black people who don't consider Trump a racist. The same could be said for my closest friends and family who are women.

A narcissist? Yes. Racist and misogynist? I don't really think so.

Something I else I just thought of that covers both of Lewis' slurs.

So, Trump is both a misogynist and a racist! I guess a prime example of this is when Omarosa won "The Apprentice!"

I've never seen the show but from what I understand this is the show where Trump would say "You're fired!" as he personally eliminated the contestants. So, I'm presuming he chose the winner.

So, strange, huh? To choose an African-American woman when he is a misogynist and racist...but Donald is clever that way, I guess...

Not much doubt that Trump is misogynist. Most men, white or black, from that era are.

From the vox article not much proof that he is racist. A cut throat business man who does whatever it takes to beat competitors doesn’t make him racist. When you are digging for dirt you will always find dirt.

jph003 wrote:

Carl “drug cheat” Lewis is a worthless has been. Bigly. SAD.

Lewis was a great long jumper. That was the only event he fully utilised or maximized his drug cocktail.

But Carl would smile at this wrote:

The media and liberals say nothing...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mehb5sqKyrI

And they still say nothing. Just act like it doesn't exist... the liberal way!

MikeMach1977 wrote:

It would be nice of the moderate voices in the democrats and republicans who wanted to be honest about reality would break off and form a 3rd party. Most of the country is moderate and we could stop placating to the extreme left/right.

Yes. The political spectrum of the US looks like a bell curve with most people very close to the middle, but the extremes get the click bait. Then people are convinced the other side is out to get them and somehow hates America. It is likely that if a bunch of people were surveyed on what the problems in America are, the answers would transcend political parties.

Loss of good jobs and lack of upward mobility for many.

Problems with educational system.

Corrupt politicians and dysfunctional government.

Excessive Government spending that is not benefiting the citizens of the country.

People have different ideas of how to solve these problems, but the root problems for most Americans are pretty similar. Yet we have been turned against each other and have become blind to the fact that big money has taken over politics and all of this infighting is exactly the desired effect by those in power. People won't go "throw away" their vote on a 3rd party when they think the other side is out to get them because it seems too important. So those in power continue to be in power and the cycle continues and gets worse.

It's gonna be an amazing day when Trump announces his running mate in 2020 is Tulsi Gabbard, the only sane democrat candidate, or Candace Owens, the liberal destroyer.

Carl and lib co. will epically meltdown.

Misdirection? In your case, denial wrote:

TrumpIsGoodAtMisdirection wrote:

Trump is good at misdirection and his followers are also. His followers just spout things like "Carl is a drug cheat" which does absolutely nothing to disprove what he says. It is his opinion and people don't have to like it, but it is freedom of speech. Please realize that those attacking Carl are doing so because they don't like that his opinion based on years of well documented Trump actions. Trump supporters are either OK with his misogynist and racist actions or they refuse to believe that supporting him make them complicit in these actions and speech. Again, that is a form of free speech which most people claim to believe in, but usually only when it is good for their own cause.

Ironically enough, you fail to debate Trump's history of helping minorities.

You mean his family?

Because the Dayton shooter was on a personal vendetta. The El Paso shooter was carrying out a racist ideological domestic terror attack. Both horrible, but very different rationales.

The funny thing is that Trump is a moderate. He could have been dem or repub. Pretty sure that he got into the election as a joke. He chose repub because they had the weakest field.

Hilary in her hubris deplorably insulted 50% of the constituency in the last month of the race and lost the election.

Oddly, the dems are still falling all over themselves and will probably blow another sure thing.

What The wrote:

Trump IS misogynist and racist. Come on. I know some of you people don't mind that he is, and some of you even like that he is. But let's not pretend that he isn't.

An "equal opportunity attacker and belittler"? How to depict prejudice and offensiveness as fairmindedness, because it is - you say - indifferent to its target and equally apportioned to all. Which it isn't - or he would have no support base and Republicans wouldn't lie down for everything he says and does. The "narcissist" is any kind of "ist" you care to describe him as. But he's your kind of guy. Nice.

Trump (and his father Fred) has been a racist his entire life. The Trumps would not rent their Queens New York apartments to blacks or Hispanics and had to settle a court case brought in 1973. I was raised in New York and this was common knowledge even in the late 1960’s. At his casinos, black workers had to be ushered out of his view. A few token blacks in his administration does not erase these actions and his horrid language. He is a vile person with no redeeming qualities.

But according to some here, his racism was common knowledge. Well, if it was so common knowledge, why is there a long history of blacks being friends with him?

Hmm...ok

Cheers

Trump is a symptom, not the disease.

Trump is no misogynist???

I wonder where 'grab them by the p**sy' fits in??