African American called out by Trump felt no racism

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1 hour ago, Redstreak said:

"I never, ever sensed any racism on his part," Cheadle told CBS News in a phone interview Saturday. "Looking at it now, I can see on a script -- in a transcript, or even somebody watching the clip -- I can see how they would jump to the conclusion that it was racist. But I never felt anything at all."

Don Cheadle is awesome.

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1 hour ago, PunkTheFunk said:

Not trying to excuse Trump because he has said some truly nasty things, but people are just too damn sensitive. We're at the edge of our seats waiting to be offended 

Preach sis

 

seriously. Ok people sometimes say stuff that isnt the best... And if its really bad, sometimes making a deal about it is warranted

 

But these days nobody wants to ever let anything go anymore... Everything is a reason for an argument, for offended feelings, and for complaints

 

This whiny and pathetic culture were developing is rediculous and sad tbh  

 

Being an LGBT member myself, i can honestly say that if you dont try to purposely find homophobic words or behaviour in people, its much easier on you

 

I get worked up way less than my friends because unless its serious... I just let some jokes or statements that arent best go, and dont make a big deal out of everything...

 

And i feel the better for it!!!!  

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When did we become complacent with this type of atrocious behavior?   

[LebaneseDude 6,146]

4 hours ago, AJH219 said:

When did we become complacent with this type of atrocious behavior?   

Well Trump is against Clinton and we hate Clinton so Trump is good.

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14 hours ago, LebaneseDude said:

The victim is a Trump supporter. Why would he grasp those concepts if he supports Trump? No non-bigoted person would ever support that walking piece of trash unless he's blatantly misinformed or delusional in which case the opinion is also irrelevant. 

Women who are victims of domestic abuse often still defend their husband. This is hardly any different, because this is very much an abusive relationship, where Trump plays coy with white supremacist groups as this "victim" pays no mind.

I'm not white so don't call me one. If someone called me "My Middle Easterner" I'd be offended that someone felt compelled to indicate me by race as if that's supposed to be relevant. I don't belong to anyone either. There mere fact that Trump had to point one out to "celebrate" diversity says it all.

Considering minority groups have denounced this, it's not my own decision either. This isn't even his first offense. 

Trump didn't play coy with the group. He might have played coy with one person of that group that I had never heard of either and I sure you hadn't either. He just declined to answer a question he knew nothing about.

And what a mess at you comparing Trump to an abusive husband. Laughing out loud. Maybe people support him because their only other option would be to support an abuse enabling, lying, corrupt, and incompetent career politician who's been bought out.

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RIP double post

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1 hour ago, MJHolland said:

Trump didn't play coy with the group. He might have played coy with one person of that group that I had never heard of either and I sure you hadn't either. He just declined to answer a question he knew nothing about.

Trump knows very well who David Duke, the former Grand Wizard of the KKK, was considering he commented on him before. Don't try to vindicate Trump through cluelessness while supporting his intellect elsewhere. Every fact checker there is debunked this.

1 hour ago, MJHolland said:

to support an abuse enabling, lying, corrupt, and incompetent politician who's been bought out.

You literally just defined Trump, except he doesn't even have a political career to fall back on 

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Trump has clearly been courting the same people who regularly work lobby against many demographics. People who willingly ignore that clearly have no self respect.

The abusive relationship between politicians and their followers is one that I am very familiar with as someone from Lebanon. It's the same kind of cult of personality that both Trump and Sanders have been using. 

You may not recognize it. I do.  

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Wait there's more: 

 

"Had he said, 'Here's my African-American friend,' or 'my African-American supporter' or something like that, then there would be less ambiguity," Cheadle said.

"Had he said, 'Here's my African-American' and then after that said, 'What's up, dawg,' or 'boy' or even the N-word as they use it today, I really would have been offended."

Cheadle says his interaction with Trump has raised his profile heading into the California primary on Tuesday. But one thing Cheadle wants to be clear about is that Trump does not yet have his vote.

"I am not a Trump supporter," Cheadle said. "I went to go hear Donald Trump because I have an open mind."

Cheadle says he also went to a rally for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders last week in Chico, Calif., but did not go in.

"I am a free man. I am not chained to any particular party, and I refuse to be chained to any particular party."

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/05/480864303/trumps-african-american-i-am-not-a-trump-supporter