Trump, Skittles, White Supremacists, Guilt By Association
And another thing:
One overwrought criticism of Trump Jr.'s Skittles comment is that it's also used by white supremacists.
sigh
This is what we call guilt by association.
There is nothing inherently racist about the Skittles analogy.
It may be faulty on other grounds, of course.
But the fact that it's been used by white supremacists doesn't constitute a valid objection to it.
This is different than the "meme" (ugh) with Hillary and the money and the suggestion of a star of David. That one had stuff in it that had objective (though conventional) symbolic links to anti-Semitic crap. There's no such link with the Skittles.
Nice move, "progressives"! Again making Trumpo and his clown show look good by comparison.
One overwrought criticism of Trump Jr.'s Skittles comment is that it's also used by white supremacists.
sigh
This is what we call guilt by association.
There is nothing inherently racist about the Skittles analogy.
It may be faulty on other grounds, of course.
But the fact that it's been used by white supremacists doesn't constitute a valid objection to it.
This is different than the "meme" (ugh) with Hillary and the money and the suggestion of a star of David. That one had stuff in it that had objective (though conventional) symbolic links to anti-Semitic crap. There's no such link with the Skittles.
Nice move, "progressives"! Again making Trumpo and his clown show look good by comparison.
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