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Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
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It's a stupid argument calling a wall racism (at least in this context).
It should have been fairly obvious to everyone that people mean that the person who insists on building a wall is racist, rather than the wall itself. I assumed we all realised inanimate objects are not capable of having opinions, but apparently I was wrong.
 

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1251alex

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Dec 13, 2011
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It should have been fairly obvious to everyone that people mean that the person who insists on building a wall is racist, rather than the wall itself. I assumed we all realised inanimate objects are not capable of having opinions, but apparently I was wrong.
Yep. The idea of building the wall is racist. Also, we can't afford healthcare or education but we will throw money at a wall? :lol:
 

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Tickle Me
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Oct 11, 2005
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In all honesty, Mexico probably couldn't pay for a wall across it's northern border. Which is probably why the kill so many refugees from El Salvador and Honduras.
 

Osman

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Aug 30, 2002
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@Bjerknes @Hustini, well worth watching (except the mail-gate stuff, just boring by now). The bit that starts 06.10 is too funny...

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This is longer, but worth seeing more because she is applauded for her foreign affairs experience compared to Sanders...

 

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
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I just can't get over the fact that people have to choose between Hillary and Trump. That is such a bad situation to be in.
 

Hust

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Hustini
May 29, 2005
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Yep that's one thing we can agree on.

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:lol:

But then a guy like Andy actually supports such nonsense... Maybe Cam too... so... :shifty:

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This is incredible. :rofl:

I love the Democrats = Pro-slavery part. So awesomely deranged when people bring that up as though it has anything at all to do with the modern Democratic party. :lol:

Interesting article here on how the Republicans and Democrats basically switched sides over the years on civil rights... such things were always progressive politics, and there are (or at least were) both progressive democrats and progressive conservatives, which people tend to forget in this modern era of partisanship and walking the party line.

http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/197...d-republicans-switched-sides-on-civil-rights/
im sorry what do I support?
 

swag

L'autista
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Sep 23, 2003
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I love the Democrats = Pro-slavery part. So awesomely deranged when people bring that up as though it has anything at all to do with the modern Democratic party. :lol:

Interesting article here on how the Republicans and Democrats basically switched sides over the years on civil rights... such things were always progressive politics, and there are (or at least were) both progressive democrats and progressive conservatives, which people tend to forget in this modern era of partisanship and walking the party line.

http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/197...d-republicans-switched-sides-on-civil-rights/
Timely given that the Republican party is currently on its deathbed and we're about to welcome the Whig Party back.

It's a stupid argument calling a wall racism (at least in this context).
Dude, my passport is racist. :D

It should have been fairly obvious to everyone that people mean that the person who insists on building a wall is racist, rather than the wall itself. I assumed we all realised inanimate objects are not capable of having opinions, but apparently I was wrong.
It should have also been fairly obvious to everyone that walls between the USA and Mexico already exist near security checkpoints and common border crossings. So it's puzzling why proposing to put up a wall for any in-between spaces suddenly becomes racist.

Just out of curiosity when did mexican became a race?
When José Pedraza won the silver at the 1968 Olympics for the 20k walk, opening the door for non-divers in Mexico to take medals in track & field (albeit mostly for 20k walking).
 

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
39,330
Timely given that the Republican party is currently on its deathbed and we're about to welcome the Whig Party back.



Dude, my passport is racist. :D



It should have also been fairly obvious to everyone that walls between the USA and Mexico already exist near security checkpoints and common border crossings. So it's puzzling why proposing to put up a wall for any in-between spaces suddenly becomes racist.



When José Pedraza won the silver at the 1968 Olympics for the 20k walk, opening the door for non-divers in Mexico to take medals in track & field (albeit mostly for 20k walking).
It is racist because Trump clearly intended it to be racist.
 

swag

L'autista
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Sep 23, 2003
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It is racist because Trump clearly intended it to be racist.
But Trump is the racist clearly in that case, not some wall. I know you think that nobody should be stupid enough to confuse a wall for the person who proposes it, but we're clearly on different ground here. Because it wasn't even the wall at all -- you're saying that it was the perceived racist overtures regardless of whether it was a wall, a garden hose, or a curbside gutter he was talking about.
 

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
39,330
But Trump is the racist clearly in that case, not some wall. I know you think that nobody should be stupid enough to confuse a wall for the person who proposes it, but we're clearly on different ground here. Because it wasn't even the wall at all -- you're saying that it was the perceived racist overtures regardless of whether it was a wall, a garden hose, or a curbside gutter he was talking about.
I'm saying he wants to build a wall because of racist motives. The wall is something that, as a form of border control, is terribly outdated and not cost effective at all. The only reason he proposed it is that it sounds good to xenophobic morons. So in that sense I see it as a racist symbol.
 

Hængebøffer

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Jun 4, 2009
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I'm saying he wants to build a wall because of racist motives. The wall is something that, as a form of border control, is terribly outdated and not cost effective at all. The only reason he proposed it is that it sounds good to xenophobic morons. So in that sense I see it as a racist symbol.
It really isn't. It is to gain support from the marginalized middle class (and of course what you wrote). Dude, we're in a time where nationality, traditions and the existing economy are dissolving. Neither Europe or North America have come up with a pragmatic solution to this. From an economic point of view, Europe is in a lot trouble and Trump is aware of this.
 

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