To summarize the OP, “Waaaaaaaahhh! A few people on your side are like nearly everyone on my side! Waaaaaaaahhhh!”
A-Motherfuckin-men. Trump supporters, take your so-called respect and stick it in your ear.
I was going to say “Then stick that ear up your ass”, but it’s probably there already.
Bolding mine,. Honest question: Do you believe that the cries of racism were in fact a response to “this is a great country” and NOT to “that *allows *you to be here?”
ETA the woman in question was apparently born here, as was I. Who *allows *her - or me – to stay here? Who “allows” you to stay in this great country?
Trump supporters are saying this is a great country? Because Trump himself says it’s a hellhole that only he can fix.
Why, Dear Leader Trump, of course. As long as you remain respectful, and don’t complain or make noises. And if you respect your betters and realize that you are lucky to be allowed to remain here.
No, no no.
It was a hellhole a few months ago. Unemployment was above 40%. The inner cities were no-go zones. Murders were happening all the time.
Now though? Unemployment is below 4.8%. Everything is fantastic. Jobs are flowing in. Nasty immigrants are being kept out. The country is great now. Dear Leader Trump has fixed it!
But you all must be on Guard! The Shadow Government of Obama is always there, lurking, waiting to destroy the country again! Be vigilant! The enemy is always nearby!
They weren’t really in response to anything Spicer said - it was just next on the list she was holding in her (obviously limited) brain. Had Spicer stuck around, she would be calling him “homophobic”.
Actually Spicer said “be here” - as in “here in the Apple store screaming mindless insults as opposed to whatever loony bin you escaped from”. Although it is possible that Spicer thought this deranged dimwit was an imported deranged dimwit.
Not that it matters - the entertainment value of this fulminating fat head comes from her ability to interpret “this is a great country that allows you to be here” as a threat. But calling Spicer a fascist, traitor, and criminal is just normal conversation. No doubt it is for her. Anything more would require some form of brain activity, or some higher level of psychoactive medication.
Regards,
Shodan
I’ll try to remember that.
Well, to be fair, it is clear that what friend **Shodan ***meant *was that it is important for YOU to approach the other side with respect, and a concern for mutual understanding. He’s just giving advice to YOU and people like you.
So that you know how to behave properly when addressing your betters.
This advice does not, of course, apply to himself.
You first.
Yeah, I’ve argued a lot around here that charges of hypocrisy do nothing to rebut the argument, they only work as an ad hominem.
In that spirit, I’ll say that Shodan is the biggest fuckin hypocrite I’ve ever seen on this board, and has been so ever since he stumbled across the phrase “the Usual Suspects,” and in one of history’s great ironies, applied it to other people.
How did that woman escape her designated Free Speech Zone? I thought they kept those locked!
Unsupported speculation on your part, Shodan. I’m surprised; usually you manage to restrain yourself from making such pronouncements.
Another assertion for which you offer no evidence. You’re embarrassing yourself today.
Not an insupportable interpretation, actually. The “allows you to be here” phrasing clearly implies some sufferance on the part of the “such a great country” – sufferance which, by definition, he is implying can be withdrawn. Implying that to a citizen really is somewhat threatening.
Clearly not. She herself stated that her epithets weren’t polite.
I’m willing to award her points for accuracy, though.
Accuracy? Spicer isn’t neither a traitor nor a criminal nor a fascist. That shrieking bimbo obviously has a few screws loose.
So we shouldn’t get uppity.
I am not seeing the nuance that allows you to state so confidently that he told an Indian-American woman that it was a great country that allowed her to be “here, in an Apple store,” and not a great country that allowed her to be here, in previously-mentioned “great country.”
Because he believes that Republicans and conservatives and Trump supporters are definitely not racist (only liberals are), so any statement they make MUST be interpreted in a non-racist manner.
But in all fairness, you’re not arguing that he’s only a fucking hypocrite.
He’s a proud supporter of one of the ugliest, divisive movements in America.
Just so long as you know your place - then you’ll be allowed to stay here. And don’t forget; If you’re a shrieking bimbo with a few screws loose, you’d damn well better not insult anybody.