southernhybrid
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/22/come-bidens-you-aint-black-comment-was-clearly-joke/
The linked editorial was written by an actual black man who is a well known among those of us who read WaPo or watch him on MSNBC. I applaud Capehart for not being a little super sensitive person who loves to play the victim. Here's a few lines from his opinion piece that tell it like it is.
The part below is about how Biden needed to leave and Charlamagne tried to keep him back. They both seemed to be joking around with each other from my perspective.
I'm thankful that Capehart, who is a black gay man, set the record straight.
And, why the double standard? Trump is an obvious racist, who has made numerous insulting remarks, including referring to African countries as shit holes. Remember when he was running for president and one black guy showed up, and Trump said, "There's MY African American". Oh wow. He had one black guy at his rally. Trump constantly insults women, minorities, etc. with little push back from the Right, but Biden makes one remark jokingly and he's attacked by both conservatives and liberals. Trump has done another to help the black community. He even seems to support voter suppression and doesn't give a fuck about the high number of black citizens who have been infected with COVID-19. That's sick.
OMG! MSNBC is still making a big issue of this today, and oddly enough, it's mostly white folks that seem to be disturbed by it.
Plus, Biden has already apologized for making the remark, while Trump has never apologized for a single thing that he's said or done. He's never taken the blame for any of his many fuckups. Biden did what a mature person does. He didn't mean to insult anyone with his off the cuff joke, but when he realized that some did take his remark the wrong way, he apologized because he is able to put himself in the other person's place. It's called empathy. How nice it would be to have a president who is willing to admit his mistakes, and can easily admit that he's not always right. How nice it would be to have a president who doesn't punish or fire people for criticizing him.
Speaking of empathy. I watched his interview on Cobert the other night. He was asked for advice on how to manage the loss of people you love. He did get very emotional and probably went on for too long. But, then I got to thinking. How nice to have a man running for president that has feelings and empathy for others. That's what we need now as much as anything.
The linked editorial was written by an actual black man who is a well known among those of us who read WaPo or watch him on MSNBC. I applaud Capehart for not being a little super sensitive person who loves to play the victim. Here's a few lines from his opinion piece that tell it like it is.
The part below is about how Biden needed to leave and Charlamagne tried to keep him back. They both seemed to be joking around with each other from my perspective.
I'm thankful that Capehart, who is a black gay man, set the record straight.
And, why the double standard? Trump is an obvious racist, who has made numerous insulting remarks, including referring to African countries as shit holes. Remember when he was running for president and one black guy showed up, and Trump said, "There's MY African American". Oh wow. He had one black guy at his rally. Trump constantly insults women, minorities, etc. with little push back from the Right, but Biden makes one remark jokingly and he's attacked by both conservatives and liberals. Trump has done another to help the black community. He even seems to support voter suppression and doesn't give a fuck about the high number of black citizens who have been infected with COVID-19. That's sick.
OMG! MSNBC is still making a big issue of this today, and oddly enough, it's mostly white folks that seem to be disturbed by it.
Plus, Biden has already apologized for making the remark, while Trump has never apologized for a single thing that he's said or done. He's never taken the blame for any of his many fuckups. Biden did what a mature person does. He didn't mean to insult anyone with his off the cuff joke, but when he realized that some did take his remark the wrong way, he apologized because he is able to put himself in the other person's place. It's called empathy. How nice it would be to have a president who is willing to admit his mistakes, and can easily admit that he's not always right. How nice it would be to have a president who doesn't punish or fire people for criticizing him.
Speaking of empathy. I watched his interview on Cobert the other night. He was asked for advice on how to manage the loss of people you love. He did get very emotional and probably went on for too long. But, then I got to thinking. How nice to have a man running for president that has feelings and empathy for others. That's what we need now as much as anything.
