Re: You know you are a Philistine when...
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2020 12:10 pm
CNN 'analysis'...
The clowns at CNN might get a clue if they understood that the prez is a product of, the embodiment of, capitalism. He sure as hell doesn't understand how trade and imperialism work but he is adamant when it comes to maintaining class relations. All of that 'hate' is the matrix upon which US capital was built and is maintained. If capital were human he's be the lizard in the brainstem. But they can not see or admit that, out of a job in nothing flat.Instead of seeking a unifying tone, Trump has retrenched into the divisive themes he believes are the not-so-secret ingredient to his political success thus far. A successive series of advisers have encouraged a bigger approach they believe more befits an incumbent President. But Trump has resisted, unwilling or unable to move past the rhetoric he insists is a political winner.
That the current tumult over race coincides with troubling news for his reelection prospects -- including sinking poll numbers and a disappointing foray onto the campaign trail last weekend -- has only sharpened the impression of Trump reaching for racially divisive language and messages as both a political life jacket and a personal security blanket.
The examples have mounted. On Monday, a day before Trump delivered his speech in Arizona, he tweeted seemingly random videos portraying White people being assaulted by Black people, asking in one, "Where are the protesters?" Last week he posted a blatantly manipulated video of Black and White toddlers, suggesting the news media was inaccurately covering American race relations.
His attacks on his predecessor Barack Obama, which began with his promotion of the racist "birther" conspiracy 10 years ago, have continued, including his suggestion this week that Obama had committed "treason" and -- if it were 50 years ago -- some in his administration may have been executed.
In his vehement opposition to athletes kneeling during the National Anthem at professional sports games, Trump has called players "sons of bitches" and suggested they are un-American -- even as their kneeling protests seek to highlight police brutality.
Trump has openly used imagery and descriptions of police tactics that hearken to the violence during the civil rights era, including descriptions of "vicious dogs." He tweeted a phrase, "when the looting starts, shooting starts," that originated in the 1960s with a police chief in Miami accused of racism.
And while Trump has stressed the importance of preserving the nation's history and "heritage" as he takes steps to prevent the destruction of Confederate monuments and symbols, he did not acknowledge the racist violence that took place in Tulsa 99 years ago when he visited the city for a campaign rally the day after Juneteenth.
Even as institutions like NASCAR -- as rooted in White American culture as Trump is -- seek to eliminate vestiges of a racist past, the President has resisted and this week signaled he would sign an executive order to protect monuments like a statue of Andrew Jackson, a predecessor he admires and whose portrait hangs in the Oval Office.
"The left-wing mob is trying to demolish our heritage so they can replace it with a new, oppressive regime that they alone control," Trump said in Phoenix on Tuesday. "They're tearing down statues, desecrating monuments and purging dissenters. It's not the behavior of a peaceful political movement, it's the behavior of totalitarians and tyrants and people that don't love our country -- they don't love our country."
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