Quote (AspenSniper @ Aug 14 2017 10:49am)

MD is closed primary. I was independent and that sucked

Quote (Thor123422 @ Aug 14 2017 03:40pm)

It's good he finally did it, but he had ample opportunity to rebuke them on the first day when explicitly asked about them, and he chose to remain silent.

White supremacist groups say they are carrying out the will of Donald Trump, that never happened with Obama. The fervor for specifically Donald Trump from the white supremacists necessitates a swift response in the way no group did from Obama.



I like what John Oliver had to say about it.

White supremacists are like cats. If they like you, you're probably feeding them.



This issue is a minor one on its own, pretty miniscule in fact. However it's part of a greater trend of feeding into white supremacist groups, purposeful silence, and bigotry. If this was a one-time thing it wouldn't be big news. It's not, it's a consistent trend of behavior that deserves media attention.

Quote (Santara @ Aug 14 2017 01:53pm)

Nothing wrong with closed primaries, I wish we had them here.

Quote (Santara @ Aug 14 2017 02:53pm)

Nothing wrong with closed primaries, I wish we had them here.

Quote (IceMage @ Aug 14 2017 02:57pm)

I agree. It just confuses me that either Trump doesn't have competent people around him to craft his message, or he intentionally refuses to call out white supremacists(until the media throws a hissy fit).

Quote (thesnipa @ 14 Aug 2017 17:48)

seems pretty logical of a sort to me. He makes a weak message that technically doesn't incite violence, waits for the MSM to throw a fit, then tasks his whitehouse to call out the MSM for insinuating a lack of message is hateful, then he comes back strong the next day with a smug "see these media types don't know what i actually mean".

To anyone who hates him, this is proof he only folded to pressure and "its working, THE PLAN IS WORKING."

To anyone on the far right, it's proof the media is only interested in cooking up nothingburgers.

To me, it's pretty clear he was busy golfing and sent out a rushed message.

Quote (excellence @ Aug 14 2017 03:51pm)

not this wretched phrase again :lol:

Quote (thesnipa @ 14 Aug 2017 17:53)

don't you have a few subreddits to copy/pasta "DOESNT FIT THE NARRATIVE" sarcastically into to bait downvotes?

Quote (excellence @ Aug 14 2017 03:57pm)

don't have the slightest inclination as to what this means

Quote (thesnipa @ Aug 14 2017 06:00pm)

T_d trolls have been posting all over pics, news, politics threads for the last few days with copy pasta just like that to bait downvotes. One of the first -1000+ votes posts i've ever seen personally. mindless spam, usually on an account names something like "ThrowAway420"