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It has no history for Americans. It's a completely obscure reference that no-one had heard of a month ago and Trump almost certainly didn't make intentionally.
by hackissimo123 6y ago
It has no history for Americans. It's a completely obscure reference that no-one had heard of a month ago and Trump almost certainly didn't make intentionally. Anyone who pretends otherwise is either deliberately lying or deranged.
- 082349872349872 6y agothese are what a web search gives me: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52372056/walter-everett-headley-1905-1968/ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52372056/walter-everett-head... or, for general sentiment: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52393672/the-los-angeles-times/ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52393672/the-los-angeles-tim... as well as cause for optimism: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/18/politics/peggy-wallace-kennedy-bash-intv/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/18/politics/peggy-wallace-ke... (about George "segregation forever" Wallace's daughter and grandson) I know americans who truly believe it is a colour-blind country where everyone is middle-class. I hope they can make it so.
- hackissimo123 6y agoI'm not denying that the phrase was uttered at least once by someone in the US at some point in the past. I refer you to my other post in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23573675 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23573675