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He retweeted a video wherein a man yelled white power.
by slouch 6y ago
He retweeted a video wherein a man yelled white power.
- prepend 6y agoI watched the video and it seemed pretty obvious that the old man responded mockingly to the other person accusing him of white power. I don’t think the driver was actually chanting white power as a claim that white power was his desire. Now, there’s certainly an argument for not making such a response and to channel anger better and not joke about such things. But I don’t think retweeting that video is a show of support for white power. Poor taste is much more likely.
- root_axis 6y agoPerhaps the chanter was being ironically racist, but I think its pretty hard to see Trump's retweeting of it as ironic.
- prepend 6y agoI don’t think he was being ironically racist. Here’s how I interpreted it... Someone says “I bet you beat your spouse and children? It’s such an insane statement I say “Oh yeah, I’m definite a spouse beater. Beating spouses is a great thing. We all should beat our spouses and children!” I don’t think that’s ironically condoning domestic violence. It’s an as absurdism response. If I was captured on video with such a response and you retweeted it, I don’t think it’s likely that the retweeter was condoning domestic violence. Thus saying “prepend condones domestic violence.”
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- dvtrn 6y agoPoor taste is much more likely. Was that not the very point of some people’s frustration? Why does the intentions of the person on the video need justification, rationalization or explanation?
- prepend 6y agoI agree but brought it up as OP stated that POTUS endorses racism and white power through the tweet. I think I may be automatically biased against his tweets. But if a regular person posted that video I wouldn’t consider it endorsement of white power. Perhaps if there’s more context on the person in the video that would help. It seems like a frustrated response pointing out absurdity. But if the person flies a nazi flag then that would change my mind.
- dvtrn 6y agoI don't care what the motivations of the person in the video are, they're irrelevant and I'm not interested in trying to unpack them; it was incredibly poor taste for POTUS to retweet it for any reason. That's the point.
- prepend 6y agoMy comment wasn’t whether it was poor taste or not. I think saying the president is clearly supporting white power because he tweeted this video is incorrect. This video does not support white power. I don’t think it’s intent is to further white power. I think representing its purpose as promoting white power is incorrect, or misleading, or confusing, or anything other than accurate and truthful. But I agree about the poor taste comment. But I think there’s a big distinction between a rude person and a white supremacist.
- pvg 6y agoThis falls under the Rule of Goats https://twitter.com/popehat/status/858722120620265473 https://twitter.com/popehat/status/858722120620265473
- prepend 6y agoI don’t think the old guy ironically fucked a goat here. I think he claimed that he was a goat fucker to demonstrate the absurdity of the accusation.
- pvg 6y agoYou can add levels of meta to disarm any analogy and excuse any statement but that's silly. Yelling 'white power' is goatfucking and that guy is a goatfucker.
- prepend 6y agoIs Ed Norton a goatfucker for American History X? Are we both goatfuckers for having “white power” in our comments? I think the context and intent of a statement is really necessary for answering the question. I don’t think the guy in the video was yelling white power to mean he supports white power. But perhaps you think differently.
- pvg 6y agoYes but you're trying to make the trivial context and intent complicated and it isn't. Ed Norton plays a goatfucker. We are talking about goatfuckery. Dude yelling 'white power' in public? Actual goatfucking. But no, you say, he was commenting on the absurdity of the goatfucker accusation by fucking some goats. This is precisely the sort of thing the Rule of Goats is about.
- prepend 6y agoI don’t think that’s what the rule of goats is about, but I appreciate your continued commenting. If your interpretation of the rule of goats is right, then it’s not very useful as it turns lots of people into goatfuckers. And when everyone is a goatfucker, fucking goats isn’t that bad any more.
- codeddesign 6y agoWhite Power! Oh...did that hurt someone’s feelings? Hmm.. All Power!! Crap...someone else has hurt feelings.. Just show respect to others, set an example, and turn the other cheek when needed. Hate generates hate which generates hate. When you begin bringing up Trump in a topic completely unrelated...I feel sorry for you. So many people have so much hate in their lives, it’s really sorrowful.
- ogdusk 6y agoYour entire post history is just you repeating the same talking points from a clear side of the political spectrum. But it’s not “hate” when it aligns with your beliefs, I suppose?
- codeddesign 6y agoDisagreement isn’t hate. Is good to disagree and share differing viewpoints. My above statement was that the guy brought up his disgust for Trump when the discussion was entirely unrelated.
- ogdusk 6y agoIf you don’t see that QAnon and Trump are symptoms of the same disease, then I have a bridge to sell you.