Political Memes, Comics, and other Shenanigans, Part 14

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On 12/19/2019 at 4:02 PM, HerNameIsBuffy said:

I agree with the second part, but I hate seeing Clinton's predatory behavior dismissed as just sex or just a sex act.  

His impeachment was just as valid because he also lied under oath and abused the power of his office for personal gratification, it was just sexual in that instance rather than political.

It bothers me when people minimize Clinton's habitual predatory behavior in an attempt to make Trump looks worse.  Trump being who he is doesn't make Clinton (and by extension his wife's enabling) less painful to their victims.

Clinton's behavior, while despicable, comes nowhere near the horrendously evil, treasonous behavior we have endured for three years. At least Clinton did not threaten the foundations of our democracy, our civil liberties, our environment, he did not stack our courts with grossly unqualified judges, he was not a threat to our national security, he did not spill national security information to the Russians, the Saudis, or other threats, he did not sell off our national park lands or open those lands up to private interests, he did not reward unqualified friends with Cabinet positions & ambassadorships, he did not use his position to enrich himself, he did not use AF1 to fly himself and his friends/family for personal golfing weekends a regular basis, he did not alienate our allies, shall I go on? Trump is MUCH more dangerous for ALL of us, for America and for the world than Clinton could ever have been!

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44 minutes ago, AuntK said:

Clinton's behavior, while despicable, comes nowhere near the horrendously evil, treasonous behavior we have endured for three years. At least Clinton did not threaten the foundations of our democracy, our civil liberties, our environment, he did not stack our courts with grossly unqualified judges, he was not a threat to our national security, he did not spill national security information to the Russians, the Saudis, or other threats, he did not sell off our national park lands or open those lands up to private interests, he did not reward unqualified friends with Cabinet positions & ambassadorships, he did not use his position to enrich himself, he did not use AF1 to fly himself and his friends/family for personal golfing weekends a regular basis, he did not alienate our allies, shall I go on? Trump is MUCH more dangerous for ALL of us, for America and for the world than Clinton could ever have been!

So what?  All of that may be entirely true and it changes nothing about my point that Clinton's sexually predatory behavior toward women should be dismissed with the hand waving "just a blow job."  It diminishes his victims to dismiss his behavior.

Just because Trump is dangerous doesn't make Clinton less of a predator.  

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Here's the blog that goes with the cartoon above

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Let’s start 2020 with a cartoon about racism in Trump’s America.

In defending why about 30 of her students from her basic training class from the West Virginia Division of Rehabilitation were giving the “Sieg heil” salute in their class photo, instructor Karrie Byrd said, “Look there is nothing wrong with it, we have people of all colors and backgrounds in the picture and every one of them are participating. That’s why they do that. Because I’m a hard-ass like Hitler.”

Do you find that reasoning acceptable? Beyond giving a salute to Hitler, antiSemitism, and racism, finding that excuse reasonable should be a reason why that a person doesn’t work for the state.

Now, those cadets in the state corrections division have been fired by the governor based upon recommendations by the department.

The salute was used often in class and some students weren’t comfortable with it but were peer pressured into giving it for the photo. According to a report, Byrd was the one who encouraged them to make the gesture and even reciprocated it. According to officials, “Ten of the cadets reported they did not make the gesture until Byrd told them to. These cadets stated that they only did it at that time due to fear of not graduating for disobeying the direction of an instructor. Seven of those cadets, in order to comply with Byrd’s direction but not make the gesture, held up a closed fist.”

I’m sure those cadets will appeal their firing.

Two other instructors reprimanded the class when they saw them doing it, which was rebuked by one student saying, “Look at me I am black, and I am doing it.” So at the very least, all the white students doing it can use the black-friend defense.

This also makes me ask; What the hell is wrong with these people? I have friends and readers in West Virginia so I know this isn’t the attitude of the entire state. But then again, most of my friends are liberal like myself as I refuse to hang with troglodytes.

In case you’re a Republican, giving the salute to Hitler is racist. Even if you say it’s not racist and it’s for something else, it’s still racist. Case in point: The instructor said it was given because she’s a “hardass like Hitler.” Please focus on the part where she used a reference to Hitler in her defense.

Whether you’re Laura Ingraham, or at a white nationalist meeting the day after Trump’s inauguration to celebrate your victory, or attending a Trump rally, or marching with tiki torches in Charlottesville, or attending a Trump rally, it’s still a racist symbol. And now, these things are more common because Donald Trump is in the White House.

You may argue that I can’t blame Trump for this. Yes, I can. Hate crimes have gone up since Trump became president. They went up after he announced his campaign which was managed for a white by white nationalist Steve Bannon. Today, one of his senior advisors is white nationalist Stephen Baby Goebbels Miller. And when he’s being reckless, Donald Trump retweets neo-Nazis and white nationalists. So yeah, Trump has a lot of blame for this kind of business. This is what happens when we have an openly racist president.

Maybe there are openings for these students in the White House. We know there is a revolving door in that place but usually, it’s not the openly racist ones who are bailing on a sinking racist ship. Stephen Miller is still there.

But instead of taking this firing lightly, these candidates should appeal and tell the governor it’s not a salute to Hitler but to Donald Trump. The governor, Jim Justice, is a huge fan of Trump which means racism isn’t always a deal-breaker for him. He switched parties from Democratic to Republican and announced it at a racist Trump rally.

Here’s some advice: In the future, when you’re told to goose step to fit in, instead, you march to your own beat.

 

 

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