Why do our politicians insist on stoking racial tensions?

[BrokeLoser]

Why would a politician conduct a press conference and allow someone to stand next to them in a “NYC Black Pride” shirt? What do they think will become of such antics?
Close your eyes and imagine the backlash that would come from Trump holding a press conference with a guy standing next to him in a “Florida White Pride“ shirt.
Is this another one of those bizarre double standard / reverse racism things that are somehow acceptable among the Twilight Zone folks?

 

[EMH]

The dumbest amongst us resort to racial and religious bigotry because it is convenient and easy and really stupid.

The dumbest whites are the ones on the old Geraldo show. The dumbest blacks are the CRT/BLMs. Each group, the racial/religious bigotry stuff is most effective with the dumbest.

The Democrat Party's entire history/existence is essentially playing one group off another... they never stop.

 

[Votto]

Why would a politician conduct a press conference and allow someone to stand next to them in a “NYC Black Pride” shirt? What do they think will become of such antics?
Close your eyes and imagine the backlash that would come from Trump holding a press conference with a guy standing next to him in a “Florida White Pride“ shirt.
Is this another one of those bizarre double standard / reverse racism things that are somehow acceptable among the Twilight Zone folks?

Race is only important for two things, politics and health care

In health care, you have genetic tendencies based upon race that should be screened for, but in politics, the question has to become, why should it ever be important?

When slaves first arrived from Africa in the US at Jamestown, there were also white slaves. However, the white and black slaves joined forces for a revolt, which scared the powers that be at Jamestown. So they decided to divide and conquer but releasing the white slaves and only concentrating on black slaves.

After all, spotting the color of their skin was easy, and who would ever try to help them once the conditioned people to believe they were so much different because they were another color. No one ever tried to help free the slaves again after that. It worked.

There was also the issue of grabbing all the land in the US from Indians. Again, race became useful as the Indians were shown as savages and whitey was civilized.

It rather simple to do because people are basically stupid and naturally hate what they don't understand or what is different from them. In addition, the white race had access to many more men and weaponry to take the land from the Indians, so they would eventually be on the winning side.

However, today those of color outnumber those who are white, and will someday take over the land that whitey once conquered. Now the powers that be are getting behind them to take it all back.

Wash, rinse, repeat.

But the last thing the political elite want is, for people of all color to join hands as one and oppose those who are evil enough to manipulate people to act wickedly based on the simply difference of skin color.

After all, if politicians were to treat us all the same and not give certain groups perks based on subtle differences, who would send them all their money and support?

 

[gipper]

Why would a politician conduct a press conference and allow someone to stand next to them in a “NYC Black Pride” shirt? What do they think will become of such antics?
Close your eyes and imagine the backlash that would come from Trump holding a press conference with a guy standing next to him in a “Florida White Pride“ shirt.
Is this another one of those bizarre double standard / reverse racism things that are somehow acceptable among the Twilight Zone folks?

Because they bosses demand they be divisive, or their funding disappears.

 

[1srelluc]

LOL....Is there some company that supplies a mixed bag of ethnicities for these events?

Ethnicities-R-Us or some shit?

 

[Billy000]

Why would a politician conduct a press conference and allow someone to stand next to them in a “NYC Black Pride” shirt? What do they think will become of such antics?
Close your eyes and imagine the backlash that would come from Trump holding a press conference with a guy standing next to him in a “Florida White Pride“ shirt.
Is this another one of those bizarre double standard / reverse racism things that are somehow acceptable among the Twilight Zone folks?

Pride in being white isn’t so much wrong as it is stupid and pointless. It’s stupid because you don’t get a participation trophy for simply being born into a majority. It’s stupid to pretend you’re a victim. Having pride in being minority makes more sense because they may feel they are underrepresented. Either way, like a white person, a black person doesn’t get a trophy for being black.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

Pride in being white isn’t so much wrong as it is stupid and pointless. It’s stupid because you don’t get a participation trophy for simply being born into a majority. It’s stupid to pretend you’re a victim. Having pride in being minority makes more sense because they may feel they are underrepresented. Either way, like a white person, a black person doesn’t get a trophy for being black.

Well, you are certainly stupid and pointless, and you don't take any pride for being white. What a shame, because you don't have much of anything else to bring you any pride.

The truth of the matter is that people should feel pride based upon the positive things they do in this world and not just some happenstance of birth. Feeling pride over sowing division doesn't cut it.

 

[Billy000]

Well, you are certainly stupid and pointless, and you don't take any pride for being white. What a shame, because you don't have much of anything else to bring you any pride.

The truth of the matter is that people should feel pride based upon the positive things they do in this world and not just some happenstance of birth. Feeling pride over sowing division doesn't cut it.

Lol it’s interesting how your second paragraph blatantly contradicts the first. What even is your point?

 

[BluesLegend]

I'll take 'they have no other issue to run on' for $800.

 

[BrokeLoser]

Pride in being white isn’t so much wrong as it is stupid and pointless. It’s stupid because you don’t get a participation trophy for simply being born into a majority. It’s stupid to pretend you’re a victim. Having pride in being minority makes more sense because they may feel they are underrepresented. Either way, like a white person, a black person doesn’t get a trophy for being black.

Are you sure you aren’t Twilight Zoning here….are you saying you think it would be approprite for a white dude in south Mexifornia (where’s he’s a minority) to wear a White Pride shirt but a white dude in Hialeah, FL shouldn’t?
Are you listening to yourself?

 

[surada]

Why would a politician conduct a press conference and allow someone to stand next to them in a “NYC Black Pride” shirt? What do they think will become of such antics?
Close your eyes and imagine the backlash that would come from Trump holding a press conference with a guy standing next to him in a “Florida White Pride“ shirt.
Is this another one of those bizarre double standard / reverse racism things that are somehow acceptable among the Twilight Zone folks?

You know why.

 

[initforme]

We are more sharply divided as a nation by socioeconomic class than anything else. The middle class and lower class don't share the same ideals as the Uber wealthy.

 

[whitehall]

Come-on, it's not generic politicians, it's democrat politicians. Democrats are skilled at turning everything from tragedies to mundane events and even natural events into racial issues. The simple reason is that democrats can't get elected without some perceived crisis or pretending to be victims.

 

[StoneCold]

Why would a politician conduct a press conference and allow someone to stand next to them in a “NYC Black Pride” shirt? What do they think will become of such antics?
Close your eyes and imagine the backlash that would come from Trump holding a press conference with a guy standing next to him in a “Florida White Pride“ shirt.
Is this another one of those bizarre double standard / reverse racism things that are somehow acceptable among the Twilight Zone folks?

You're really more upset that a Black politician actually got elected. It oozes out of you.

 

[BrokeLoser]

We are more sharply divided as a nation by socioeconomic class than anything else. The middle class and lower class don't share the same ideals as the Uber wealthy.

Cool personal theory…I’m guessing you don’t have data to offer as evidence?
If that were true why is there so much hostility, hatred, crime and division among ‘certain’ classes….all at the lower end of the socioeconomic spectrum?
Why would or does someone making $15 per hour have disdain for the guy making $500k per year?

 

[BluesLegend]

Come-on, it's not generic politicians, it's democrat politicians.

Breaking: Potholes are now caused by white privilege racist climate change.

 

[Billo_Really]

Why would a politician conduct a press conference and allow someone to stand next to them in a “NYC Black Pride” shirt? What do they think will become of such antics?
Close your eyes and imagine the backlash that would come from Trump holding a press conference with a guy standing next to him in a “Florida White Pride“ shirt.
Is this another one of those bizarre double standard / reverse racism things that are somehow acceptable among the Twilight Zone folks?

Florida doesn't have white pride! It might have old pride! Or racist pride! Or dumbass DeSantis pride! Definitely not white pride. Too many Cubans!

 

[BrokeLoser]

You're really more upset that a Black politician actually got elected. It oozes out of you.

Not at all…I actually like watching what black ‘leaders’ do to the communities, cities and states they run…I prefer that they continue to prove they can’t lead, I prefer that they continue to fuck over their retarded constituents and destroy the dangerous, filthy shithloes they run.

surada

 

[Mac1958]

Our current political/electoral "system" (ha ha) incentivizes and rewards the worst impulses and behaviors of its participants.

As long as that is the case, they're going to push division as hard as they can.

It's definitely working.

 

[BrokeLoser]

Florida doesn't have white pride! It might have old pride! Or racist pride! Or dumbass DeSantis pride! Definitely not white pride. Too many Cubans!

Yeah, those super safe, super clean, super prosperous, super likeminded all white areas of Florida have nothing to be prideful about.