Day: January 25, 2017

If you don’t like being called a racist, try not being a racist

On By Derek DanielsIn Black Lives Matter, Donald Trump, Fascism, How I see the world, racism, Religion, society2 Comments
I know that most people don’t want to be racist. I know that most people get angry when somebody calls them a racist. That’s good. It tells me that they and I share the belief that racism is bad. That makes me happy, and I’m glad we agree that being a racist is not a good thing to be.
 
President Trump just gave a speech about the wall that he wants to build. I listened to this speech, so nothing I’m saying is filtered by the media at all. This is right from the president’s mouth, to my ears, to my fingers.

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Feeling good by doing practically nothing for refugees (otherwise known as, I can’t be racist because I like that one black guy)

On By Derek DanielsIn Donald Trump, How I see the world, Terrorism, World eventsLeave a comment

I’ve been on the fence about whether or not to make an effort to take this blog/diary/lunatic ranting more public. My thoughts today make me want to keep it more on the private side. Mostly because what’s got me riled up this morning is about people close to me, and how sad they make me sometimes. I know they mean well, but it’s amazingly frustrating to watch them do what they do, and support what they support all at the same time. So I’ll probably keep things private for a while, at least until this gets buried enough that they’d have to read so much to get to it, making it unlikely that it will ever come to light. This is about refugees. More below the fold.

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