New York governor regrets saying Black kids in the Bronx don't know what a computer is - eviltoast
  • Buelldozer@lemmy.today
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    6 months ago

    It’s surprising to me how often high profile Democrats, who really should know better, make racially stereotyped comments like this.

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      6 months ago

      Not surprising at all if you’re familiar with the state. I’ve got family from NYC who are very staunch Democrats and extremely racist.

      Remember that Donny from Queens was a staunch Democrat all through the 80s and 90s.

      • lennybird@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        Donnie was only a “staunch” Democrat because he was playing to the local crowd. Was he ever a true Democrat? Did he ever care about any of the traditional issues? No chance.

        Like Bloomberg they’re just Dem to fit in and not be ostracized. All those fucks are conservative Republicans in reality.

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          “In many cases, I probably identify more as Democrat,” Trump told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer in a 2004 interview. “It just seems that the economy does better under the Democrats than the Republicans. Now, it shouldn’t be that way. But if you go back, I mean it just seems that the economy does better under the Democrats. …But certainly we had some very good economies under Democrats, as well as Republicans. But we’ve had some pretty bad disaster under the Republicans.”

          Even then a fucking moron who couldn’t rub two sentences together could get it. It’s been con ever since.

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          6 months ago

          Donnie was only a “staunch” Democrat because he was playing to the local crowd.

          He was playing to a national crowd.

          And Bloomberg is another great example (abet in the other direction). He was hosting Bush 43 at the Republican National Convention in 2004 and now he’s a Dem mega donor.

          All those fucks are conservative Republicans in reality.

          They’re all Business Conservative. And they’ve all got their investments in the various parties like casino magnets in Vegas working the crowds on the Strip.

          Different pastiche, but its all the same bullshit games and prizes once you get through the door.

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      6 months ago

      It shouldn’t be since disconnected rich twats abound, you’re simply choosing your favorite flavor to support politically.

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      6 months ago

      Do yourself a favor and don’t look at past comments about race made by Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden.

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      6 months ago

      Why should they know better?

      She, and Chuck Schummer, will always have more in common with Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump, then with any working class voter, or rank and file Democrat.

      They’re two sides of the same coin, serving the same master.