UNI88 wrote: ↑Sun May 31, 2020 5:11 pm
kalm wrote: ↑Sun May 31, 2020 4:32 pm
Was he wrong?
Don’t see a lot of Christian going on and I see a lot of weaponry.
If that statement offended it’s a you problem.
Yes, he was wrong. Just like any white who says that blacks are lazy or gang banging thugs would be wrong. Stereotyping a group of people based on the color of their skin is wrong and it's racist.
but context is everything...
the speech in its entirety was actually well stated
but yes... he offended a lot of people when he said that
BTW he was a Senator when he said that
"Working-class voters in old industrial towns decimated by job losses, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."