Bill Clinton says 'Make America Great Again' is racist

It's an odd leap, but given that an accusation of racism seems so easy and trivial these days, I'm not surprised that a message of hope can be portrayed in such a way.

His reasoning is that it's a message for white southerners (quite a divisive thing to say) and a call for them to climb the social totem pole again, bringing others down. I was not aware that non-whites in America had it so good right now?

He also said that it's akin to telling old Americans that they can be made 20 again. Another odd statement.

Anyway, the kicker is that Bill himself used the term in 2008 in an advert for his wife, appealing to the country and African Americans in particular on the basis of jobs and the economy. Go figure.

Maybe it's only racist when someone else uses it.

So is the slogan 'Make America Great Again ' racist?

This is off the back of him saying that 10,000 Syrians should take jobs in Detroit

Maybe he is going senile.



www.breitbart.com...

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www.c-span.org.../bill-clinton-make-america-great

a reply to: UKTruth

Maybe he is going senile.

Maybe?
He has a big head start on it anyway.

Loose wimmins will rot your brain.

When the Clinton's get backed in a corner...

They have been screaming "You're Racist" for 30 years.

That's the Clinton's dog whistle.

They have officially run out of excuses. Ya ever noticed that? They get backed in to a corner, can't defend their position and quicker than Doc Holliday, out come the "racist" card.

originally posted by: butcherguy
a reply to: UKTruth

Maybe he is going senile.

Maybe?
He has a big head start on it anyway.

Loose wimmins will rot your brain.

maybe hes just a bloody politician... like the rest of them....

breitbart, the mein kampf for the alt-right.

Trump should make him 'Presidential Envoy' to Serbia when he wins the election.

A one way flight of course

It sure is good to see the term get warn out! For petes sake.

Ooooh.
They learned to combine Nazis and the term alt-right.

a reply to: UKTruth

Bill Clinton is an Anus!

s/f

a reply to: UKTruth


Going?? He has been there, done that, and He even has the tee shirt...

a reply to: UKTruth

I don't think that is the whole of the meaning when Trump says it, but he knows what a certain segment of the population that like him will hear.

When Clinton said it, I don't think he was trying to reach that particular demographic . Just a hunch. Clinton said it once and he probably didn't even write the ad. It is Trump's slogan.

originally posted by: stinkelbaum
breitbart, the mein kampf for the alt-right.

The source is irrelevant. Actual quotes used and video posted of Clinton in 2008 using the term himself.

a reply to: UKTruth

That's Because he is incapable of Defining the Term . Old Billy Boy is in worse Shape than his Invalid Wife .

Taking Trump's campaign rhetoric and approach in to account, Bill does have a valid point or concern.

Trump's campaign is very reminiscent of that of George Wallace, in which he used the slogan "stand up for America". A slogan that is innocent on it's face, but rooted is racial bias and tones.

a reply to: JacKatMtn

Awesome post - what a hypocrite

a reply to: UKTruth

Where's their diagram of one of Trump's hats, where it demonstrates how even the shape and style of it is racist? How could they drop the ball like this?!?

Why is this old fool even still relevant???.......

To make a statement like that when the USA has the social issues that it does is absurd, get your priorities right...





RA

originally posted by: reldra
a reply to: UKTruth

I don't think that is the whole of the meaning when Trump says it, but he knows what a certain segment of the population that like him will hear.

When Clinton said it, I don't think he was trying to reach that particular demographic . Just a hunch. Clinton said it once and he probably didn't even write the ad. It is Trump's slogan.

Bill Clinton has used it more than once.
I am confused... does it have racist undertones when Trump says it but not when Clinton says it?
I do find it a bit odd, even in this day and age, that "Make America Great Again" could be seen as somehow racist.