In a newly unearthed video, North Carolina’s GOP nominee for governor says America was better then because Republicans "fought for real social change."
“because in those days we had people who fought for real social change, and they were called Republicans.”
This room full of women was quiet as he spoke, though a faint “That’s right” could be heard when Robinson later said Republicans ended Jim Crow laws.
There’s a non-outrage-inducing non-headline grabbing logic here that is him saying he wishes republicans were more liberal
It’s very different from saying “I don’t think women should be allowed to vote”
If the masses can’t distinguish between these two concepts (they certainly cannot) then it is what it is. Pillory the guy, I don’t give an F, I wouldn’t have voted a republican in to a leadership position anyway due to the party’s policies and issues that are systemic.
“If blacks should stand up against racism, and women should stand up against sexism…shouldn’t men stand up against feminism?” he posted on Sept. 20, 2016.
That same day, he also wrote, “I am REALLY sick of feminism and feminist. They are just as bad, if not worse, than racist.”
There’s plenty more to revisit with Robinson’s attacks on women, including calling them “whores,” “witches” and “rejected drag queens.” There’s also his record of quoting Adolf Hitler, fanning Islamophobia, saying trans people should be arrested for using bathrooms, casting doubts on the Holocaust and spreading countless dangerous conspiracy theories.
He didn’t explicitly say he wanted to go back to women not being able to vote but he might as well have if you take every other fucked up thing he’s said into account.
There’s a non-outrage-inducing non-headline grabbing logic here that is him saying he wishes republicans were more liberal
I posted this above, but it makes more sense in a reply to what you said. I wish someone in the audience had the balls to ask, “when you say Republicans, are you talking about liberals or conservatives?”
He’s trying to take credit for liberal successes, while being in the conservative party. It’d be like if King Charles tried to take credit for the success of the Boston Tea Party because it was done by British colonists.
I wish someone in the audience had the balls to ask, “when you say Republicans, are you talking about liberals or conservatives?”
Even if you got them to ask this, they’d immediately get defensive because liberal is a bad word to them simply because it means having something in common with the opposition party to them. The true meaning is lost once you get into a public political context today. Just more manipulation of language to suit keeping public opinion of their voters being on their side after consultants or analysts figure out what engages people the most.
Also after reading about this guy on wikipedia, he seems like a real piece of work. Not too surprising since you’re required to master doublespeak in all political and leadership roles to be successful today.
During this event, Robinson, who was running for lieutenant governor at the time, recalled someone recently asking conservative activist Candace Owens to pick which version of America would make America “great again,” one where “Black people were swinging from cheap trees” or one where women weren’t allowed to vote.
Anyway. Article is from Huffpost so of course it’s got outrage headlines (and usually has rather biased reporting).
There’s a non-outrage-inducing non-headline grabbing logic here that is him saying he wishes republicans were more liberal
It’s very different from saying “I don’t think women should be allowed to vote”
If the masses can’t distinguish between these two concepts (they certainly cannot) then it is what it is. Pillory the guy, I don’t give an F, I wouldn’t have voted a republican in to a leadership position anyway due to the party’s policies and issues that are systemic.
No one is saying he isn’t a garbage human, they’re saying the headline for the article is rage-bait.
It is and it kinda isn’t?
He didn’t explicitly say he wanted to go back to women not being able to vote but he might as well have if you take every other fucked up thing he’s said into account.
I posted this above, but it makes more sense in a reply to what you said. I wish someone in the audience had the balls to ask, “when you say Republicans, are you talking about liberals or conservatives?”
He’s trying to take credit for liberal successes, while being in the conservative party. It’d be like if King Charles tried to take credit for the success of the Boston Tea Party because it was done by British colonists.
Even if you got them to ask this, they’d immediately get defensive because liberal is a bad word to them simply because it means having something in common with the opposition party to them. The true meaning is lost once you get into a public political context today. Just more manipulation of language to suit keeping public opinion of their voters being on their side after consultants or analysts figure out what engages people the most.
Also after reading about this guy on wikipedia, he seems like a real piece of work. Not too surprising since you’re required to master doublespeak in all political and leadership roles to be successful today.
Interestingly, right before this the article says
Anyway. Article is from Huffpost so of course it’s got outrage headlines (and usually has rather biased reporting).
That said, fuck the GOP.
Thanks for calling this out. The full context completely changes the meaning.