Trump's White Supremacists At It Again.......

[Canary42]

..... murdering black people.

God help America.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44837306

[youngmafbog]

I dont see an answer in that.

Just more assumptions.

[-Talbot-]

Has he kissed any KKK members?

[naomi24]

YMB, in response to andy-hughes' absurd claim that he has ‘laid out the truth’ for you, see my post above.

[Jackdaw33]

Reminds me of Mae West:

-Is that a pistol in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?-

[youngmafbog]

Yes, thank you Naomi.

[naomi24]

You're welcome. andy-hughes owes Mr Trump an apology. ;o)

[youngmafbog]

So do a few others.

[-Talbot-]

https://tinyurl.com/ybp5lkhg

[andy-hughes]

https://www.vox.com/2017/8/12/16138358/charlottesville-protests-david-duke-kkk

Trump has been forced into saying he hates racism, because it appeared politically expedient to do so.

If I were the President, and I seriously thought that my policies had the support of someone like David Duke and his racist clowns, I would start re-assessing what I stand for.

[-Talbot-]

Friend and mentor

[naomi24]

andy-hughes, the KKK's support of Mr Trump does not equate to his support of them. How difficult is that for you to understand?

[youngmafbog]

Naomi, personal hatred seems to blind many on here and causes loss of logic.

[vetuste_ennemi]

The KKK?

History lesson: KKK militant wing of the Democratic party in the former slave-owning, but later morphed into the Jim Crow southern states. And still an éminence grise in Democrat politics in the 60s.

Have I got that right?

[mushroom25]

this thread appears to have been side tracked by a point of conjecture, ie "had the shooting be carried out by the KKK...", which it wasn't. is the perception of the president's attitude to the KKK relevant in this case - was a shooting by what is effectively a municipal agency, answerable to a democrat led authority, caused by the president's views?

[vetuste_ennemi]

Don't know the exact numbers, but there were millions of KKK members before WW2. These days they're numbered in thousands.

[naomi24]

V_e, sounds about right.

andy-hughes, //Trump has been forced into saying he hates racism, because it appeared politically expedient to do so.//

His condemnation pre-dates the comments from the KKK in your link.

[andy-hughes]

YMB - // Naomi, personal hatred seems to blind many on here and causes loss of logic. //

If you assume that I 'hate' President Trump, then you are wrong.

I think he is a morally bankrupt, chippy, ignorant, racist misogynist politically inept buffoon, but I don't hate him in the slightest, I wouldn't waste the energy.

[andy-hughes]

mushroom - // his thread appears to have been side tracked by a point of conjecture, ie "had the shooting be carried out by the KKK...", which it wasn't. is the perception of the president's attitude to the KKK relevant in this case - was a shooting by what is effectively a municipal agency, answerable to a democrat led authority, caused by the president's views? //

You make a valid point.

I raised the notion of the KKK in the incident because I think the notion of calling Chicago police officers 'white supremacists' is incorrect and offensive.

I have allowed myself to get into a side-track argument, and I will confine myself to responding to comments pertinent to the OP from now on.

[andy-hughes]

vetuste - // Don't know the exact numbers, but there were millions of KKK members before WW2. These days they're numbered in thousands.//

I am unsure of the relevance of that point - as far as I can see, one KKK members is one too many - anything else is just statistics.

[Jackdaw33]

Well done for pointing out that the KKK was a creation of the Democratic party. In those days Republicans were the lefties, the Democrats the extreme right. Anyone remember Governor George Wallace of Alabama?