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> He condemned white supremacy only after receiving more backlash than he expected

He condemned white supremacy 38 times. Not once. Not twice. 38 times. There are clips of him condemning white supremacy as way back as 2000s when he wanted to run for President through a Reform Party ticket but instead decided to abort it last minute when he came to know that David Duke joined the party. Please tell me why Trump needs to condemn white supremacy 38 times and still be called a racist while Biden gets a free pass? Let us be frank here: you have an opinion of Trump based on what media has portrayed him to be rather than actually having done your own research. Or maybe you just hate the guy which is perfectly fine. But you can't say that he only condemned when he received backlash. He literally quit a Presidential race when he came to know that David Duke joined the Reform Party for Heaven's sake! What more condemnation do you need?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd0cMmBvqWc

> The old adage is than when white supremacists believe you’re one of them you might as well be.

Biden sang eulogies for an actual KKK recruiter who was incidentally also a Democrat Senator and not one media house took Biden to task the way they did Trump. Heck, even the current Vice President Kamala Harris called Biden a racist on the Presidential Primary Stage! Then she happily went along with him as the VP candidate!

But yes, orange man bad!

I didn’t say anything about Biden dude. I’m perfectly capable of thinking they’re both problematic. As I said the fact that actual white supremacists, not from the media via their own boards, believe Trump is there guy tells you all you need to know.

> As I said the fact that actual white supremacists, not from the media via their own boards, believe Trump is there guy tells you all you need to know.

I disagree with this rationale. If the white supremacists also all listen to Nickelback, would that tell you everything you need to know about Nickelback? Maybe it would, but as a discerning person I would want to know more than just "We like Nickelback and we hate <random_genealogy> people" before I assumed that Nickelback was mascotting for that group.

If they all heard dog whistles in nickelback then yes

And when flat-earthers look at the earth and deduce it is flat does that tell you all you need to know about the earth?

I don't think the earth is actually courting flat-earthers. Trump is doing that, and more. He's legitimizing white supremacists.

> I didn’t say anything about Biden dude

Yes you did not. I am not saying you did. But I made an observation on how Biden was given a free pass when he literally not just passed racist statements but passed bills that incarcerated tens of thousands of Black Americans and destroyed families. Providing a counter-balance to the biased narrative is important in this day and age. Media is completely biased. So is Big Tech with its censorship. When all streams of information are openly supporting one side it becomes even more important to speak out the Truth. I wouldn't have cared much if the media was evenly balanced. If it had taken both candidates to task. Had held both accountable. But the media has completely lost credibility. Even if I'll end up being disliked and downvoted for it so be it! But if I feel something is wrong I'll say it. No matter what people think.

> As I said the fact that actual white supremacists, not from the media via their own boards, believe Trump is there guy tells you all you need to know.

This is truly ridiculous to be honest with you. I am a brown guy. Does my view count or only what white supremacists say count for you?

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