Hard to imagine anything much weirder than wanting to present oneself as racist in front of an African-American journalists association. Pretty much guaranteed to get a hostile reception when you do that.

150 points

Two races? In one person?!

Wut what whaaaaa?!

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Wait until they learn about Taco Bell Pizza Huts

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Your comment made me lol out loud.

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37 points

They’re both quoting John Stewart

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4 points

I believe that is “lolol”

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13 points

Remember when Italians were a boogyman race?

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Racists today are just lazy, relying on skin color to discriminate. Back in the day the Irish weren’t “white”. The IRISH!

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8 points

Even better, KenTacoHuts.

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Man, that’s the only part I miss from being in the military. That shit was everywhere, and it came in clutch towards the end of the month.

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4 points

A&W Root Beer and Long John Silvers!

Dogs and cats living together!

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1 point

Mass hysteria!

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I live near a Taco Bell/KFC.

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14 points

Bless Jon Stewart.

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ENEMIES EVERYWHEEEERE

sorry, but I see what what whaaaat and I can only think of Halo enemies and their delightful banter.

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6 points

Grunts were great. I still get amused at the reaction to a plasma grenade stuck to them. “Not again!”

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2 points

Reminds me of the conspiracy theory Time Cube.

The guy who thought or Time Cube, evidently unhinged, attended a university to defend his claim.

After saying something racist, a person in the crowd claimed they were biracial.

“You’re WHAT?!”

Apparently the concept of people from different ethic backgrounds creating children is a nonstarter for some…

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Ending the state bans on miscegenation had consequences.

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Trump: “A Black job is anybody that has a job,” Trump said. “That’s what it is. Anybody that has a job.”

And Biden didn’t make sense?

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He’s trying to deal with his own previous statement, which implied that Blacks can only aspire to holding some kinds of jobs.

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I’m familiar with him saying that before. I was surprised he hadn’t come up with an answer to the “what are black jobs” question since it has been all over the media in response to his prior claim. But I guess he’s too lazy or stupid to think ahead like that.

My comment was more directed at his nonsensical answer. First, if a black job is any job, then why specify it? Second, how can the answer to “what is a black job” be that it is a person?

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25 points

Trump isn’t used to fact checking, or people having valid clarification questions. His whole thing is being loud and repeating talking points so people agree with him.

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18 points

But Biden had a raspy voice!

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BIDEN OL…

Oh, wait, have to switch…

KAMALA LAUGH! ALSO NOT BLACK!

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Such an obvious question he was going to get, and he has a slam dunk answer he could give. “Black people are historically oppressed, they are disproportionately in lower-education fields and thus disproportionately at risk of losing their job when there is an influx of lower-education workers.” It’s actually a fine pitch, but you can’t actually make it while also appealing to White Nationalists.

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Has anyone commented just how plain weird this guy is? I mean don’t get me wrong, he’s old, he’s tremendously old, but he’s also just SO weird, right?

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This guy, and let me tell you some people really say it, is the absolute, no really he is and I’m telling you the truth, you wouldn’t believe it, they say he is weird and nobody else is weirder.

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Tears in their eyes, they come to me and they say, “sir, oh sir” and did I mention these are BIG men okay, motorcycle men, crying, and they’ve never cried before because they are so tough and so big, okay? So they say to me, they say, “sir! You’re weird and old, sir” and it’s true okay, like you’ve never seen. [Fart]

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Well he always talks about how much he wants to bang his daughter so yeah, he’s weird

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Yeah, that’s so weird… Normal healthy people don’t say that stuff.

My only thought was maybe it’s mental decline because he’s just SOOO old, but he’s been doing this for a long time right? So the fact that he’s old, which we all agree on that fact, isn’t as relevant as the fact that he’s a weird convicted felon, rapist and credibly accused pedophile that’s bragged about watching naked minor girls change their clothes…

Republicans man, they are just plain weird people. Also, have any of you noticed that they really seem to be fixated on children’s genitals as well? Weird shit, man…

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I’d bet actual real money that there’s some kids locked up in a pizza place basement somewhere right now, I’m not even kidding.

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The “this weird thing seems forced” thing seems like a weak response to an effective tactic.

It’s effectively highlighting how they are just really, truly, fucking plain weird - like Ted Cruz giving a high five weird and “if she wasn’t my daughter I’d pay her to have sex with me” dangerous weird. It’s also important that they contrast with a platform of “we’re normal hardworking Americans, like you”. No you aren’t… You’re fucking weird.

It’s not about you, the fact that that is how you receive it is something you can work on personally. But again, not about you, friend.

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Literally fucking EVERYONE has commented it, to the point where now calling him weird seems desperate and cringy. Which I guess fits the lemmy M. O. “Weird” was a good insult because it was new and unexpected. Now you lemmings are just saying it over and over again. It’s the type of shit I’ve always criticized Republicans for, endlessly repeating their talking points. We’re better than this. There’s no shortage of ways to insult Trump.

I saw a comment that said he was braindead before he got shot, that’s a good one.

“Bone spurs” is a good one because it’s not done to death. Saw one saying Captain Bonespurs obviously couldn’t have read a draft of Project 2025 because drafts make him shit his diapers.

Every other fucking comment shoehorning “weird” into a sentence dilutes its effectiveness. Chill, dudes. Yeah, Kamala got him good with “weird”. It’s a point you can keep hitting at when he does something particularly bizarre, but that happens all the time. Just saying “he’s weird” every time he does anything makes the insult meaningless.

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That was a bit odd. Is this your first cultural touchstone moment? We’ve had so many the last two decades they all tend to run together.

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If that’s your definition of a cultural touchstone, maybe you’re the one lacking experience.

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You’re taking a bunch of randos on a small social media platform WAY too seriously, as if we could sway the outcome one way or the other.

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It’s not really about that, it’s just annoying seeing my side do the same shit I keep lambasting the Republicans for.

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triggered

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Ok, let’s throw some synonyms for weird into the mix. Odd, unusual, abnormal,

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Yes actually, that works

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That interview was uncomfortable to watch.

He literally set the tone right from the start of the interview. “You are (women, black, minorities, insert slur of choice here), and you are to be put in your place. I am better than you. I am above you. And I will treat you accordingly.”

And he did that multiple times through the interview. When talking about Harris being a “DEI Hire”, not only did his answer seem to side with racists, but he attacked the interviewer. When being asked one question he didn’t like, he responded by randomly attacking one of the other interviewers about absolutely nothing in particular. Even when one of them started kowtowing to him, he still attacked her over random “equipment issues” that she had nothing to do with. When trying to get the interview back on track, he snapped at one and told her no, he’ll do what he wants.

And one of the things that I noticed that made me particularly uneasy. At the end of the interview, one of the interviewers tried to ask about Project 2025, only to immediately be cut off by another interviewer “per the Trump team.” There could be a scheduling reason if they ran out of time, but go back and watch it. It’s at the very end. It gives off the impression that under absolutely no circumstances was Project 2025 to be discussed, based on Trump’s demands. That’s very unsettling.

And honestly, I don’t even think this was ever supposed to even appeal to black voters. I can’t see a single minority watching that interview and saying “Yup, that’s my guy!”. But think of the message it does send. It’s telling the people that he’s relying on most that “Watch me put these women in their place, just like I’ll put the <racial slur of choice> in their place. This time, I will hurt the right people!” (Edit: this seems to be the prevailing opinion; Al Sharpton among others is saying that the real purpose was to show the MAGA base that he’s willing to bring the racism to “them” on their own turf, in order to throw some red meat their way and make sure they stay in line.)

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the real purpose was to show the MAGA base that he’s willing to bring the racism to “them”

Who cares what cultists think? They’re gonna zombie march their way to the polls even if sir fartsalot fucks all their moms for 30 seconds, the longest he’s ever lasted during sex. An appearance like this could only be detrimental for him-- none of the centrists will be swayed by any of his usual schtick here, and some of them who are POC will be put off by his jackassery on blatant display.

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Yup, he knows he has the racist vote on lock. I really think he was hoping to dissuade black voters from going out to vote for her - he’s scared of them, and he should be. Without them he wouldn’t have lost last time.

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It’s beyond even racism. For someone have the utter mayonnaise to gatekeep someone’s inclusion in an identity that you’re entirely outside of, that sense of entitlement has to come from somewhere. A sense of superiority, perhaps. Supremacy even.

And if we know anything about Donald at this point, it’s that he has mayonnaise pumpining through his very veins.

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