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Cigar
09-20-2016, 08:42 AM
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Laura Seay ‏@texasinafrica 10h10 hours ago
Othering refugees by wink-wink referencing a white supremacist's murder of a black child carrying Skittles is where the Trump campaign is.

Simon Maloy ‏@SimonMaloy 13h13 hours ago
Syrian refugees are mainly family units, mostly kids, fleeing a war zone
and this pampered shit heel calls them all potential murderers

Cigar
09-20-2016, 10:41 AM
Trump Jr’s ‘Skittles’ tweet is based on two different white supremacist memes—and Nazi propagandaDonald Trump Jr. drew widespread condemnation for comparing Syrian refugees to poisoned candy — but his analogy isn’t a new one, and it’s based on two separate white supremacist memes with roots in Nazi propaganda.

Trump — the Republican presidential candidate’s eldest son and a top campaign surrogate — tweeted the image Monday evening in an apparent response to the dumpster bombing over the weekend in New York City, which his dad inaptly linked to the refugee crisis.

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“This image says it all,” reads the text. “Let’s end the politically correct agenda that doesn’t put America first. #trump2016,″ accompanied by the official Donald Trump/Mike Pence campaign logo and slogan.

The analogy isn’t new, and has been used for years by white supremacists to overgeneralize about various minority groups.

“It is often deployed as a way to prop up indefensible stereotypes by taking advantage of human ignorance about base rates, risk assessment and criminology,” wrote Emil Karlsson on the blog Debunking Denialism. “In the end, it tries to divert attention from the inherent bigotry in making flawed generalizations.”

A spokeswoman for Wrigley Americas, which makes Skittles, whacked Trump’s dehumanizing comparison.

“Skittles are candy. Refugees are people. We don’t feel it’s an appropriate analogy,” said Denise Young, vice president of corporate affairs. “We will respectfully refrain from further commentary as anything we say could be misinterpreted as marketing.”


http://www.rawstory.com/2016/09/trump-jrs-skittles-tweet-is-based-on-two-different-white-supremacist-memes/

zelmo1234
09-20-2016, 10:44 AM
I wonder if the left see, just how desperate they are appearing to the public.

If that analogy offends people? Then they need to CowBoy Up

Cigar
09-20-2016, 11:13 AM
I wonder if the left see, just how desperate they are appearing to the public.

If that analogy offends people? Then they need to CowBoy Up

http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/r589/duadmin/160920-syrian-refugee-problem2_zpsisfuubld.jpg

Crepitus
09-20-2016, 11:31 AM
I wonder if the left see, just how desperate they are appearing to the public.

If that analogy offends people? Then they need to CowBoy Up
So you guys are pretty much OK with re-using Goebbels' nazi propaganda techniques then?

OGIS
09-21-2016, 06:29 PM
Trump Jr’s ‘Skittles’ tweet is based on two different white supremacist memes—and Nazi propaganda

Donald Trump Jr. drew widespread condemnation for comparing Syrian refugees to poisoned candy — but his analogy isn’t a new one, and it’s based on two separate white supremacist memes with roots in Nazi propaganda.

Trump — the Republican presidential candidate’s eldest son and a top campaign surrogate — tweeted the image Monday evening in an apparent response to the dumpster bombing over the weekend in New York City, which his dad inaptly linked to the refugee crisis.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CswRrhoW8AEo4Xy.jpg

“This image says it all,” reads the text. “Let’s end the politically correct agenda that doesn’t put America first. #trump2016,″ accompanied by the official Donald Trump/Mike Pence campaign logo and slogan.

The analogy isn’t new, and has been used for years by white supremacists to overgeneralize about various minority groups.

“It is often deployed as a way to prop up indefensible stereotypes by taking advantage of human ignorance about base rates, risk assessment and criminology,” wrote Emil Karlsson on the blog Debunking Denialism. “In the end, it tries to divert attention from the inherent bigotry in making flawed generalizations.”

A spokeswoman for Wrigley Americas, which makes Skittles, whacked Trump’s dehumanizing comparison.

“Skittles are candy. Refugees are people. We don’t feel it’s an appropriate analogy,” said Denise Young, vice president of corporate affairs. “We will respectfully refrain from further commentary as anything we say could be misinterpreted as marketing.”


http://www.rawstory.com/2016/09/trump-jrs-skittles-tweet-is-based-on-two-different-white-supremacist-memes/

That analogy works with any group that contains dangerous members.

Let's try a few on for size:

-- If I had a bowl of Skittles and told you that just three would kill you, would you take some? That's our Racist Thug/Thief Police problem.

-- If I had a bowl of Skittles and told you that just three would kill you, would you take some? That's our National Gun Ownership problem.

-- If I had a bowl of Skittles and told you that just three would sexually molest your children, would you let your kids go over to their house? That's our Christian Child Molestation problem.

See how that works, folks? All three examples are absolutely valid.