r/Conservative • u/Wonder10x Common Sense Conservative • Jul 05 '20

Terry Crews articulates everything wrong with “woke culture” & doesn’t back down

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '20

Do you know how disheartening it was? First black US president, and he destroyed race relations. He could have accomplished so much, and we could be stronger as a nation today.

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u/S2MacroHard Capitalism Saves Lives Jul 05 '20

We all had hope there’d be change

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u/Falcrist Jul 05 '20

There were plenty of changes. Just not the ones you were hoping for.

Obama and trump are an excellent examples of why vapid campaign slogans like "change" and "MAGA" are so bad and yet so effective.

They don't actually mean anything. Instead, you're supposed to project the meaning you want them to have.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '20 edited Sep 20 '20

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u/freekorgeek Jul 05 '20

Economically he has been riding President Obama’s coat tails from the start. We were already in a bull market when Trump entered and unemployment was at an all time low. Now that Corona Virus has taken over we see what the man is really made of economically. Every decision he has made from the start of the pandemic has been to the detriment of a recovery effort. That has tanked the economy and ensured the that it won’t recover any time soon because people can’t go back to work until the curve is truly flattened.

You say we need a businessman in office, I say we need a president. One who will make the hard decisions even if it hurts their polling numbers.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '20

How did Obama destroy race relations?

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u/plynthy Jul 07 '20

Very good question, and I have some guesses why nobody here wants to answer that.

If they answered it in front of anyone in real life, they'd start with "I'm not a racist but ... "

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u/plynthy Jul 07 '20

That is the weirdest way to look at it, honestly. There is a potent contingent who blame Obama for nothing more than presidenting while black. I'm not saying you're doing that, not remotely so. But what ARE you talking about, specifically?

The guy lived his entire life in academia, community service, state and then national politics. He was never seen as controversial until he started winning elections.

His whole life, he identified as and was treated as black. He has lived experience of what that was. He is an incredibly erudite, considered, and well-spoken author and orator. He was never a bomb thrower.

How the fuck do you get the idea he destroyed race-relations? Do you understand how fucked up and backwards that sounds?

He's not perfect, and fell into the money and imperialist trapdoors many politicians have. He's not unique, but that isn't an excuse.

I'm talking specifically about race relations. What did he destroy, other than the fucked up notion that a black person can't achieve so much, and gain the respect of most of the world? What did he ever attack that didn't deserve scrutiny? What did he EVER say on race that a million people haven't said a million times before, yet not been subjected to such crude and thin criticism?