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Title: Bill Clinton: Trump Base ‘Standard Rednecks’
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Published: Oct 12, 2016
Author: Edmund Kozak
Post Date: 2016-10-12 15:21:43 by nolu chan
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Views: 1842
Comments: 17
Bill Clinton: Trump Base ‘Standard Rednecks’ Another Clinton insult is directed at millions of Americans concerned about their safety and the economy by Edmund Kozak The Clinton clan has once again demonstrated its utter contempt for average everyday Americans. Hillary Clinton infamously said that half of Trump’s supporters are a “deplorable” group of hateful bigots, and now her husband Bill Clinton has said that Trump supporters are “standard rednecks.” Clinton made the comments during an appearance at Palm Beach State College in Belle Glade, Florida, on Tuesday. “Look, man, the other guy’s base is what I grew up in,” the former president told the crowd of Clinton supporters. “You know, I’m basically your standard redneck.” The word redneck has obvious negative connotations, especially when bandied about by liberals, and Clinton’s use of the term was a clear dog whistle to Democrats. Trump’s base, Clinton is saying, is a bunch of ignorant, white racists. As despicable as they may be, Clinton’s comments are by no means surprising. The Clinton camp has campaigned largely on dismissing and demonizing Trump and his supporters as bigots. Unfortunately, while Clinton’s redneck remarks may be politically convenient in the short term, they are in the long term divisive and dangerous. Race relations are worse than they’ve been in decades and society is so polarized politically that it often seems as if there are two entirely separate Americas trying to occupy the same country. These wounds will continue to fester, and true bipartisanship will continue to be little more than a pipe dream, as long as liberals and progressives continue to portray all opposition to their ideological agenda as manifestations of ignorance and hate. So much for "stronger together."
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Updated 12 Oct 2016 at 11:55 AM
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#1. To: nolu chan (#0)
Not seeing the hate: "The other guy's base is what I grew up in. You know, I'm basically your standard redneck. I was the first person that ever went to college in my family. I had a grandfather who I told you was a saint, and he and my grandmother fought all the time. And the only thing they agreed on was education and civil rights. He had a sixth grade education, she had a correspondent's degree in nursing. They knew we were all the same. So I deserve no credit for what I tried to do. I was just raised that way. "But I know how they feel. And I'm telling you, the older you get the worse it is, if you look in the mirror every day and you think you can't do anything to change the future. And a lot of you have felt, we've all had days like that, haven't we? Days we can live with; months we can live with; years, a decade, that's a tough sell."
#2. To: ConservingFreedom (#1)
I would not expect you to see the hate in calling Trump's base rednecks.
"But I know how they feel. And I'm telling you, the older you get the worse it is, if you look in the mirror every day and you think you can't do anything to change the future. And a lot of you have felt, we've all had days like that, haven't we? Days we can live with; months we can live with; years, a decade, that's a tough sell." Clinton sounds pretty sympathetic here, actually. "Redneck" is not an offensive term when used by people who like rednecks, or who are rednecks.
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"The other guy's base is what I grew up in. You know, I'm basically your standard redneck. I was the first person that ever went to college in my family. I had a grandfather who I told you was a saint, and he and my grandmother fought all the time. And the only thing they agreed on was education and civil rights. He had a sixth grade education, she had a correspondent's degree in nursing. They knew we were all the same. So I deserve no credit for what I tried to do. I was just raised that way.
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