Quote:What started off as your daughter reading ONE comment in the comment section has now turned into "large groups of people yelling hate speech brought on by some pretty ugly chapters in world history". Trump and anyone that supports him are the new Hitler and yet you felt comfortable enough to watch the Klan rally posing as a campaign event with your little girl so near you that she could read what was written on the screen...with no mention of her actually hearing all the hate filled speech that you witness at every Trump event.



Ummm...okay.

(sigh) I was watching it alone for the bulk of the speech on full screen. She came in and I hit the ESC key to shut it down. She then saw the comments section. (Has my story changed in any of this?) No. My kid didn't hear these things. But she can use Google or YouTube and find plenty of examples even if she isn't searching for them. That's not alarming?


NEVER, EVER, EVER have I seen a presidential campaign where overt racism is an expected regular occurrence. As mentioned in recent posts, I don't want to believe every person in these audiences is a bigot. But why is it every one has these undertones? Could it possibly be because it is what the man himself has been inciting? No? Do you yell racial slurs in public places filled with strangers? Probably not. But it's been seemingly accepted at every stop. That's not concerning? We shouldn't call attention to it? We should ignore it's happening with everything going on in the world? It's not eerily similar to the rise of Hitler? I'm the only one who notices?


This is not the America I want. Not the face of America I want the world to see. Trump has been asked to tone down the rhetoric and condemn these types of comments. He won't. So supporters should be complicit? Go with the racist flow?


Are we not better than this as a society? Or are we anchored to the lowest common denominators among us.

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