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Rally chants foreshadow dark chapter in US history; Sally Rea (SR); Beaver County Times; July 21, 2019.
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“I have been too quiet for too long. I am heartbroken, sickened and very angry over the rally held Wednesday in North Carolina where not only did Trump - the president of my country - not condone the chants of ‘send her home,’ he actually incited it by his rhetoric.
“Don’t you dare circle back around and tell me about ‘Killery,’ the right-winged and the Dems ruining our country. We may not agree on several areas of policy, but I can try to understand your points and do understand some. But right now - today - I am drawing my line and standing my ground.”
[RWC] Where was SR when Mrs. Bill Clinton said, “you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right? The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic -- you name it. And unfortunately there are people like that?”
Referring to “small towns in Pennsylvania,” then-candidate Barack Obama said, “it’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.” Where was SR?
“I have friends staying with us right this day; friends who are afraid - afraid to talk of politics because of their religion - legal citizens in my country whose families came here legally many generations ago. And they have fear because of what we are allowing to go on in our country today.
“Not me and not any more!”
[RWC] Depending on the source, a generation covers somewhere between 25 and 35 years. If the ancestors of SR’s friends “came here legally many generations ago,” I have a tough time buying the “afraid to talk of politics because of their religion” story.
Assuming SR’s friends aren’t imaginary, she and her friends better get thicker skin.
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