A broader problem
Obama suggests not inflaming more rage and violence. Trumpies call him every name in the book.
Obama said that he did not use a 2015 mass shooting by a white supremacist at a black church in South Carolina to go after his political enemies, and pointed out that after the 11 September 2001 attacks, President George W Bush “explicitly went out of his way to say, ‘We are not at war against Islam’.”
“And so when I hear not just our current president, but his aides, who have a history of calling political opponents ‘vermin’, enemies who need to be ‘targeted,’ that speaks to a broader problem that we have right now and something that we’re going to have to grapple with, all of us,” Obama told the crowd, according to reports.
In a statement to the BBC, a White House spokesperson rejected the allegations and accused Obama of stoking division while he was president. “Obama used every opportunity to sow division and pit Americans against each other,” the spokesperson said. “His division has inspired generations of Democrats to slander their opponents as ‘deplorables,’ or ‘fascists,’ or ‘Nazis.'”
Except that that’s not true. I frequently wished he would be fiercer, but that wish was never granted.
After leaving office, US presidents generally tend to temper criticism of their successors, however in recent months Obama has hit out at Trump’s moves against universities and judges, and has also criticised Democratic party leaders for failing to push back harder against White House policies.
No he hasn’t. He hasn’t “hit out at” anything. He doesn’t punch and he doesn’t threaten to punch. Criticizing is not hitting, nor is it hitting out. You’d think the BBC could manage to muster up enough brain power to realize that they’re accusing Obama of violent speech when all they’re talking about is criticism.
Of course it was Obama who increased divisions. He kept insisting on Presidenting While Black. That’s definitely a divisive thing to do, when he must have known that those with different political views expect their presidents to be white. /Sarcasm
Random thought just popped into my head: The Republicans are successful re-ammending the constitution to allow a third presidential term, and Obama wins the election.
Gary #2 : Oh, I’d like to see that. It’d make all the Trump supporters soil themselves in disgust.
Jimmy Kimmel’s show has been suspended indefinitely by ABC at the behest of the Brendan Carr, chairman of the FCC, because of this remark:
“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”
Ah, “free speech”, ain’t it wonderful? “Free speech for me, but not for thee!”
Meanwhile, Fox hosts routinely lie or suggest that homeless people should be given lethal injections with impunity.
Ah, the FCC.
From back when “Family Guy” was a funny show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ru0VHLumdI&list=RD_ru0VHLumdI&start_radio=1