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HipChick

(25,485 posts)
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 09:02 PM Sep 2016

Black residents of the North Carolina city "hate white people because white people are successful"

Yes, a Republican Congressman Just Said This About Black Protesters....

Republican Rep. Robert Pittenger, whose district includes part of the city of Charlotte, said in an interview with the BBC Thursday that black residents of the North Carolina city "hate white people because white people are successful and they're not." The day after African American protesters shut down a highway and demonstrated in Charlotte over the fatal police shooting of a black man, Keith Lamont Scott, Pittenger, a second-term congressman, blamed the community's frustrations on "the welfare state."

Pittenger added, "We've put people in bondage so that they can't be all that they’re capable of being."

http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2016/09/robert-pittenger-charlotte-north-carolina-white-people

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Black residents of the North Carolina city "hate white people because white people are successful" (Original Post) HipChick Sep 2016 OP
We need to demand his resignation. HE is what is wrong with this nation. blm Sep 2016 #1
This is monstrous talk. raging moderate Sep 2016 #2
Typical right-wing BS Lanius Sep 2016 #3
They need to release the video when these shootings happen... NoGoodNamesLeft Sep 2016 #4
Hard to be "all that they're capable of being" when you've been sinkingfeeling Sep 2016 #5
I wrote to Pittenger about this. neeksgeek Sep 2016 #6
Lawrence showed this clip on "The Last Word" tonight. napi21 Sep 2016 #7
This is the standard 'Democratic plantation' slur radius777 Sep 2016 #8
Bob Pittenger, "Bless the darkies but they just don't have the git up and go. BTW pass me a Mint Monk06 Sep 2016 #9
Keep talking, Pittenger. Jamaal510 Sep 2016 #10
And what was supposedly wrong with them BEFORE the "welfare state?" raging moderate Sep 2016 #11
Pittenger wants to make Dixie great again. nt oasis Sep 2016 #12

blm

(113,063 posts)
1. We need to demand his resignation. HE is what is wrong with this nation.
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 09:07 PM
Sep 2016

They forced that powerless county chairwoman out in Ohio for the exact same type of talk. Pittenger needs to be hounded out of office.

raging moderate

(4,305 posts)
2. This is monstrous talk.
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 09:18 PM
Sep 2016

Literally, it is the talk of monsters trying to pretend that their predator activities confer benefits upon their prey.

Lanius

(599 posts)
3. Typical right-wing BS
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 10:04 PM
Sep 2016

Denigrate black people while at the same time make it seem like its the Democrats' fault for creating a "welfare state." Call balck people lazy yet expect them to vote for your nominee. These people are vermin.

 

NoGoodNamesLeft

(2,056 posts)
4. They need to release the video when these shootings happen...
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 10:07 PM
Sep 2016

By refusing to release it they look like they have something to hide. Just like Trump's tax returns.

neeksgeek

(1,214 posts)
6. I wrote to Pittenger about this.
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 10:46 PM
Sep 2016

Thanked him very sarcastically for clearing up any misconceptions I might have had about various successful black people I know here in Charlotte.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
7. Lawrence showed this clip on "The Last Word" tonight.
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 10:58 PM
Sep 2016

I've lived in the South since 1987 (moved from Pgh. Pa. job tr.) and I've seen & heard a lot of racial slurs, but THIS ONE is something I NEVER HEARD! What kind of a jackass is that guy? I'm really sad to realize there are people who really believe that BS.

radius777

(3,635 posts)
8. This is the standard 'Democratic plantation' slur
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 11:12 PM
Sep 2016

that comes from the conservative right which is in some ways 'better' (as far as hatemongering goes) than the alt-right belief of blacks/PoC as biologically and intellectually inferior, and thus no economic system right or left can 'work', hence belief in white nationalism.

This election has truly revealed the dark side of the American psyche, in a way that represents a fundamental change in what we are going forward.

Monk06

(7,675 posts)
9. Bob Pittenger, "Bless the darkies but they just don't have the git up and go. BTW pass me a Mint
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 11:36 PM
Sep 2016

Dulip"

I can't believe these people They can't even comprehend the condescension of the shit that comes out of their privileged gobs.

raging moderate

(4,305 posts)
11. And what was supposedly wrong with them BEFORE the "welfare state?"
Sun Sep 25, 2016, 07:48 AM
Sep 2016

Back during the magnificent beautiful days when White Supremacy had free rein to confer its manifold blessings on everyone? If the "welfare state" has been so destructive, then why are they mostly doing so much better now?

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