2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBlack 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 theyre capable of being."
http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2016/09/robert-pittenger-charlotte-north-carolina-white-people
blm
(113,063 posts)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)Literally, it is the talk of monsters trying to pretend that their predator activities confer benefits upon their prey.
Lanius
(599 posts)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)By refusing to release it they look like they have something to hide. Just like Trump's tax returns.
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)shot dead.
neeksgeek
(1,214 posts)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)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)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)Dulip"
I can't believe these people They can't even comprehend the condescension of the shit that comes out of their privileged gobs.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)The Democratic Party thanks you.
raging moderate
(4,305 posts)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?