Re:Peter Thiel’s Embrace of Trump Has Silicon Valley Squirming
by joe5150 on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @03:09PM
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It's an incredibly (and I mean dishonestly) generous view of birtherism to say it had nothing to do with Obama's race.
Re:Peter Thiel’s Embrace of Trump Has Silicon Valley Squirming
by googlryas on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @03:20PM
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This exact same question was raised with John McCain back in 2008, because he was born in the Panama Canal Zone: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2008/may/12/...
Was that because of his race too?
I suspect we stopped hearing about McCain, and kept hearing about Obama, because Obama became president.
Re:Peter Thiel’s Embrace of Trump Has Silicon Valley Squirming
by joe5150 on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @03:34PM
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Like I said, a generous suspicion. I can also suspect that had McCain been elected he would not have been dogged with insinuations about his citizenship, forced to proffer his birth certificate, referred to as a "Panamanian" by his detractors, etc. etc. for practically the duration of his first term.
Re central park 5: Yes, that was a huge blunder(as was that entire case for that matter). Is there any indication it was based on their race, and not the savagery of the crime they were accused of?
Re birther: What does that have to do with race? "American" isn't a race.