Do you have any examples of racist hashtags trending on Twitter in the US?

You said:

> France is pretty racist and hateful in general ...

That's a separate issue from hashtags. I think that is totally irrelevant. Let's say, just hypothetically, French culture is such that the racism there is expressed through hashtags twitter. Now, let's say in the US, the culture is such that racists prefer to make disgusting racist comments on YouTube AND perform lynchings and enact legislation prevent people of the same race from drinking at the same water coolers. Does that make the French more racist or hateful? I don't really see the point.

Also, let's, for argument's sake, keep the racism discussion to Twitter. Does it really matter if the racism is in tweets or hashtags in the picture?

If you REALLY want to see examples of racism in the United States, I can produce them. But do you REALLY think I am just "hand waving" when I dispute that it's absurd to think there is no at least the same amount of racism in the US?

> That's a separate issue from hashtags.

Not when they're trending nationally.

See my comment here [1] why this is an pretty weak argument-

[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5125902

Thanks, that's informative. I agree that it weakens my argument

This is not an example of racist hashtags, but I remember hearing about a lot of racist tweets when Obama's speech about the Newtown massacre interrupted Sunday Night Football.

Edit: grammar

Well, if you want to get to politics; it is virtually impossible to deny the amount of racist signaling the Republican party uses in their messaging, debates, legislation to disenfranchise voters, and so forth. And this is not support one party or the other; it's just reality.