Here’s a revealing passage in the new WaPo article on Trump’s fury at being called racist and his efforts to get people to stop. pic.twitter.com/3c6lHN6u5s
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 11, 2019
Notice how the GOP shill’s “lots of minorities work with us” talking point is followed by a sentence explicitly accepting the existence of a “danger” that by being honest about Trump, Democrats will anger the common GOP folk who love Trump for some reason that …
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 11, 2019
…apparently has nothing to do with his obvious, virulent racism.
“Some Democrats seem cognizant of the danger.”
Not “some Democrats agree this may be a dangerous approach.” “Danger” is stated as a fact.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 11, 2019
While the article itself isn’t terrible, that type of framing is irritatingly common throughout media; right wing complaints and claims are implicitly accepted and presented as facts.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 11, 2019
Even completely ludicrous claims such as “Trump is no racist! He has black friends!”https://t.co/OtV5SYWOqL
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 11, 2019