"This town is full of savages, Silent Bob."

[thewayne]

"Donald Trump was right. All of these illegals need to be deported."
-- man arrested for beating up and urinating on an Hispanic homeless man in Boston

"A shame. I will say, that the people that are following me are very passionate. They love this country. They want this country to be great again. But they are very passionate."
-- Trump, on being informed of the incident by reporters

Why am I getting visions of the gangs from A Clockwork Orange?

Comments

[silveradept]

And that's Trump and Republican style - make a sweeping general statement to classify an entire group as undesirable, provide no proof to back that statement, then spin anyone who acts on that statement as an exuberant individual, unrelated to their rhetoric. It's standard operating procedure for bigotry.

[porsupah.livejournal.com]

Or indeed, any conservative. Look at the UK, and the rise in recent years in violence against immigrants, especially anyone looking "Muslim" - the very same "we had no idea being xenophobic would promote hatred of foreigners!" as demonstrated here. (See also benefit claimants, which the Flail and its ilk are vilifying as never before - quite an accomplishment, for them)

BTW, kudos for the Fyoosh/Blue/Crim icon. ^_^

[silveradept]

Yes, I get to see some of that vilification at work, with other journals that I follow. The Austerity government apparently believes that word means "cut off as many social services as possible and name the rest absurdly difficult to claim".

greyweirdo came up with the icon, I just yoinked it because it was cool.