#TrumpSupporters (inspired by a tweet @potus45tweets) had a Chant (BEFORE the reinterpreted #LetsGoBrandon), & @OKgazette responded: "Send RACISM #Back !!!"
you know the story: 'Donald Trump' (I'm still hesitant to call him "President Trump") tweeted something about The Squad (four U.S. legislators whose constituents are counting on them to repair our always-in-need-of-repair government)—a tweet claiming they were from 'shithole countries' whose governments were broken, and that they needed to be 'sent back there' to fix their home-countries first.
As-most of The Squad are "natural-born citizens" and -ALL of them are racially diverse, the tweet is popularly held to be "racist" of Trump (I was going to say 'The Mainstream Media calls it 'racist,'" but–by-&-large–they just 'report the things he said,' people on social-media (who've seen all the other racist things Trump has done) announce that Trump & his supporters are racist, and the MSM 'reports the things people say' ... maybe they'll report what people say/do about 'what people say'—but only if that would bring in more advertising-money, amIright?)
That would've been 'nothing but rambling, over-and-done-with, etc.,' but–when Trump mentioned The Squad (specifically the member who was an immigrant, and some of the things they were saying about our government's need-for-repair)–his crowd of grunting sheeple responded, "Send-Her-Back! Send-Her-Back! ..."
Press-Reporters asked Trump about it later; and he claims he 'stopped them,' but ... his definition of "stopping them" wasn't so much 'interrupting them to end the mindless chant' as it was 'frowning slightly as they finished on their own time.'
Then I see–in a recent issue of Oklahoma City alt-weekly OKLAHOMA GAZETTE–a half-page ad that just says "Send Racism Back" (above their little logo-&-caption).
They 'mean' (or 'I infer that they imply') to send it 'back' to when it was "appropriate" (not "right," as it was never "right"; but rather 'popularly accepted,' like the idea that the Earth were flat).
... hmm ... maybe that was the 'back' to which the North Carolinian crowd was referring—'send her back' to a time when America was "great" (as Trump's 2016-campaign claimed he would 'make America again').
That word (the 'built' one below)—there might be something more to that word ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which the our lexicon stands ...
As-most of The Squad are "natural-born citizens" and -ALL of them are racially diverse, the tweet is popularly held to be "racist" of Trump (I was going to say 'The Mainstream Media calls it 'racist,'" but–by-&-large–they just 'report the things he said,' people on social-media (who've seen all the other racist things Trump has done) announce that Trump & his supporters are racist, and the MSM 'reports the things people say' ... maybe they'll report what people say/do about 'what people say'—but only if that would bring in more advertising-money, amIright?)
That would've been 'nothing but rambling, over-and-done-with, etc.,' but–when Trump mentioned The Squad (specifically the member who was an immigrant, and some of the things they were saying about our government's need-for-repair)–his crowd of grunting sheeple responded, "Send-Her-Back! Send-Her-Back! ..."
Press-Reporters asked Trump about it later; and he claims he 'stopped them,' but ... his definition of "stopping them" wasn't so much 'interrupting them to end the mindless chant' as it was 'frowning slightly as they finished on their own time.'
Then I see–in a recent issue of Oklahoma City alt-weekly OKLAHOMA GAZETTE–a half-page ad that just says "Send Racism Back" (above their little logo-&-caption).
They 'mean' (or 'I infer that they imply') to send it 'back' to when it was "appropriate" (not "right," as it was never "right"; but rather 'popularly accepted,' like the idea that the Earth were flat).
... hmm ... maybe that was the 'back' to which the North Carolinian crowd was referring—'send her back' to a time when America was "great" (as Trump's 2016-campaign claimed he would 'make America again').
That word (the 'built' one below)—there might be something more to that word ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which the our lexicon stands ...
The word “Back” (particularly in the adverb (to the Beginning, to the |Past) sense) is built on “|Backwards, Behind, |Aback” (Spine, Shoulder |Blade, |Ridge).
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