I think the gamut of factors plays into it. The reputation and incendiary nature of the defendant, the possibility of pressure being put on the judge by people he sees every day to "make the right call" about this piece of crap black, etc. etc. Boiling down the argument to just "The color of his skin" ignores the complexity of the issue of possible bias.
I'll leave this here...
Mr. Ryan said Mr. Trump’s criticism of the judge, Gonzalo P. Curiel of United States District Court, was “the textbook definition of a racist comment.” But Mr. Ryan also reiterated his support for Mr. Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
“I disavow these comments — I regret those comments that he made,” Mr. Ryan said. “I think that should be absolutely disavowed. It’s absolutely unacceptable.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/08/u...lo-curiel.html
Yeah see that was dumb. But I understood his concern. Trump was an incendiary figure that had been painted as "anti-Mexican" for months at that point, and the anti-Trump Mexican-hating racist meme was in 6th gear. So now a case exists that could affect his presidential hopes, and therefor the furthering of his policy on immigration, and it lands in front of a Mexican-American judge. It's not racist to think that all the factors together could bias the judge. Not because he's Mexican, but because people who have a dog in the fight could put pressure on him, including his own parents.
I feel like sometimes common sense is stymied by cries of "racism", I really do.
Last edited by mage21; 2017-02-26 at 01:41 AM.
This is hilarious.
Journalists said they'd blacklist the event and withdraw themselves from it as a way to pressure Trump and continue the propaganda against him.
Now Trump's the one removing himself.
I couldn't dream of something better that could backfire at the medias, again.
PS: This comment is unrelated with the overall idea that I have about Trump and the medias. I think Trump's stupid to use his power against the medias, but it's still satisfying to watch. Bittersweet would be the right word.
Google Diversity Memo
Learn to use critical thinking: https://youtu.be/J5A5o9I7rnA
Political left, right similarly motivated to avoid rival views
[...] we have an intolerance for ideas and evidence that don’t fit a certain ideology. I’m also not saying that we should restrict people to certain gender roles; I’m advocating for quite the opposite: treat people as individuals, not as just another member of their group (tribalism)..
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a7584606.html
And he thinks we all want him to sink a Russian ship. Are you really sure you don't want to reconsider your position?
Because all you have are, quite honestly terrible, assumptions, and I have Trump's actual discourse.