Trump attacks protections for immigrants from ‘s***hole’ countries

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(01-17-2018, 04:35 PM)PhilHos Wrote: Ummm, what? Even assuming everything Durbin said about the meeting is 100% factual, how does what he did ANYTHING like standing up to a bully (let alone a racist one)? Do you even know what it means to stand up to someone?

So what you should have said is "Durbin is like the kid who tells on the racist bully to the teacher."

Sure, if we understand "teacher" to be the press and the American people, to whom Trump is accountable.  "Telling on" politicians is only cast as rat behavior in authoritarian/totalitarian regimes.

Maybe it would be better to say Graham stood up to the racist bully, if he publicly and privately challenged Trump, as he says he did.

At some point though, people need to get past blaming the messenger and reckon with the racist bully. One problem with our present politics seems to be the inability of people grasp the essential problem, or even to recognize racism and misogyny when they see it.