jackknife402 said:
Was about to mention that the quote was modified, however how does adding in the "..and some I assume are good people." portion make him more in hot water? It states clearly that in his thought process he probably realized that some people are going to think that he said all Mexicans are evil, so he tacked it on to the end of his statement. Which I fully agree with. Illegals bring drugs, crime of all kinds, and lets not forget that they're ILLEGAL to begin with. So they're criminal already.
Now this is when the liberals or mind-slashed of the world will respond "well your ancestors were immigrants too!" However, my ancestors were legal immigrants. One half may have come during the time when borders were practically open but they still went through the immigration process. The other half came over before that time and were legal as well. So yes, My ancestors were immigrants, and I"m proud of that. However, they were LEGAL immigrants. That's all I care about.
Ummm, seriously?
The qualifier isn't what got him in trouble. Its the statement itself.
Its like saying that all Jews are money grubbers or that all Muslims are terrorists.
To simplify, its like starting a sentence with no offense or I'm not racist, but. What you're about to say is absolutely offensive and/or extremely racist. Trying to diminish it just makes the original statement worse.
Him saying "and some I assume are good people" means the vast majority of illegal immigrants (many of whom are fuckin children mind you) are, in his mind, rapists, criminals, and drug users.
Its bullshit and I bet even Trump knows its bullshit (much like how I want to believe Ann Coulter knows what she says is bullshit). However he plays down to the absolute lowest of the lowest common denominators in the Republican party. The birthers, the religious fundies who think that taking birth control is somehow murdering future children, the racist shitbags who fly their confederate flags proudly all while claiming it totally has nothing to do with racism. He knows how to get those people riled up and on his side and he knows that doing so is empowering in many ways (though it means he torpedoes any hope of actually going anywhere in the primaries, which is a horrid shame imo).
Either way, as a child of an illegal immigrant, people like him can go shove off for all I care. My family has done more for their communities in the last month than a shitbag like Trump has done for anyone other than himself in his entire life.
Also, totally not a free speech issue. What he said was bullshit and inflammatory and its not remotely the worst thing he's ever said or done. The fact that NBC kept him around as long as they did was shocking to say the least. Look for him to land a nice cushy job at Fox News sometime soon where he can join the other racist shitbags and they can spew racist shitbaggery to each other.
