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John Pavlovitz just re-upped his 2017 column on MAGAts claiming they were "embarrassed" by Obama
Hadn't seen it before, and it's a thing of beauty and should be posted wherever you see RWNJs attacking Obama.
This morning's tweet:
Link to tweet
That column, and an excerpt:
https://johnpavlovitz.com/2017/05/26/no-white-friend-you-werent-embarrassed-by-barack-obama/
Honestly, I don’t believe you were ever embarrassed. That word implies an association that brings ridicule, one that makes you ashamed by association, and if that’s something you claim to have experienced over the past eight years by having Barack Obama representing you in the world—I’m going to suggest you rethink your word choice.
You weren’t “embarrassed” by Barack Obama.
You were threatened by him.
You were intimidated by him.
You were challenged by him.
You were triggered by him.
But I don’t believe it had anything to do with his resume or his experience or his character or his conduct in office—because you seem fully proud right now to be associated with a three-time married, serial adulterer and confessed predator; a man whose election and business dealings and relationships are riddled with controversy and malfeasance. You’re perfectly fine being represented by a bullying, vile, obnoxious, genitalia-grabbing, Tweet-ranting, Prime Minister-shoving charlatan who’s managed to offend all our allies and alienate millions of our citizens in a few short months. And you’re okay with him putting on religious faith like a rented, dusty, ill-fitting tuxedo and immediately tossing it in the garbage when he’s finished with it.
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No, if you claimed to be embarrassed by Barack Obama but you’re somehow not mortified by Donald Trump—I’m going to strongly suggest it was largely a pigmentation issue.
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You weren’t “embarrassed” by Barack Obama.
You were threatened by him.
You were intimidated by him.
You were challenged by him.
You were triggered by him.
But I don’t believe it had anything to do with his resume or his experience or his character or his conduct in office—because you seem fully proud right now to be associated with a three-time married, serial adulterer and confessed predator; a man whose election and business dealings and relationships are riddled with controversy and malfeasance. You’re perfectly fine being represented by a bullying, vile, obnoxious, genitalia-grabbing, Tweet-ranting, Prime Minister-shoving charlatan who’s managed to offend all our allies and alienate millions of our citizens in a few short months. And you’re okay with him putting on religious faith like a rented, dusty, ill-fitting tuxedo and immediately tossing it in the garbage when he’s finished with it.
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No, if you claimed to be embarrassed by Barack Obama but you’re somehow not mortified by Donald Trump—I’m going to strongly suggest it was largely a pigmentation issue.
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on a 4th grade level, just like their hero Herr Qrump 