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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Everyone suffered through slavery in America, including black people," said @Reince Priebus.
John Fugelsang
Does privilege cease to be privilege when privilege makes one this stupid?
"Everyone suffered through slavery in America, including black people," said @Reince Priebus.
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)True Dough
(17,320 posts)how the writing team at The Onion must seriously sit around at their story meetings shaking their heads and lamenting how they used to own satire, but now the Trump administration has stolen it and made it reality.
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)uponit7771
(90,364 posts)Generator
(7,770 posts)Fucking asshole needs to be removed from power. Do not give any of these assholes any quarter. NAZI
Nevernose
(13,081 posts)The original person was making fun of his comments on Jews and the Holocaust
(I followed the twitter thread down five minutes ago)
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)Nevernose
(13,081 posts)I only figured out how Twitter worked last night, and I can't get to the tweet on my phone browser. Because I'm clearly not a rocket scientist
However, it was desi@desijed
1/28/17
10:10 am. I'm set for pacific time
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,192 posts)So far. I'm sure there's more where that came from.
Initech
(100,102 posts)HassleCat
(6,409 posts)Slavery was not nice for black people! That's an improvement from Gone With the Wind.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)packman
(16,296 posts)I know those white slave holders suffered watching the blacks picking that cotton, working in the fields, catering to their every needs. As the ice melted in their mint juleps, oh, the suffering.
struggle4progress
(118,338 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,087 posts)Unfortunately, with all of the crap they are saying it is hard to tell what is real and what is made-up. To maintain our own integrity, we need to make sure we are not inadvertently spreading fake news.
As you can tell from the comments below that people believe that is what Priebus ACTUALLY said, rather than satire of this reprehensible actual comment: "Everyone suffered in the Holocaust, including the Jewish people."
cloudythescribbler
(2,586 posts)this is how the segue was made from one to the other -- and picked up as if more than an analogy, on this FB thread, which MUST be corrected now
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/reince-priebus-holocaust-remembrance-day-statement-no-mention-of-jews-because-everyone-suffered
moondust
(20,006 posts)C'mon, let's be fair.
Lynch mob lives matter!