We have an honest-to-God racist in the White House. Let's keep our eyes on the prize.
Joe Biden is not my first choice, but we are really hitting the short strokes with the things being thrown at him lately.
We can have the discussion about whether Biden's anecdote perpetuates stereotypes, but that was not his *intention*, and the story is true besides. Biden's story is not prejudiced because he's not pre-judging anyone.
Donald Trump is loud and proud in denigrating black and Hispanic communities, and that's where the focus should lie. If we're going to give Republicans talking points for the general election, can we at least make it about things that matter?
Joe Biden comes from an older generation in which black Americans had to fight to even be recognized as human beings. Could they use the same bathrooms or use the same swimming pools? And that is the lens through which he views racial issues. Yes, civil rights issues have evolved into much more complex areas, and therefore his worldview may not be woke enough in an era that has to deal with more nuanced issues of policing tactics and drug policy, but pound for pound, Joe Biden is one of the good guys.
He says he decided to get into the race after the Charlottesville incident. He is decent to his core, and the opposite character of the openly racist buffoon currently occupying the Oval Office.
I'm not sure who I'll be voting for in the primary, but every time some bullshit story comes Biden's way, it only makes me like him more and more.