@shurns said:
@blaznwiipspman1 said:
Looks to me like a bunch of uncle Tom's selling themselves out to make some money. Hopefully nobody with common sense falls for this crap. Joe Biden may not be better than trump in a lot of things, but he's still 100 times better than the common republican like george/jeb/mitt/mitch etc. The majority on the right have fallen hard to tribalism on some very important generational defining things like global warming and vaccinations. They are dangerous, and I'm not saying it lightly either, I mean it. The right has turned into a massive national security threat. If it were a few people with such dangerous beliefs, the feds would have made them dissappear a while ago. But it's the majority of the right that has these similar thoughts, that nothing can be done. Whatever the case, the left and independents need to stick together until the right has some change in some of their extremist beliefs.
As an African American male, I take offense to this. That's a very racist thing for you to say, because you disagree with someone. Very pathetic. You ought to be ashamed of yourself.
im also black, but anyone can say anything on the internet and get away with it. People are very sensitive these days, but the fact is that Uncle Tom is a word thats very commonly known in black communities. Its named after the character of a very famous book by harriot beecher, Uncle Toms cabin. Actually, uncle tom is the most hated fictional character to date in the black community. Here is a quora answer about whether or not uncle tom is a racist thing to say. I really like the last bit calling out Candace Owens, David Clark and Clarence Thomas as long time uncle toms. https://www.quora.com/Is-Uncle-Tom-a-racial-slur
“Is “Uncle Tom” a racial slur?
Not at all. Uncle Tom is an indicator of whether or not a black person sides with whites, unnecessarily, and in the face of logic. I play golf with a guy who is black, and grew up in B-More city. He hates Obama, and loves trump. What makes him a Tom, is when he engages Radom whites, and talks shit about blacks. (He does it any chance he gets.)
Tom is seen as a compliment when used by whites. A republican politician once mused that ‘we need more Uncle Tom blacks to vote for us.’
When Tom is used by black folk, we mean it the same way Jewish folks mean “not self respecting”. As in, ‘no self respecting Jew would drive a Ford.’
Some confuse acting white with being a Tom. They’re different. Some blacks grew up in environs where they take the speech patterns of whites. Doesn’t mean they hate being black. Some examples, Candace Owens, Clarence Thomas, and David Clarke are Toms. Michael Steele, and Will Heard are not.
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