Thread by @timjacobwise

1/ Just a reminder that the folks who refuse to call Donald Trump a racist, thought Barack Obama was one. Why? Here's a short list: 1) Because of a small tax on tanning bed visits (bc "only white people" use these)...

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2/ ...and bc he criticized the unjustified arrest of Henry Louis Gates in his own home even tho Gates committed no crime. Right wingers said this proved he was trying to "destroy a white officer," and "hated white people" (Glenn Beck)

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3/ ...and bc he deliberately tried to tank the economy as a way to pay white people back for slavery...(Limbaugh)

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4/ ...and bc merely nominating a woman of color like Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court proved that he "thinks white men are the problem" in America (O'Reilly)

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5/ ...and bc the DOJ was looking at bringing federal charges against the officer who killed Oscar Grant...merely considering that, "proved" that we'd gone back to the 50s, but with whites the victims this time (Beck)

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6/ And of course bc he made a heartfelt comment about the death of Trayvon Martin intended to convey empathy for grieving parents and note how black males are so often seen as trouble by others (as in that case) and followed/stopped. But to the right it was proof of racism...

7/ So these things made Obama a racist to conservatives, but ya know, Trump is "the least racist person" without a "racist bone in his body," who just occasionally is too hyperbolic. Get outta here with that bullshit...