Joy Reid made some #Islamophobic comments on Monday's show. She said that Trump uses violent language like leaders in the Islamic world. While it's true that some leaders use that kind of language, it is an ugly, intolerant generalization.
Joy Reid deflected criticism, on...1/6
Joy Reid deflected criticism, on...1/6
her morning show, saying that it's only a morning show, she's not a real journalist. Since she's not a real journalist, by her own admission, she has no business hosting an evening show. I am calling on #MSNBC to fire Reid, who is a propagandist.
And I'd like to address... 2/6
And I'd like to address... 2/6
the idea that Muslims teach their children violence, because I've heard it an awful lot. And I think people let it slide when they hear it. In the United States, children start watching super hero shows and shows with fighting around 8 years old or so. By 10 or 12, most... 3/6
American children are playing "shooter" video games like Destiny or Call Of Duty.
#CallofDuty is a war simulator, without the screaming mothers, dead children or dismembered land mine survivors. We militarize our children from a pretty young age. We have police officers...4/6
#CallofDuty is a war simulator, without the screaming mothers, dead children or dismembered land mine survivors. We militarize our children from a pretty young age. We have police officers...4/6
in our middle schools. We have army and navy recruiters coming to high schools, making promises without mentioning the horrors of actual combat.
So maybe when we repeat sweeping generalizations about an entire people, we should first take a look in the mirror and make... 5/6
So maybe when we repeat sweeping generalizations about an entire people, we should first take a look in the mirror and make... 5/6
sure that we don't do the same exact things that we accuse others of doing. In Call of Duty, by the way, kids may be asked to kill Germans, Muslims, Russians. There was even one that mirrored a very real attack on Venezuela. 6/6
