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What's some really unpopular opinion you have?
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No, the person's intent matters entirely. It's the same issue with comedians making jokes. Some get a pass and some don't. It's all about knowing the person's actual feelings, intent, and historical actions. Dave Chapelle and Kevin Hart received significant pushback from their statements on Trans and Gay people respectively because neither had shown to support either group prior to saying them. Hart, to his credit, has eventually learned why his statements were hurtful and has corrected his behavior (Side note the docuseries on Netflix? i think is pretty great. It covers part of this where he is extremely bullheaded about needing to apologize and how going on Ellen should have been enough, and members of his staff do show him why he's wrong. Overall the series is sort of tragic as his motives are at odds with his family and I came away feeling sad for him more than anything).
If Biden is racist, he's not showing it in any meaningful way today. Republicans don't get the benefit of doubt because their policies are already anti-black. You may want to judge everything separately, but that's not how it works. If someone does or says 9 racists things, it's safe to assume the 10th thing is racist too.
"the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean." -- Biden, referring to President Obama
"Poor kids are just as smart and talented as white kids!"
"It's awful hard, as well, to get Latinx vaccinated as well. Why? They're worried that they will be vaccinated and deported."
"Unlike the African American community, with notable exceptions, the Latino community is an incredibly diverse community with incredibly different attitudes about different things."
"That’s like saying you . . . before you got in this program, you’re take [sic] a test whether you’re taking cocaine or not. What do you think? Huh? Are you a junkie?" -- Biden asking a Black reporter if he's a cocaine junkie after the reporter asked if he had taken a cognitive test
"You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent."
These are all from this century. Don't tell me he isn't racist. Even Harris said that she was personally affected by his racist policies growing up. He also has a long history of working with and praising segregationists. The guy is a fraud who's senile.
I'm not saying that the Republicans are any better. Far from it. I'm saying that Biden gets away with it because he gets a D after his name.
I’m not going to reply to cherry picked quotes with no context. I’ve already said he’s not a great speaker, he’s 80 years old, and he’s changed from the past. His policies now are what I care about. Saying dumb things off the cuff isn’t the same as doing things actively to hurt blacks or minorities. If he was saying those things and actively harming those people he would be criticized all the same. Context matters.