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What's some really unpopular opinion you have?
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this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2023
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"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.