Current Events > Serious question: What did Obama do to supposedly make racial tensions worse?

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Zero_Destroyer
10/11/17 5:11:42 PM
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I really don't think he had much to do with it.

His presidency came just as social media exploded and online political movements started to boom. The 24 hour news cycle got increasingly worse during this period and began to involve aforementioned social media.

The widening access of opinion simply made public things people had been thinking for years but didn't get a ton of exposure for. Merge this with modern "pls give me a news story I don't care what it is" media that lacks journalistic integrity and you get a sharp political divide that's more public than ever.

Any race-involved statements made by any president will cause a shitstorm now because some insane opinion will become widely known due to social media/news media and a substanceless debate will spark around it leaving everybody bitter and angry.

obama was pretty spineless and a pretty incompetent president overall but I don't think it's a coincidence that political opinions and the venom surrounding them progressively went off the rails the more facebook/twitter got popular
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E32005
10/11/17 5:13:38 PM
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MikeArmstrong
10/11/17 5:13:45 PM
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You already know tho
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Blightzkrieg
10/11/17 5:14:05 PM
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He was black.
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metralo
10/11/17 5:14:26 PM
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just be black and exist

thats literally it. to racist whites, black people were out of sight, out of mind. couldn't be that way with Obama.
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eston
10/11/17 5:14:29 PM
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lilORANG
10/11/17 5:15:03 PM
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He existed, which made some white people extra triggered and double down on dumb racist shit
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Bishop9800
10/11/17 5:15:06 PM
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eston posted...
He had the audacity to be Presidenting while black

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Xelltrix
10/11/17 5:19:58 PM
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Be a black guy and comment in favor of Trayvon over Zimmerman. But really, just being black was enough.
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BLAKUboy
10/11/17 5:20:31 PM
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Bishop9800 posted...
eston posted...
He had the audacity to be Presidenting while black

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WalkingLobsters
10/11/17 5:20:39 PM
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trayvon martin is my son
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UncleBourbon33
10/11/17 5:21:03 PM
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Didn't take long for the race card pulling to start

Obama is only half-black btw
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emblem boy
10/11/17 5:21:04 PM
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He talked about racial issues and him being black encouraged journalists and media in general to talk about it.
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Bishop9800
10/11/17 5:22:11 PM
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WalkingLobsters posted...
trayvon martin is my son


He didn't say that. He said he could have been my son. And so what? Why are people getting mad at that?
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MikeArmstrong
10/11/17 5:22:16 PM
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UncleBourbon33 posted...
Didn't take long for the race card pulling to start

Obama is only half-black btw

Exhibit A
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Freddie_Mercury
10/11/17 5:22:52 PM
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he was a black guy talking about racial issues and that made "I don't see color" types uncomfortable
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Xelltrix
10/11/17 5:23:19 PM
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UncleBourbon33 posted...
Didn't take long for the race card pulling to start

Obama is only half-black btw


Yup, and half is enough for him to be considered black. Can't erase history.
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UncleBourbon33
10/11/17 5:23:26 PM
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MikeArmstrong posted...
UncleBourbon33 posted...
Didn't take long for the race card pulling to start

Obama is only half-black btw

Exhibit A

Exhibit A of what?

"Lolz you just hate Obama cuz you're racist"
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darkjedilink
10/11/17 5:23:36 PM
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The beer summit, caused by his own stupid comments.

Applied political pressure to Florida sending an innocent Latino to trial for an imaginary murder because the victim happened to be black.

Supported the 'hands up don't shoot' lie.

Financed BLM.

Blamed cops for BLM supporters killing cops. Twice.

After record flooding in Louisiana, visited the family of a black man who was also a child rapist who was shot by police in self-defense, ignoring people who lost everything.
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Bishop9800
10/11/17 5:24:07 PM
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UncleBourbon33 posted...
Obama is only half-black btw


And? Your point?
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metralo
10/11/17 5:24:33 PM
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UncleBourbon33 posted...

Obama is only half-black btw


shut the fuck up
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Darmik
10/11/17 5:29:02 PM
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Spooking posted...
Obama gave clout into the thought that there is a problem with police in America. Spoiler: there isn't. When you attack a cop like Mike Brown did, you may end up getting shot. Obama took the side of 'the suspect NEVER did anything wrong AT ALL". In reality, the suspect did do something, and paid the ultimate price for it.


What's your opinion on Kalief Browder?
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DoctorVader
10/11/17 5:29:29 PM
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Him being Black (yes, I know he's half Black) pissed a lot of people off across the country.

It was quiet till, as you said, social media started giving everybody a voice. So people came out and spoke and people countered.

The current climate is essentially people coming out of their bubbles and being shocked not everyone shares the same views. We were pretty isolated as people prior to the internet and social media. People stuck in their community bubbles.
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CableZL
10/11/17 5:29:37 PM
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Spooking posted...
Obama gave clout into the thought that there is a problem with police in America. Spoiler: there isn't. When you attack a cop like Mike Brown did, you may end up getting shot. Obama took the side of 'the suspect NEVER did anything wrong AT ALL". In reality, the suspect did do something, and paid the ultimate price for it.


Can you explain why Charles Kinsey was shot?
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Bishop9800
10/11/17 5:30:30 PM
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darkjedilink posted...
Supported the 'hands up don't shoot' lie.

Financed BLM.

Blamed cops for BLM supporters killing cops. Twice.

After record flooding in Louisiana, visited the family of a black man who was also a child rapist who was shot by police in self-defense, ignoring people who lost everything.


How did he "financed" BLM?

When did he blame cops for BLM killings?

And what child rapist did he defend?
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metralo
10/11/17 5:30:35 PM
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Spooking posted...
Obama gave clout into the thought that there is a problem with police in America. Spoiler: there isn't.


shut the fuck up
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KStateKing17
10/11/17 5:31:28 PM
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Barack HUSSEIN Obama
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marc55
10/11/17 5:33:29 PM
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UncleBourbon33 posted...
MikeArmstrong posted...
UncleBourbon33 posted...
Didn't take long for the race card pulling to start

Obama is only half-black btw

Exhibit A

Exhibit A of what?

"Lolz you just hate Obama cuz you're racist"


you complained about the race card

at the same time you talked about his race
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voldothegr8
10/11/17 5:35:52 PM
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When he took sides on the Martin case. It was all downhill from there.
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Bishop9800
10/11/17 5:37:33 PM
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voldothegr8 posted...
When he took sides on the Martin case. It was all downhill from there.


So just because he said that Martin could have been his son, he choose sides? Really?
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Awesome
10/11/17 5:41:07 PM
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it all started with the white cop and black professor and he said he thought what the cops did was stupid, then he invited both of them to have some beers at the white house. thats what started it all and how the president shouldnt be making comments on cases like that without knowing the whole story.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Louis_Gates_arrest_controversy
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Glass_Phantom
10/11/17 5:41:52 PM
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eston posted...
He had the audacity to be Presidenting while black
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Axiom
10/11/17 5:42:17 PM
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Glass_Phantom posted...
eston posted...
He had the audacity to be Presidenting while black
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Malcrasternus
10/11/17 5:42:55 PM
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Bishop9800 posted...

So just because he said that Martin could have been his son, he choose sides? Really?


He was the president. Of course people would pick apart everything he says.

That's what people do to presidents. It's happening to this very day.
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apocalyptic_4
10/11/17 5:43:56 PM
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People actually believed he didn't like white people...
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Akagami_Shanks
10/11/17 5:45:59 PM
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For being darker

thats about it. It triggered tons of people to have a black president
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Samurontai
10/11/17 5:46:39 PM
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Bishop9800
10/11/17 5:50:48 PM
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Spooking posted...
Bishop9800 posted...


So just because he said that Martin could have been his son, he choose sides? Really?

I think it's because Obama assumed Martin was innocent -- when in reality he wasn't. He never brought up that Martin ended up making it home, but returned to attack Zimmerman due to pride. Thus, Zimmerman ending up having to shoot Martin to defend himself from a potentially life threatening injury (from the likes of Martin).


There's alot of things I could say about that, but that's for another topic. I find it hypocritical of people who want to point out stuff Obama did/say, but turn a blind eye when Trump does it also.
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ThePrinceFish
10/11/17 5:50:48 PM
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Bishop9800 posted...
voldothegr8 posted...
When he took sides on the Martin case. It was all downhill from there.


So just because he said that Martin could have been his son, he choose sides? Really?

In other situations, Obama rightfully said "I'm not going to comment on that, there is an ongoing investigation" but during the Zimmerman fiasco it was "Trayvon Martin.. could have been my son."
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hockeybub89
10/11/17 5:50:56 PM
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He said Trayvon could have been his son. Meanwhile, Trump is easing social tensions in this country by attacking anyone he can find, priority on people who he feels personally insult him.
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50Blessings
10/11/17 5:51:59 PM
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hockeybub89 posted...
He said Trayvon could have been his son. Meanwhile, Trump is easing social tensions in this country by attacking anyone he can find, priority on people who he feels personally insult him.


"but Trump"
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Kineth
10/11/17 6:00:22 PM
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Be black and in charge of them.
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hockeybub89
10/11/17 6:00:55 PM
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50Blessings posted...
hockeybub89 posted...
He said Trayvon could have been his son. Meanwhile, Trump is easing social tensions in this country by attacking anyone he can find, priority on people who he feels personally insult him.


"but Trump"

Yup.
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Samurontai
10/11/17 6:03:33 PM
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50Blessings posted...
hockeybub89 posted...
He said Trayvon could have been his son. Meanwhile, Trump is easing social tensions in this country by attacking anyone he can find, priority on people who he feels personally insult him.


"but Trump"


Well he's currently the POTUS, so yes

"But Trump" is a perfectly valid argument to make
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Philoktetes
10/11/17 6:04:10 PM
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race wasnt an issue in the 90s
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Heineken14
10/11/17 6:04:15 PM
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Spooking posted...
Obama gave clout into the thought that there is a problem with police in America. Spoiler: there isn't. When you attack a cop like Mike Brown did, you may end up getting shot. Obama took the side of 'the suspect NEVER did anything wrong AT ALL". In reality, the suspect did do something, and paid the ultimate price for it.


This right here. No, not because it's right. It's the exact opposite of that really. It's just an example of right wing nutcases so devoid of reality that they make up this Silent Hill fantasy version of reality and apply those rules to what normal people consider reality.
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MC_BatCommander
10/11/17 6:05:09 PM
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He was black and didn't magically solve all problems.
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