Do you agree that there would be no Trump without Obama, and why, in a way, it's good for us?

[LAS14]

Scroll down to the video entitled "Lest We Forget."

"The Big Lie worked for Trump because it had been sown in the fertile soil of slavery and segregation, and he knew that after eight years of a black president, white supremacy was ripe for harvesting. I talked about the Birther Lie with four noted historians in this video, which we posted on Jan. 20 — the day Trump was inaugurated as Barack Obama’s successor."

http://www.alternet.org/media/all-donald-trumps-lies?akid=15802.39325.rb_W74&rd=1&src=newsletter1078991&t=14

[SFnomad]

1. I find "blaming the black guy" for tRump to be abhorent

Because of 8 years of President Bill Clinton, we got Failure-in-Chief Bush.

After 8 years of ANY Democratic President, the perpetually outraged right wingnuts of the RepubliCON Party are going to be going on full tilt and motivated to get their (old white) guy in office. Trying to blame it on the black guy being black is just lazy and underestimates them.

[LAS14]

2. Did you watch the video? There's no "blaming the black guy" implied at all. nt

[SFnomad]

3. The first line of your post ...

"The Big Lie worked for Trump because it had been sown in the fertile soil of slavery and segregation, and he knew that after eight years of a black president, white supremacy was ripe for harvesting."

That sounds like blaming the black guy for being black to me.

On Edit: And no, I haven't watched the video ... I can't right now, will do it later.

[LAS14]

4. I'll be interested in what you think after you've seen it.

[Lil Missy]

5. more a product of right wing propaganda such as fox snooze and their ilk that stoke the fire

[LAS14]

6. It's important to watch the very insightful video. nt