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In response to "I don't see how calling out racists for racisting is unpresidential." by ty97

She didn't call out racists. She called out half of the 40-45% of the voting public supporting him.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Sep 10 '16, 10:35

Her comments a week or two back were far better. There is a visceral reaction among many people to being called racist because many of them don't consider themselves to be so. It is a needless insult, especially as there are going to be millions of people thinking "Wait, is she calling me racist because I am tough on illegal immigration? Screw her!"

Their support of Trump which was very likely is now guaranteed. Never assign numbers. When it comes to this topic, be ironclad specific. David Duke, the Star of David issue. "Segments of his support".

Broad brushes smear everyone.

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So, she was off by about 50%? - the wrong element, bad guy Sep 10, 13:43
She did call out the racists, and she did it very cleverly by giving people who take exception to being lumped in with racists an out. -- (edited) - znufrii, dad. Sep 10, 10:54 2
- I worry a little that the intended audience won't read that far. -- nm - Roger More Sep 10, 10:58 1
  - sure, but that's not the point Will is trying to make. -- (edited) - znufrii, dad. Sep 10, 11:01
I'm not a supporter of either (though I'll vote for Hillary), but I honestly can't fathom why anyone would actually *support* Trump. - JaxSean Sep 10, 10:42 4
- Dude, stop demonizing Americans! -- nm - con_carne Sep 10, 11:03
- every single person I know in my personal life that is voting for Trump, is racist. -- nm - Jovian Sep 10, 10:52 2
  - The cunfuzzling one I know is my daughter's friend's dad. - JaxSean Sep 10, 10:57
  - *with a handful of exceptions -- nm - Jovian Sep 10, 10:53
so she won't be getting votes she was never going to get. oh well -- nm - shaolin fantastic Sep 10, 10:38 9
- You just solidified them voting. Those are lost votes. - Will Hunting Sep 10, 10:41 8
  - She was never going to get these votes. -- nm - Diva Sep 10, 10:47 2
    - She didn't need to get them. She just reinforced him getting them. - Will Hunting Sep 10, 10:49 1
      - It's never a bad thing when people tell racists that they're racist because racism is bad. - Diva Sep 10, 10:54
  - I honestly think this is why she didn't do any press conferences for so long. - JaxSean Sep 10, 10:45 1
    - Unless this was secretly recorded like Mitt's speech, she absolutely intended for this comment to go public -- nm - shaolin fantastic Sep 10, 10:48
  - They were already lost no matter what she said -- nm - shaolin fantastic Sep 10, 10:44 2
    - But solidifying their odds of voting is a valid worry -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 10:47 1
      - I've seen a black man elected twice. I'm cautious, but I'm not afraid of these people. - Diva Sep 10, 10:52
their Trump support was always guarenteed -- nm - Jovian Sep 10, 10:37 2
- If I call you a racist, are you more or less likely to want to beat me? - Will Hunting Sep 10, 10:44 1
  - I think those people are coming out to vote no matter what is said about them. They're already motivated. - Roger More Sep 10, 10:51

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She didn't call out racists. She called out half of the 40-45% of the voting public supporting him.

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