Lindsey Graham thinks racism is a punch line. The truth about the senator's segregation "joke"

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US Senate candidate, SC
The enduring pain caused by segregation isn't a laughing matter. Sen. Graham ought to know that by now.

Lindsey Graham thinks racism is a punch line
The truth about the senator's segregation "joke"
theweek.com

https://theweek.com/articles/943847/lindsey-graham-thinks-racism-punch-line

Those who can joke about the days of Jim Crow are every expletive that immediately comes to mind.

Senator Lindsey Graham was widely criticized on Wednesday for referring to the "good old days of segregation" at the Supreme Court confirmation hearing of Judge Amy Coney Barrett. When approached by reporters, however, Graham insisted that the comment was "dripping in sarcasm."

"It was with deep sarcasm that I suggested that some legislative body would want to yearn for the good old days of segregationism," Graham explained. "The point that I'm trying to make, there's nobody in America in the legislative arena wanting to take us back to that dark period in American history and for my opponent to suggest that says far more about him than me."

The sanctimony continued.

"I want to make sure that everybody in my state moves forward," Graham said while emphasizing that almost a third of his constituents are Black. "And in terms of that statement, it blows my mind that any rational person could believe that about me." Lindsey Graham not only feels it's okay to "sarcastically" reference segregation and the Jim Crow era, but that it's irrational for anyone to take offense to such trivializing.

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[ampm]

1. It's all showing

It's been out in plain sight for most Americans but to finally watch them showing their fear is new. We have been genocided, imprisoned, humiliated by redlining, and everything else they could throw at the people but yet were still standing and moving forward one step at a time that's their fear that the 99% are waking up. It's all of us no color just people wanting to have a peaceful life and our children to have a real chance in the future

[UpInArms]

2. The "I was joking" or "I was being sarcastic" excuse is rotten

When no one else is laughing, it is not a joke and sarcasm is a weak person’s refuge ...

It is only for those on the inside of the “joke” ... a jab at humanity