How in the hell is anybody actually defending what Bill said to those BLM activists?!? [View all]

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I want to cover just a few lines that Bill said to the people of the United States of America today...

“I don’t know how you would characterize the gang leaders who got 13-year-old kids hopped up on crack and sent them out into the street to murder other African American children. Maybe you thought they were good citizens—she didn’t.”

In that line, Bill Clinton pulled some politician jiu jitsu. That tactic is to twist the message of your opponent. Bill saw BLM activists as opponents and twisted their message to infer that they were supportive of gang leaders that murdered AA children. What in the actual FUCK. And no, that's not a misinterpretation. BLM stands to make us all aware of the large prejudices that still permeate throughout our nation, especially in terms of crime and law enforcement. Do they not? They stand for equal representation of black people.

When you hear that comment coming from Bill Clinton's mouth, do you think he's truthfully describing what BLM is standing for? Do you really?

“You are defending the people who killed the lives you say matter. Tell the truth.”

Again, here he is, telling BLM that ACTUALLY, they defend murderers. And they should totally fess up. Again, I'm not misinterpreting here either. He's literally telling them what they actually mean. Would you defend Bill's commentary here? Would you really?

“The reason they know it’s true is [the protestors] won’t hush. When somebody won’t hush and listen to you, that ain’t democracy. They’re afraid of the truth. Don’t you be afraid of the truth.”

This is some schoolyard bullying tactic right here. "They won't shut up, so I'm right." Really? That's a false equivalency there, Bill. Wanna fold your arms and go "NUH UH" while you're at it?

Then this comment, "When somebody won't hush and listen to you, that ain't democracy." So... It's only democracy when the people shut up and listen to you Bill? Because it goes both ways, maybe you should be the one that hushes and start the listening. Remember when Bernie was protested by BLM in Seattle? He tried to have a dialogue, realized he wasn't allowed to speak, handed over his mic, and LISTENED. Bill? Points the finger at BLM, twists their message, shouts them down, gets them escorted out.

Yep, Clintons are real champions of the people.

How can anyone defend this bullshit? And don't come in here and tell me a simple one liner like, "You don't get it" and forget to explain it to me, because seriously, I would LOVE to know what I'm missing here. This is crazy. I hate the idea of the possibility of our next president being a duo of people who literally get in the face of protestors and lecture them. That is just wrong.

EDIT: REMOVED THE "AFRICA" COMMENT because 2 hours later, somebody finally explained the context below and how it related to Hillary's work against AIDS in Africa. It took 2 fucking hours to get a real response to that one, just want everyone to notice that.