Ron DeSantis accused of making racist slur about Andrew Gillum

I would have waited for some real obvious racism to happen.
Even if the los Santos rant is same as Trumpeizdas thinking you cannot proove it.
Hey monkey business, a barrel of monkies, monkey wrench, monkey bread, monkeying around , monkey suit, The Monkeys is not racist in and of itself.

 

Also, apparently the word "dog" is racist now too-because lefties say so.

It makes lefties think of black people apparently.

 

Not only is that insanely humorous but it hits the point home so hard. That essentially used to be the political argument. You could see it as a '6' or a '9', depending on which way you looked at it and it wasn't exactly "wrong" per say to declare it either way.(In fact, more factually you could say it's both). That used to be our politics.

Now they're ignoring the 'six'(the issues) and just going with the personal attacks. Independents aren't buying that goose though.

 

or..y'know...black people?

I mean, c'mon, the level of obtuseness on display in this thread on this is staggering. If you make a statement about or towards a black person, and reference monkeys/apes, a LOT of people are going to think your being racist. Whether you are or aren't is immaterial at this point. It's racist to make the connotation. If you did so unintentionally, then A) your dumb, and B) you should just apologize and move on.

Unless you did it on purpose. Then chances are good you won't really respond either way because you'll let the useful idiots defend you and the individuals you were dog whistling to heard it loud and clear. Either way, mission accomplished.

 

Help me out here. Are you, like @Steve N, in that you do not believe a statement that references a black person as a monkey to be a racist statement?

 

Oh sweet Jesus tap dancing Christ liberals please PLEASE keep this up. Every time you guys play this stupid game it just makes you look absolutely foolish and further drives moderate voters away from you. Please continue to make bullshit things like this your sole focus.

 

I thought the same thing. I never had it but they say it's good.

 

I already said that Imdid not see that comment a prima facia racist.
Yet I will no sooner try to claim that I know what the liberals were thinking than I would say what de Santos was thinking when he uncorked the monkey comment.

 

Where did he reference a black person as a monkey?

 

They have retreated to attacking the PERSON because they can't refute the statement.

 

Apparently, This applies to elections as well:



Gillum is going to lose Florida because he is a terrible candidate and will try anything, up to and including cheating, to win this election. He already has a huge legal problem and has ethics violations relating to his disclosure of information and debts.

 

And it's sad. People think we need a two party system to be healthy, well if that's the case one party is grossly out of touch with American needs and issues. Democrats are having their whig moment right now.

 

Well, you've gone a big distance in 10 minutes from 'what are the odds he gets 15% of the vote' to 'he has no chance of winning this seat'... One is a bit ridiculous, one is at least debatable, although I predict neither candidate will win by more than 2.5%... It's a battleground state...

2014

Nominee Rick Scott Charlie Crist
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 2,865,343 2,801,198
Percentage 48.1% 47.1%

 

Sure.

Now you just have to show where anyone was called a monkey, which didn't happen.

 

Do you have any actual idea how absolutely stupid and insane this “logic” is?

 

yes-and the word RACIST!!! is the new HERETIC!!!

 

Geezus, what next, is someone going to joke about crossing over to the dark side, and lefties will howl that they must be racists talking about the 'hood?

 

It's just if I were a Democrat(and I still have some left leanings, I think we can reform social security/medicaid, no need to throw it out plus throwing it out would cause a HUGE financial depression.) I wouldn't vote for someone like Gillum. Especially if I want to resist Trump.

It'd be so easy for Trump to say "Look at this political opposition against me, but they support someone who's also under investigation. SAD!"

 

Beat your racism drum. It's worked so well for the left.

monkey around
1
v do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
Synonyms:
mess around, monkey, muck about, muck around, potter, putter, tinker
Types:
puddle
mess around, as in a liquid or paste
Type of:
work
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

 

Sorry, I think he was trying to be polite by not saying not to **** up electing Gillum. As for the supposed lynching comment, your link is obviously biased. No doubt if I was running for office there and said "Boy, it sure is hot here" they'd be jumping up and down screaming "Racist!!! He's a RACIST!!! DID YOU SEE WHAT HE SAID??? HE'S A RACIST!"

Frankly, the race card was well worn well before Obama becoming President. Now being called a racist is as meaningless as being called a Nazi or a fascist from overuse.

 

Oh snap

 

Just need to hear from the forums lefties-are these phrases racist?



9 monkey phrases and their meanings
Monkeys have it tough in the English language. Generally speaking, being called a monkey (or invoking one) does not bode well. While silliness is certainly the most common connotation, association with a monkey can also mean foolishness, aggravation, environmental terrorism, and cold. Here are nine examples of monkey language:

cold enough to freeze the balls (nose, tail, etc.) off a brass monkey
No one has been able to trace the full history of this bizarre phrase. Several theories have been floated over the years, most notably the idea that monkey actually refers to the brass rack (called a monkey) that would have been used to stack cannon balls on a ship. In extreme cold, the brass would contractand thus force the cannon balls out of the rack. However, this story has not been confirmed – and does little to explain why other simian body parts have also been dropping off.

monkey house
Even though it sounds sort of harmless, no one should want to end up in the monkey house. While the term initially referred to the building in a zoo that houses the monkeys, by the early 20th century it was referring to buildings housing humans as well. Although monkey house has been used as a satirical term for political institutions, such as Parliament, the term has also been used as slang for psychiatric hospitals and prisons.

monkey business
Broadly speaking, monkey business refers to fooling around or any sort of mischievous behavior, ranging from bribery in politics to kissing. Related to monkey business is the verb monkey, which means to “behave in a silly or playful way” or “to tamper with.”

monkey wrench
The exact reasons why this adjustable wrench ended up being called a monkey wrench are still disputed. That said, any straightforward sense of utility is thrown slightly askew by the wrench’s appearance in the phrase to throw a monkey wrench in the works. Referring to the creation of an obstruction or hindrance, this phrase and its variants inject some monkey business into the tool’s place in language.

One person who played off of this phrase is Edward Abbey, an American author and essayist, whose 1975 novel The Monkey Wrench Gang follows a group of radical environmentalists as they protest land development in the American West. Going by the moniker “The Monkey Wrench Gang,” this group deploys sabotages as a method of taking a political stand, and ultimately gives us the verb to monkeywrench, which means to “sabotage (something), especially as a form of protest.”

monkey see, monkey do
This phrase refers to an example of basic imitation, in which the imitator learns by copying and does not actually understand the reason or process.

more fun than a barrel of monkeys
While this sounds more like a nightmare – I’m thinking of that scene in the movie Jumanji – people have been referring to enjoyable activities as “more fun than a [insert container of choice] of monkeys” since at least the early 19th century. Whether a cage, box, bag, barrel, or wagonload, monkeys (contained monkeys, anyway) have been the purveyors of joy for quite some time. The Oxford English Dictionary(OED) notes the relationship to the phrase barrel of laughs.

Well, I’ll be a monkey’s uncle!
Used to express surprise or disbelief — especially to intensify a previous statement, this phrase dates to 1925, the year of the Scopes Monkey trial, a landmark court case in Tennessee over the legality of teaching evolution in a state-funded school. The phrase is usually regarded as a sarcastic response to Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, which was beginning to see wider public acceptance in the first part of the 20th century.

monkey’s wedding
This lovely South African phrase refers to the weather phenomenon of simultaneous rain and sunshine. Several other languages have similar terms also involving animal marriage.

a monkey on one’s back
Although this phrase started off specifically as an allusion to a drug problem – monkey referring to the addiction or the symptoms of withdrawal — it eventually came to refer to any problem or issue that was a burden to someone.
https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2014/12/16/monkey-business-and-other-phrases/

 

anyone who thinks that was a racist dig at Gillum are exactly what Democrats are looking for.

 

Thread over, the end.