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The Deplorables
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| 9/10/2016
| By Laz A. Mataz
Posted on 09/10/2016 8:12:44 AM PDT by Lazamataz
On September 9th, at a Democrat fundraiser in New York City, Hillary Clinton labeled half of Donald Trump's supporters as a "basket of deplorables" made up of "racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic" people. Many opinion and news commenters have called it Hillary's "47% Moment", likening her comments to Mitt Romney's comment that 47% of the population would never vote for him. They express distaste for her comments and reject her premises and conclusion.
I would like to take a different tack: I feel we should embrace her comments, and wear them with pride.
The German Kaiser Wilhem II called the British Expeditionary Force a "contemptible little army" that the Germans should "exterminate" and "walk over". Rather than being offended, the BEF instead embraced the insult, giving themselves the nickname "The Old Contemptibles". This is brilliance, and we should emulate it.
We should nickname ourselves "The Deplorables".
To answer, point by point, Hillary's specific charges:
- She accused us of being racists. Perhaps we are, since the liberal intelligensia has redefined the word "racist" to mean having any disagreement about them about absolutely any topic. Are we against the religion of Global Warming? Then we are racists. Do we want people to work instead of collect government benefits? Then we are racists. Are we pro-gun? Then we are racists. Are we advocates of Originalist interpretations of the Constitution? Then we are racists.
The term "racist" has been so overused, that it no longer means what it meant even ten years ago.
- She accused us of being sexists. What is a sexist, anymore? The liberals have created 57 flavors of gender: Agender, Androgyne, Androgynous, Bigender, Cis, Cisgender, Cis Female, Cis Male, Cis Man, Cis Woman, Cisgender Female, Cisgender Male, Cisgender Man, Cisgender Woman, Female to Male, FTM, Gender Fluid, Gender Nonconforming, Gender Questioning, Gender Variant, Genderqueer, Intersex, Male to Female, MTF, Neither, Neutrois Non-binary, Other, Pangender, Trans, Trans*, Trans Female, Trans* Female ,Trans Male, Trans* Male, Trans Man, Trans* Man, Trans Person ,Trans* Person, Trans Woman, Trans* Woman, Transfeminine, Transgender, Transgender Female, Transgender Male, Transgender Man, Transgender Person, Transgender Woman, Transmasculine, Transsexual, Transsexual Female, Transsexual Male, Transsexual Man, Transsexual Person, Transsexual Woman, and Two-Spirit. Which ones are we opposed to? Are we sexist when we don't want men in women's bathrooms or showers?
Liberals have so muddied the concept of gender, that 'sexist' no longer has meaning.
- She accused us of being xenophobic. Perhaps we are, if one defines xenophobia as an embrace of our country's identity and a desire to protect our borders. Globalists want to erase all national borders in order to establish a global government, better to control the masses with.
Those of us who are nationalist in our political leanings, are decried as 'xenophobes'. To my mind, it is a good quality to possess.
- She accused us of being Islamophobes. It is prudent to be "phobic" of a group of people who have expressly called for our deaths and who have routinely committed acts of terror against us, and who have worked to destroy Western civilization in any way they can.
Anyone with any common sense at all will naturally fear Islamics, who's radicals wish to kill us or bind us under Sharia law.
We are The Deplorables. Let us embrace the label, and wear it proudly!
WE ARE THE DEPLORABLES!
TOPICS: FReeper Editorial; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: basketofdeplorables; deplorable; deplorables; hillary2016
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To: gg188
OMG, I swear I had not seen your post before I said that.
You are most excellent.
;D
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posted on
09/10/2016 12:16:51 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(I ride by night, and I travel in fear, that in this darkness, I will disappear...)
To: Travis McGee
This is a combination of Mitt Romney’s two biggest gaffes:
It’s akin to the 47% Romney remark, AND it is so clumsy that it also is akin to the Romney “Binders full of women” comment.
She may have well lost the election on this one alone. Those who are Trump already will solidify, those that are Never Trump may bend upon hearing her arrogance, and those that are undecided/wavering may break Trump just out of rebellion to her view.
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posted on
09/10/2016 12:21:49 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(It is The Deplorables against The Deportables.)
To: ctdonath2
I pride myself on my brevity.
Imagine my surprise when you were even more succinct than I.
223
posted on
09/10/2016 12:25:51 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(It is The Deplorables against The Deportables.)
To: MamaDearest
You are the 347th Satisfied Customer!
224
posted on
09/10/2016 12:33:41 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(It is The Deplorables against The Deportables.)
To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
You are the 348th Satisfied Customer!
225
posted on
09/10/2016 12:34:12 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(It is The Deplorables against The Deportables.)
To: Eagles Field
You are the 349th Satisfied Customer!
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posted on
09/10/2016 12:35:01 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(It is The Deplorables against The Deportables.)
To: Lazamataz
Spot on, Laz. Out of the ballpark with this one.
227
posted on
09/10/2016 12:36:54 PM PDT
by
Jemian
(Deplorable me!)
To: Jemian
228
posted on
09/10/2016 12:37:13 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(It is The Deplorables against The Deportables.)
To: Lazamataz
I was thinking of getting some letters and writing
PHOBIC ABOARD~! on my car.
Maybe, Deplorable Phobic Aboard!
How about, Adorable Deplorable Aboard! ?/s
229
posted on
09/10/2016 12:38:33 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: tet68
Personally, I am emamoured with “It is The Deplorables versus The Deportables.”
230
posted on
09/10/2016 12:39:58 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(It is The Deplorables against The Deportables.)
To: georgiegirl
Want to see a new T-Shirt:
The Few
The Proud
The Deplorables
231
posted on
09/10/2016 12:40:45 PM PDT
by
AU72
To: AU72
Proud to be in the Basket of Bitter Clinging Deplorables!
232
posted on
09/10/2016 12:42:10 PM PDT
by
TexasTransplant
(I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy and I'm Deplorable too!)
To: Lazamataz
:-)
One nickname I’ve had is “noun-verb”.
(BTW: I’m amused by the ups-and-downs that picture & text is getting on the Imgur.com forum.)
233
posted on
09/10/2016 12:51:23 PM PDT
by
ctdonath2
("If anyone will not listen to your words, shake the dust from your feet and leave them." - Jesus)
To: Lazamataz; All
I’ve been a Deplorable to the leftists/statists for a long time, since being a Hispanic American teenager under Reagan.
hiLIARy can take her Alinsky charges of racism of Trump supporters and stick in her racist a**.
CGato
To: Dr.Deth
Brilliant, Doctor, brilliant. Most impressive to develop all in a few short minutes. I generally do one verse a day several times over a period of months.
235
posted on
09/10/2016 1:00:20 PM PDT
by
jimfree
(In November 2016 my 16 y/o granddaughter will have more quality exec experience than Barack Obama)
To: Lazamataz
#BasketOfDeplorables is the top “trending” on Twitter.
236
posted on
09/10/2016 1:04:12 PM PDT
by
ctdonath2
("If anyone will not listen to your words, shake the dust from your feet and leave them." - Jesus)
To: Lazamataz
Retitle warren zevon’s “Excitable Boy” to “Deploable Boy” and modify lyrics... A song where someone is being labeled as having extensive social behavioral problems...
237
posted on
09/10/2016 1:10:04 PM PDT
by
MIA_eccl1212
(10 rounds 10 meters 10 seconds 10 centimetres)
To: Lazamataz
T-Shirt already for sale on Amazon
To: Dr.Deth
Brilliant!
Though will be humming Gilbert & Sullivan all evening ...
239
posted on
09/10/2016 1:12:12 PM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
To: Lazamataz
Theme song:
“Oh we’re not gonna take it
No, we ain’t gonna take it
Oh we’re not gonna take it anymore
We’ve got the right to choose it
There ain’t no way we’ll lost it
This is our life, this is our song
We’ll fight the powers that be just
Don’t pick our destiny ‘cause
You don’t know us, you don’t belong
Oh we’re not gonna take it
No, we ain’t gonna take it
Oh we’re not gonna take it anymore
Oh you’re so condescending
Your gall is never ending
We don’t want nothin’, not a thing from you
Your life is trite and jaded
Boring and confiscated
If that’s your best, your best won’t do
Oh Oh
We’re right (yeah)
We’re free (yeah)
We’ll fight (yeah)
You’ll see (yeah)
Oh we’re not gonna take it
No, we ain’t gonna take it
Oh we’re not gonna take it anymore
Oh we’re not gonna take it
No, we
”
https://www.google.com/#q=lyrics+to+we%27re+not+going+to+take+it
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posted on
09/10/2016 1:15:12 PM PDT
by
HereInTheHeartland
(I don't want better government; I want much less of it.)
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