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youssef5070

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1. Calling it what it is.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Wed Sep 24, 2025, 10:08 AM

Sep 24

James O'Brien nailed it. When someone repeatedly attacks an elected official not for their policies but for their identity — their race, religion, or heritage — it's not political disagreement. It's racism, plain and simple.

Trump has a long, documented history of this kind of rhetoric. The fact that it continues to be normalized or excused by the media — both in the UK and the US — is dangerous.

Sadiq Khan was elected three times by the people of London. That’s democracy. What Trump does is demagoguery.

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James O'Brien, of British radio, said it was simply "racism". [View all] kentuck Sep 24 OP

Calling it what it is. youssef5070 Sep 24 #1

Welcome Youssef! kentuck Sep 24 #2