While I normally can't stand cable news networks, I'm hooked during election season. This morning, unfortunately, that resulted in me seeing a painful interview on MSNBC's Live with Tamron Hall between host Tamron Hall and pastor and Donald Trump supporter, Darrell Scott. Here are a few of the highlights (or lowlights depending on how you look at it):
- "Inciting (violence)? No, because you don't see Donald Trump supporters fighting each other."
- Denied 78-year-old Trump supporter (John McGraw), who sucker-punched an African-American protester as he was walking out of a Trump rally, (before later un-denying it), was actually a Trump supporter, adding, "If he had punched a white man, we wouldn't have had the controversy."
- Compared the Trump rally (a white man punching a black man) to a Katt Williams show where a black man stomped on another black man
- "If I hear that, I don't throw a tomato. Why would you throw a tomato anyway?" (in response to Trump's quote about, "If you see someone throw a tomato, just knock the crap out of them.")
- "Why won't Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tell their supporters not to disrupt these Trump rallies?" (paraphrase)
- Hall: "How are the protesters inciting violence?"
Scott: "People are holding up Bernie Sanders signs."
- Hall: "What about your Constitutional right to protest?"
Scott: "What about your Constitutional right to free assembly and free speech?"
- "There's an undercurrent of African-Americans that are going to vote for Trump. They're just not gonna tell anybody."
The entire interview can be viewed at this link:
http://www.msnbc.com/tamron-hall/watch/pastor-scott-defends-trump-after-rally-violence-644888131789
Like I said, painful, wasn't it? The saying goes, "He might have a few screws loose." Darrell Scott makes it sound as though his brain is composed of nothing but loose screws. His proof of Donald Trump not inciting violence at his rallies is that his supporters aren't going at one another during the events? Seriously? Right, because Klansmen are known for beating one another up at KKK rallies and Nazis are known for going at one another at Nazi rallies... Also, while it's quite possible the sucker-punch story may not have garnered quite as much media attention if both the perpetrator and victim were white. However, Pastor Scott is quite naive to think it wouldn't generate any media attention. Leaving race to the side, a Donald Trump supporter sucker-punched a non-aggressive protester. Yes, that's a story. The Donald Trump-Katt Williams comparison is ridiculous as well. One man is a comedian and the other man is running for the highest office in the land. That's not even an apples-to-oranges comparison. That's more along the lines of an apple-to-skyscraper comparison. Scott was accurate in saying Trump has the right to freely speak in this country, yet protesters do as well, and it's ridiculous to suggest that Bernie Sanders signs are inciting violence. Lastly, okay, fine, both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders can tell their supporters to not be disruptive at Donald Trump rallies, but that's not guaranteed to work, and the question remains, "Why are such protests and violent incidents present at Donald Trump rallies, but at no other candidate's rallies?" It's because of Donald Trump's angry, racially-charged rhetoric and policy ideas. The man has openly supported: Banning Muslims, deporting immigrants, building a wall along the Mexican border, torture, committing war crimes, physically harming detractors at his rallies, etc. If that's not inciting violence, I don't know what is... Oh, that's, as Pastor Darrell Scott would say, "Holding up Bernie Sanders signs." Congratulations, Mr. Scott! You get my Douche of the Day Award! Please take good care of it! I'm sure you will!
- "Inciting (violence)? No, because you don't see Donald Trump supporters fighting each other."
- Denied 78-year-old Trump supporter (John McGraw), who sucker-punched an African-American protester as he was walking out of a Trump rally, (before later un-denying it), was actually a Trump supporter, adding, "If he had punched a white man, we wouldn't have had the controversy."
- Compared the Trump rally (a white man punching a black man) to a Katt Williams show where a black man stomped on another black man
- "If I hear that, I don't throw a tomato. Why would you throw a tomato anyway?" (in response to Trump's quote about, "If you see someone throw a tomato, just knock the crap out of them.")
- "Why won't Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tell their supporters not to disrupt these Trump rallies?" (paraphrase)
- Hall: "How are the protesters inciting violence?"
Scott: "People are holding up Bernie Sanders signs."
- Hall: "What about your Constitutional right to protest?"
Scott: "What about your Constitutional right to free assembly and free speech?"
- "There's an undercurrent of African-Americans that are going to vote for Trump. They're just not gonna tell anybody."
The entire interview can be viewed at this link:
http://www.msnbc.com/tamron-hall/watch/pastor-scott-defends-trump-after-rally-violence-644888131789
Like I said, painful, wasn't it? The saying goes, "He might have a few screws loose." Darrell Scott makes it sound as though his brain is composed of nothing but loose screws. His proof of Donald Trump not inciting violence at his rallies is that his supporters aren't going at one another during the events? Seriously? Right, because Klansmen are known for beating one another up at KKK rallies and Nazis are known for going at one another at Nazi rallies... Also, while it's quite possible the sucker-punch story may not have garnered quite as much media attention if both the perpetrator and victim were white. However, Pastor Scott is quite naive to think it wouldn't generate any media attention. Leaving race to the side, a Donald Trump supporter sucker-punched a non-aggressive protester. Yes, that's a story. The Donald Trump-Katt Williams comparison is ridiculous as well. One man is a comedian and the other man is running for the highest office in the land. That's not even an apples-to-oranges comparison. That's more along the lines of an apple-to-skyscraper comparison. Scott was accurate in saying Trump has the right to freely speak in this country, yet protesters do as well, and it's ridiculous to suggest that Bernie Sanders signs are inciting violence. Lastly, okay, fine, both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders can tell their supporters to not be disruptive at Donald Trump rallies, but that's not guaranteed to work, and the question remains, "Why are such protests and violent incidents present at Donald Trump rallies, but at no other candidate's rallies?" It's because of Donald Trump's angry, racially-charged rhetoric and policy ideas. The man has openly supported: Banning Muslims, deporting immigrants, building a wall along the Mexican border, torture, committing war crimes, physically harming detractors at his rallies, etc. If that's not inciting violence, I don't know what is... Oh, that's, as Pastor Darrell Scott would say, "Holding up Bernie Sanders signs." Congratulations, Mr. Scott! You get my Douche of the Day Award! Please take good care of it! I'm sure you will!
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