I am trying. Really. I am waiting for a late-model Trump quote to make it to the top. Surprisingly, he has not qualified for consideration since I began this weekly tribute to public stupidity about 3 weeks ago. Oh, he has uttered some good ones in the past, and this week the one about being the chosen one almost made the grade.
But he was aced out by the competition again. CNN's Angela Rye led the pack early with a really, really stupid quote, one which I thought would surely win this week. In a televised conversation with Republican strategist Patrick Griffin, she demonstrated just how many boxes of Fruit Loops she has consumed with these words of ignorant racism:
“You can talk over me all you want to but the bottom line is the greatest terrorist threat in this country is white men, white men who think like you. That is the greatest terrorist threat in this country.”
Psst: Hey Angela, I'm not sure what aberrant mental condition you have, but I'd guess it's hard to spell. Get help, please. Using your bully-pulpit to incite and inflame the racial divide by indicting white men as terrorists (sans evidence) explains why the biggest chant at Trump rallies is CNN Sucks, CNN Sucks.
Perhaps white men think people that are members of the fake news media who spew shit like this are the greatest terrorist threat in the country. And I suspect they already know real terrorists come in all sizes, shapes and colors. Just take a random clinical sampling of them if you're in doubt and consider what class the majority fall into. Here's a hint, Angela: Wonder-Bread whites are in the minority on the list.
But (to my surprise) even that was outdone by this gem reported by Fox News :
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, from now on a convicted felon or an offender released from custody will be known as a “formerly incarcerated person,” or a “justice-involved” person or just a “returning resident.”
A juvenile “delinquent” will now be called a “young person with justice system involvement,” or a “young person impacted by the juvenile justice system.
”Drug addicts or substance abusers will become “a person with a history of substance use.”
“We don’t want people to be forever labeled for the worst things that they have done,” Supervisor Matt Haney told the newspaper. “We want them ultimately to become contributing citizens, and referring to them as felons is like a scarlet letter that they can never get away from.”
The new language is non-binding, with the district attorney endorsing the measure. (As if it could ever be binding... if I remember correctly, Amendment One is still in place.)
I'm not sure if Matt Haney is related to the famous "Mr. Haney" who starred on the TV show Green Acres years ago. But I suspect that he found a green plant somewhere and burned it slowly while inhaling before coming out with those words. They simply deny reality.
Mr. Haney, there's a reason society marks these people with these terms: So that we, residents who never left in the first place may know them as such and prepare ourselves in case they plan on moving away again suddenly.
There is another possibility: Getting back to Green Acres, perhaps one of Mrs. Douglas's hotscakes hit you in the head a long time ago.
It's the only explanation that makes sense to me after reading those words. And to Ms. Rye, who lost out in this weeks competition, I'm sure you will qualify for the top prize someday.
Keep trying, Angela. I'm sure you can win; just pray nobody says anything more stupid than you for a whole week and then come up with some more ignorant and divisive words.
And you think Trump's words incite violence. Shame on you, CNN. You really do suck.
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