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fishonjazz said:
Those are two of the things that I took issue with a little bit as well. Again, I like the fact that I didn't think it was perfect. He was being genuine sincere and honest. Usually when you are genuine sincere and honest you aren't going to try to appease to everyone and be perfect and not offend anyone. I don't like that he used the N word. I would prefer if that word went extinct but he said what he said in a context that he felt was the right thing to say at that time.
I don't hold these things against him even if they rub me a bit wrong
I mean that was one of the best speeches I ever heard and brought to tears. I was moved. I would vote for him.

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I found his use of the n word enhanced how powerful his message was. Personally.
 
Ostertag>Duncan said:
No it's not and you know it. ANTIFA is behind most of the violence and fires and you know it, but you go and try to find something to pin it on the WHITE SUPREMACIST TRUMPERS!!! I'm not surprised in the least coming from the board scum sucking sycophant. All you spread is hate and derision is this community because you somehow think its the right thing to do in your deluded pea head. Quit spreading your hateful ******** you weasel.
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K.

 
All those fat, balding, middle-aged white supremacists have disguised themselves as young 20s kids with long hair, skateboards, and skinny jeans and looking exactly like everything and everyone happening in Portland for the past 4 years. It’s an impressive feat, but when you’re backed by the Russians it makes all the sense in the world.
 
fishonjazz said:
I just want to bump this again.
The first time I watched it I literally had tears coming down my cheeks. I'm a emotional baby who cries watching sad movies or tv shows though so it's not that surprising (I get it from my mom.)

Today I showed this video to my wife. She never cries during movies and is much stronger than me emotionally. I had tears in my eyes again(of course) but noticed in my peripheral vision that my wife was wiping her face with hand and I looked at her and to my surprise she had tears running down her face too.

The speech wasn't perfect. He said some things I didn't like. But it wasn't about his words as much as HOW he said them. His tone of sincerity, vulnerability, and honestly shines through. I love that he said multiple times that he doesn't have the answers. That he is mad as hell. That he doesn't want to be there etc.

Just such a great speech. The fact that it wasn't perfect and he wasn't reading from something, it all came from the heart, was wonderful.

I would love to see more of the leading politicians speak in this manner. Even if I don't like what they are saying, at least I can respect their words anyway if they are being sincere and honest and trying their best to be understanding and compassionate. Be vulnerable. Admit that you don't have the answers and that you make mistakes. Be human for God's sake.

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I’ve watched this a lot. I got emotional reading your post about watching it. I am also a huge baby, obviously.

I suppose on a somewhat related note: my family has a weekly Zoom call. My family is traditionally conservative (although sensible) Mormon and lives in Syracuse, all factors that I think are relevant. One of my sisters expressed her shock at the scale of racism in America and wanted to have a discussion about it. The long story short is that we had a conversation about privilege and recognizing unconscious bias that I never thought we’d have and I cried so much telling them how proud I am to have them for my family. It was an unreasonable amount of crying and now I feel like a crazy person because I probably am.
 
NUMBERICA said:
I don’t think he’s saying they’re Russians. And I don’t think anyone is saying that all the property damage or fires are from this, just that it’s a thing. I believe this type of thing is happening and it would behoove all of us to research the Boogaloo movement.
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The links between between the white power movement in America and ethnonationalists from Europe is pretty well documented. That's not to say they're "behind it" or anything, just that those relationships exist.
 
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