Haiti is not a Shithole, Except it is

Trump voters who complain that liberals think they’re all a bunch of deplorable racists should maybe reflect on why the White House staff think Trump calling African countries "shitholes" will “resonate” with them.

— Julian Sanchez (@normative) 11 January 2018

The Republican position, as I understand it, is that Trump didn’t say Africa was a shithole whose people are all undesirables but it’s true that African is a shithole whose people are all undesirables and if he *did* say it that’s good because his base likes racist tirades.

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) 14 January 2018

The anniversary of the devastating earthquake 8 years ago is a day to remember the tragedy, honor the resilient people of Haiti, & affirm America’s commitment to helping our neighbors. Instead, we‘re subjected to Trump’s ignorant, racist views of anyone who doesn’t look like him.

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) 12 January 2018

Ezra Klein Tweeted a link to, Trump’s “shithole countries” comment exposes the core of Trumpism

The sheer racism of the comments would be shocking coming from any other president. The heartbreaking, and terrifying, thing is that it’s not the least bit surprising coming from Donald Trump.

AOL quotes congressman John Lewis,

"I think the words and his actions tend to speak like one who knows something about being a racist. It must be in his DNA, in his makeup."

and Senator Dick Durhbin called Trump's remarks,

things which were hate-filled, vile and racist

The Guardian,

In a strongly-worded statement, the UN said it was impossible to describe his remarks as anything other than racist

and,

The 55-nation African Union said the remarks were “clearly racist”.

Vice News,

Trump’s “shithole” comments were the most openly racist by a president in decades, historians say

The article goes on to quote 2 historians, but makes it seem like historians have some kind of consensus. Moreover, the article mentions how Trump made some "vague denial" of racism Friday Morning, when the president actually said, "I'm the least racist person." I've never heard a more overt and explicit denial of racism, but it never stops these people from using the word "openly."

So here we are again. Trump says an anti-politically correct thing, and the media whips themselves into a frenzy about it. Now more than ever you should read, You're Still Crying Wolf.

I found one article in the Washington Post that pointed out that U.S. towns get called shitholes too, and it's not racist.

thanks to media coverage of President Trump’s alleged use of the word, they will from now on be aware that being called a “shithole” place to live is a racist insult, which will be a little confusing to the overwhelmingly white population. No matter, because Trump’s haters never lack the ingenuity necessary to define his every utterance as a racist rant.

 I have no problems with the article whatsoever. It's moderate and thoughtful, and it's not like the Washington Post is conservative. But oh my god how the guy gets skewered in the comments section.

I do believe if I look up "sycophant" in a dictionary I'll find your picture.

are you truly a racist moron, or do you just play one to get your views published?

You are a clueless fool.

All these were taken from only the last hour of comments.

And I wonder, is this strategy? Is lambasting anyone who calls a not racist comment for what it is helpful to the Democrats? Because it seems to me like it's only making enemies out of would-be could-be should-be Democratic voters.

The way I see it, a whole bunch of people who would love to vote for another Barack Obama are put-off by this kind of slander. They're afraid to say anything because they don't want to get shouted at and called names like the Washington Post writer above. But they silently go to the voting booth and vote for Trump, or some third party, or don't vote at all, because they don't want to be associated with the angry hatefilled liberals.

Now, could we define shithole?

Because the way it's normally used it means it's poor and dirty. That seems like an accurate description of Haiti. It certainly isn't very presidential for him to say that, but Trump has been riding the anti-politically correct train since the election. It's what he does. I'm confident there are a bazillion people out there quietly thinking to themselves, "well, Haiti is a shithole."

That's why Trump's comments resonates so well with his base. Not because it's racist, because it's anti-PC. Trump is just a regular American guy callin' it what it is, not doing all this liberal ninny tip-toeing around issues. And they can call it racist, but they call everything racist. What was the last conservative presidential candidate that they didn't call racist? Still. Crying. Wolf.

Anderson Cooper of CNN refuses to acknowledge that it's a shithole, but then goes on to describe how much strength and courage you have to have to live in that... wonderful haven?

It very much seems like the left are so obsessed with taking on the diametric opposite views from Trump, that they spin Trump's contradictions into their own. Haiti is a shithole, that's why it takes such courage and strength to live there. The more of a shithole it is the greater the humanitarian imperative to allow immigration from there.