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Trump Supporter's Racist Rant Goes Viral

By Jeralyn, Section Colorado News
Posted on Mon Nov 07, 2016 at 11:43:11 AM EST
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This racist rant by a Trump supporter in Memphis at a young black man who cut him off in traffic is just astonishing. It's also going viral. It had 2 million views in 12 hours. FB took it down but other copies are out there.

Update: Trevor Noah of the Daily Show picks up on and spreads the video on Twitter.

The man has been identified and his address published on Twitter. The local news station posted a photo of his house, without the address or neighborhood. His license plate was viewable in the video, not too hard to do.

The Justice Department will be monitoring votes in 28 states. One of the places to be monitored: Shelby County (Memphis) TN (no link for CBS due to autoplay video.)

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    Trump Supporter's Racist Rant Goes Viral | 22 comments (22 topical)

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    Can't watch the video at work ... (5.00 / 1) (#2)
    by Yman on Mon Nov 07, 2016 at 12:58:06 PM EST
    ... but in addition to the racist rant,  there's this:

    When an unseen woman in the Trump supporter's car starts to interject herself in the argument, the man turns back to the car and says, "Let me handle this, be a woman," before slamming the door.

    There are far too many neanderthal like this idiot.


    I Am Shocked (none / 0) (#1)
    by RickyJim on Mon Nov 07, 2016 at 12:16:39 PM EST
    that you posted this Jeralyn.  Is your point the dangers of social media or how deplorable some Trump supporters are?

    how deplorable some (5.00 / 2) (#23)
    by Jeralyn on Mon Nov 07, 2016 at 10:27:50 PM EST
    Trump supporters are. He attracts these types like a magnet. He may or may not share their views, I have no idea, but he emboldens them, does nothing to discourage them and people need to know that.  Trump is a name-caller, he calls people liars and crooks and the media has let him get away with it and published his every comment. People like this horrible guy in the video think they can do the same, and substitute their own personal targets of hate. This should be on every news site in America, as a wake up call for those contemplating not voting for Hillary.

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    clearly he's a maroon. that said, if something (none / 0) (#3)
    by cpinva on Mon Nov 07, 2016 at 01:09:42 PM EST
    should happen to him, because some nitwit put his address out on twitter, that person will bear some of the guilt. just because those people are idiots, doesn't mean everyone else has to be also.

    Welcome to America. (none / 0) (#4)
    by Chuck0 on Mon Nov 07, 2016 at 02:03:54 PM EST
    And anyone who thinks this guy is some kind of outlier, you are sadly mistaken. There are millions of these guys (and some gals) roaming America. Being a old white guy (former biker type), I hear this cr*pola all the time. Because these people assume I think it's okay or assume I agree with their sentiments. On the other hand, best thing I saw on Reddit yesterday, picture of older white gentleman helping a young black man on a subway platform get his tie done correctly (the young man on his way to his first day of at a new job).
     

    Blessed Are The Peacemakers.. (none / 0) (#5)
    by jondee on Mon Nov 07, 2016 at 02:14:16 PM EST
    isn't that what southern conservatives are supposed to believe?

    Y'all tell me.

    All I could think while watching that was how many confrontations like that tragically escalate, and how full some prisons are with guys like that -- with too much testosterone, and not enough brains, heart, and soul..

    actually no. (none / 0) (#9)
    by Ga6thDem on Mon Nov 07, 2016 at 02:59:45 PM EST
    That's Catholics and some others. Conservatives believe that they are engaged in spiritual warfare.

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    Beatitudes and the Sermon (none / 0) (#20)
    by MKS on Mon Nov 07, 2016 at 07:14:14 PM EST
    on the Mount--southern conservatives have a hard time with those words of Jesus.

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    Indeed it does (none / 0) (#7)
    by Yman on Mon Nov 07, 2016 at 02:22:12 PM EST
    Like the guys who post racist pictures of Obama as an African tribal member with a bone in his nose.  Call them all out for their embarrassing behavior.

    Leave it to you to dig up a (none / 0) (#8)
    by jondee on Mon Nov 07, 2016 at 02:25:11 PM EST
    "They do it too" link.

    I know you've got a veritable archive of them.

    And uh, I notice you not only don't condemn all the nuts; you actually think one is qualified to be President of the United States.

    Qualified to grab the country right by the p*ssy, as it were..

    Leave it to you to worry (none / 0) (#10)
    by jimakaPPJ on Mon Nov 07, 2016 at 03:45:27 PM EST
    that people struck back at all the nasty pics of Bush by giving back what they had received.

    If you can't take the heat then you shouldn't be in the kitchen.

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    So, you haven't told us yet.. (none / 0) (#11)
    by jondee on Mon Nov 07, 2016 at 03:54:01 PM EST
    was the kid still worked up when he got to your house, or had he settled down by then?

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    Those people are responsible ... (none / 0) (#16)
    by Yman on Mon Nov 07, 2016 at 06:52:27 PM EST
    ... for what they posted.  It's no excuse for the r@cist garbage you posted.  YOU are responsible for that.

    Funny how you can't even try to justify it.

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    "Strike back?" (none / 0) (#19)
    by MKS on Mon Nov 07, 2016 at 07:04:56 PM EST
    So you posted a photo of Obama with a bone through his nose just to get even?

    Like I said, scratch the surface and out comes the racist venom.e

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    Jims comment and offensive link (none / 0) (#24)
    by Jeralyn on Mon Nov 07, 2016 at 10:30:22 PM EST
    were deleted. His link had nothing to do with Donald Trump or Hillary.

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    Not my nephew, thank god (none / 0) (#12)
    by ruffian on Mon Nov 07, 2016 at 04:39:00 PM EST
    Honestly I did worry about it before I saw the picture of the dude.

    What does this mean? (none / 0) (#14)
    by jondee on Mon Nov 07, 2016 at 05:39:40 PM EST
    "..only a damn fool would start trouble when the odds are over 6 to 1 against him"

    What sort of trouble are you referring to? Like your brother-in-arms in the video? Or some more generalized uprising?

    that comment was deleted (none / 0) (#22)
    by Jeralyn on Mon Nov 07, 2016 at 10:21:25 PM EST
    for bigoted characterizations of African American politicians. Jim, one more like that and you're gone.

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    Yes - you'really just "questioning" (none / 0) (#15)
    by Yman on Mon Nov 07, 2016 at 06:49:50 PM EST
    You realize that if you actually wanted answers to your "questions", a 10 second Google search would yield the answer as to why the DOJ needs to monitor certain elections ... and it had nothing to do with your fantasies about "Demo" politicians.

    Looks like a Tennesse Trump (none / 0) (#17)
    by MKS on Mon Nov 07, 2016 at 07:01:38 PM EST
    supporter to me.

    Amazing, how quickly all the racism just spills out....Just scratch the surface.

    Sounds like you (none / 0) (#18)
    by MKS on Mon Nov 07, 2016 at 07:02:35 PM EST
    are agreeing with the guy in the video.

    He was driven to it (none / 0) (#21)
    by jondee on Mon Nov 07, 2016 at 07:23:28 PM EST
    because Memphis has been in the Democratic column since the seventies.

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