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Why Are Conservatives So Angry Biden Denounced White Supremacy?

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The themes and rhetoric of President Biden’s Inaugural Address — in a departure from his predecessor’s odd decision to channel comic-book villain dialogue but a continuation of the choices used by normal presidents — were a dollop of vanilla ice cream. Biden praised the American spirit, called for unity, reminded his audience of our common history of overcoming challenges, promised to represent all Americans, and so on.

Whether or not one found this inspiring is a matter of personal taste. What’s interesting is that certain quarters of the right found the speech actually objectionable. The portion of the speech that rankled was Biden’s renunciation of racism and violent white-supremacist terrorism.

“If you read his speech and listen to it carefully, much of it is thinly veiled innuendo calling us white supremacists, calling us racists,” protested Rand Paul on Fox News. “It’s an odd way to seek national unity: Call a significant portion of the American public white supremacists, racists, and nativists,” complained Manhattan Institute scholar Heather MacDonald. Tucker Carlson devoted an entire segment to angrily denouncing Biden for opposing white supremacy, which he interpreted, not unreasonably, as a veiled criticism of himself and his most fervent supporters.

None of these right-wingers self-identify as racist or white supremacist. And at no point did Biden say, or even imply, that all — or even most — Trump supporters are racist. Why, then, do they object to a fairly rote denunciation of ideas they claim to abhor themselves?

To understand why it rankled them, you should start with Biden’s reasons for including an attack on white supremacy in the first place. From Biden’s standpoint, he needed to do this in order to contextualize his call for “unity.” Historically, unity has been used as a device to encourage white Americans to come together while ignoring racism. The basis for the post-Reconstruction healing of the regional and partisan split was that white northern Republicans withdrew their protection for freed slaves and allowed white Southerners to violently repress and disenfranchise black people. That sub rosa agreement became the foundation for the century-long period of depolarized politics that ran from the end of Reconstruction through the civil-rights era, which triggered its demise.

Black Americans have particular cause for suspicion of “unity” as a transcendent value. (Biden himself has inadvertently articulated their reasons for questioning the old, bipartisan era when he touted his history of making deals with segregationists.) Biden’s explicit renunciation of racism and white-supremacist terror was a way of clarifying that his idea of unity would exclude, rather than include, racism.

Then, of course, there was the recent insurrection by a mob that, if not white supremacist in toto, was led by a militant white-supremacist vanguard. Biden is attempting to define a (small-d) democratic order that excludes a violent authoritarian faction that refuses to accept political equality for fellow citizens.

And that is what makes Biden’s statement an implicit rebuke to Trump and his fans. One of the most significant realignments of the Trump era was an extension of the Republican coalition to the more distant edges of the far right. As early as 2015, observers like Evan Osnos recognized that Trump had activated Nazis and Nazi-like white supremacists. (Ron Paul, Rand’s father and formative influence, was a precursor in bringing these fringe groups into his coalition.) Trump’s presidency inspired extremists, and brought into existence new ones, like the Proud Boys and QAnon.

Biden is implicitly demanding Republicans renounce those fringe groups. That’s what makes his speech so offensive to Trump enthusiasts. Carlson, indeed, all but admits that his refusal to denounce right-wing extremists is the hangup. In his segment on Biden’s speech, he said:

Other channels fill their air with attacks on the Proud Boys, whoever they are, or QAnon enthusiasts or gun owners in central Pennsylvania who fix air conditioning for a living and tend to vote the wrong way. They go after those people, and you can see why…. Attacking those people isn’t hard. None of them have real power.

Whether or not they have “real power,” they did overpower the security at the U.S. Capitol, occupy the Congress, get a lot of people injured or killed, and scare the entire country. If they were totally powerless, Trump and Carlson would be happy to renounce the far right. They won’t, because they value its small but energetic contribution to their audience and movement.

Carlson, MacDonald and Paul heard Biden denounce white supremacy, and decided he was talking about them. That’s a choice they made, and it says more about them than it does about Biden.

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"Why Are Conservatives So Angry Biden Denounced White Supremacy?"

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Well I myself am a Democrat and I voted for Joe Biden and so obviously, I am not at all angry with Joe Biden denouncing it.

Having said that, I myself do not like people that are Racists.

I don't like them, I don't respect them, and I am never going to like or respect them.

I don't associate myself at all with people that are Racists.

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Re: Why Are Conservatives So Angry Biden Denounced White Supremacy?

I wonder why…

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It came off as though he implied Trump supporters are white supremacists. I listened to the speech. He did not call them that. But it’s become some commonplace for liberals to call anyone they disagree with “racist,” which is a childish thing to do to people who are not racists, it felt like a jab at trump supports.

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Insurrection is childish. It all balances out.

Re: Why Are Conservatives So Angry Biden Denounced White Supremacy?

He did not call for insurrection.

Cheerio.

Re: Why Are Conservatives So Angry Biden Denounced White Supremacy?

The Capitol rioters say they acted on Trumps orders.

Trump instructed his followers to go to the Capitol and "fight like hell" or they would "no longer have a country". Trump did not try to stop them once they entered the building and he refused to send help to stop the violence.

This is all on Trump.

Re: Why Are Conservatives So Angry Biden Denounced White Supremacy?

He literally said to go there “peacefully.” Your argument makes no sense.

Cheerio.

Re: Why Are Conservatives So Angry Biden Denounced White Supremacy?

Trump was still speaking some distance from the Capitol when people started going into the Capitol. Most Trump supporters aren’t racist.

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Harder, Jim.

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Because they're racists.

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Re: Why Are Conservatives So Angry Biden Denounced White Supremacy?

Biden: Racism is bad
Conservatives: wow he called me bad

They tell on themselves.

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¿Could it be that Biden now appears to be the Supreme White? Not only that, he has acted that way throughout his political life. Hypocrisy may be okay for Leftists, but it doesn't sit at all well with the Right.

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Conservatives are racists.

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You don't say

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Conservatives = Racists

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Racists = Conservatives

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Re: Why Are Conservatives So Angry Biden Denounced White Supremacy?

"You can't go to an mini mart without an Indian accent."

"He (Obama) looks clean."

And there are many more racist comments that piece of shit Biden has said that you dimwit hypocrites don't care about.

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Morons = liberals

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Fuck off! You racist piece of shit.

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You lost that bet.

Just like your side lost WWII.

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If you're referring to the Nazis, most of them were imported here to the states to develop the space program we have now.

Handsome Latino

Re: Why Are Conservatives So Angry Biden Denounced White Supremacy?

Trump denounced it too.

The difference is that Biden is a liar.

Handsome Latino

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No, he didn't.

You're a liar.

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"Trump denounced it too."

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Donald Trump was asked to denounce it during that mess of a First Presidential Debate between him and Joe Biden back in 2020 and he said (to 'The Proud Boys") to "Stand Back and Stand By".

"Stand Back and Stand By" is not 'denouncing'.
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