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Wed Jul 31, 2019, 06:05 PM Jul 2019

National Cathedral Says Trump's Rhetoric Is Dangerous

National Cathedral Says Trump’s Rhetoric Is Dangerous

July 31, 2019 at 11:09 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 88 Commen

https://politicalwire.com/2019/07/31/national-cathedral-says-trumps-rhetoric-is-dangerous/

"SNIP....

The Washington National Cathedral warned in a statement that President Trump’s words “give cover to white supremacists.”

Make no mistake about it, words matter. And, Mr. Trump’s words are dangerous.

These words are more than a “dog-whistle.” When such violent dehumanizing words come from the President of the United States, they are a clarion call, and give cover, to white supremacists who consider people of color a sub-human “infestation” in America. They serve as a call to action from those people to keep America great by ridding it of such infestation. Violent words lead to violent actions.

When does silence become complicity? What will it take for us all to say, with one voice, that we have had enough? The question is less about the president’s sense of decency, but of ours.

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National Cathedral Says Trump's Rhetoric Is Dangerous (Original Post) applegrove Jul 2019 OP
trump has no sense of decency ... CatMor Jul 2019 #1
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