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Even more mind-numbingly senseless Jebberish from the Miami New Times:
Photo by the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia / Flickr Creative Commons
September 23, 2015
Jeb Bush has lived most of his adult life in Miami, a multicultural city if there ever was one and home to more immigrants than any other city in the world.
Jeb Bush is married to a Mexican woman he met in Mexico and has three children he has previously described as "bicultural."
Jeb Bush is fluent in Spanish and once tried to register himself as a Hispanic voter.
Jeb Bush has a guacamole bowl for sale on his website.
Just the day before, Jeb Bush was in Houston speaking to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and praised Immigrants' influence in our country.
What the hell is Jeb Bush even talking about?
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But does Jeb Bush even know what multiculturalism even means?
Here's the definition from the International Federation of Library Associations:
"Multiculturalism" is the co-existence of diverse cultures, where culture includes racial, religious, or cultural groups and is manifested in customary behaviours, cultural assumptions and values, patterns of thinking, and communicative styles.
A man who regularly speaks Spanish, sells guac bowls, and sips Cuban coffee with late-night hosts is by definition exhibiting multicultural behavior.
I believe what Jeb Bush is trying to say is that we should not have a "segregated" society, but then maybe that wouldn't play too well with Republican voters in Iowa. Who knows?
And this is the guy who The Establishment is going all in on, to shoehorn into the nomination.
Coming from Floridians who witnessed Jeb Bush's role in the orchestrated Election Theft of 2000, take that to the bank.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)marmar
(76,985 posts)..... they don't believe he has enough street cred to be a real racist xenophobe.
world wide wally
(21,719 posts)Right wing than every other Republican. This isn't just the current candidates either. It even permeates the fucking trailer parks!
Baitball Blogger
(46,576 posts)We all know the kind of people to whom he is addressing these statements.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)That's what Jeb is talking about: a society in which the lower class apes the mannerisms of the white aristocracy who exclude them.
It's never happened, and never will.
seafan
(9,387 posts)This epic next-Bush failure is a spectacle to behold.
At least he's not in the WH yet, and we are in a position to head him off at the pass.
pampango
(24,692 posts)as you are saying it.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)There is so much multiplicity of culture in Miami, white folks is an abstract concept. What a hoot!