But that has little to do with his treason, his massive corruption, and his lies about everything.
The race stuff is the core of his continuous campaigning and this week does double duty as a distraction from his PERJURY, his obstruction of justice, and Treason.
I think this is called deflection, with a dab of projection, since Republicans invoke the race card accusation whenever they are caught saying and doing racists things.
How DARE you call me a bank robber when you see me running out of a bank in a mask, waving a gun, and holding a bag of money! How DARE you! I was merely making an alternative withdrawal! I demand an apology, and officer, remove those cuffs! You’re being prejudiced by all those fake witnesses in the bank who point at me and say I stole that money. I was merely borrowing it using a lack of a signature loan! I would have maybe given it back, someday, perhaps.
Is it “playing the race card” to call out a racist statement or action? If so, your phrase “playing the race card” is designed to make sure that no racist action or statement is ever called out.
A foolish cartoon. Could have been written during the Civil Rights era. To paraphrase Einstein: The definition of insanity is using the same trope over and over again, but expecting different results.
Remember a key element to any con is the distraction and Trump may be clueless about many things but he knows how to run a con. We need to bring the focus back to his actions and inaction on things that matter.
Calling out racists has nothing to do with card playing, but Gorrell knows that. He just wants to protect and defend racists and racism. A few decades ago he would have been wearing a brown shirt.
For the uninitiated, here are the some of the main features of the racial narrative Fox and other conservative outlets weave:
•Actual racial discrimination against African Americans and other minorities is largely a thing of the past.
•The most common victims of racial discrimination today are white people, who are regularly elbowed aside by minorities given government benefits they don’t deserve.
•Liberals constantly accuse conservatives of being racist with zero justification, an accusation that can be impossible to refute.
•When minorities criticize government policy, it shows they are unpatriotic and “ungrateful.”
•People of color are held back by their own pathologies.
•Democrats are The Real Racists, which is proven by the fact that their party was pro-slavery during the Civil War and many 20th-century segregationists were Democrats.
I wish I could have a conversation with a Jewish person who lived in German in the early 30’s.
I want to know what that was like, at what point were people too scared to speak up. did they speak up in the early 30’s At what point was the overt racism of the government accepted as normal by most of the population?
No. Nobody is “playing a card.” It’s not a game. Trump’s OBVIOUS racism HURTS people. REAL people. Stop pretending we’re just playing a game. While children are in cages.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member almost 5 years ago
That card is valid when the PouTUS is a racist.
Daeder almost 5 years ago
Hey Bob, do you mind if I put this cartoon in my garden? I have a feeling it would make all my plants grow really well!
RAGs almost 5 years ago
Of course, “Go back to where you came from!” is not playing the race card.
braindead Premium Member almost 5 years ago
YOUR GUY, Gorrell … IS a racist.
But that has little to do with his treason, his massive corruption, and his lies about everything.
The race stuff is the core of his continuous campaigning and this week does double duty as a distraction from his PERJURY, his obstruction of justice, and Treason.
Patjade almost 5 years ago
I think this is called deflection, with a dab of projection, since Republicans invoke the race card accusation whenever they are caught saying and doing racists things.
How DARE you call me a bank robber when you see me running out of a bank in a mask, waving a gun, and holding a bag of money! How DARE you! I was merely making an alternative withdrawal! I demand an apology, and officer, remove those cuffs! You’re being prejudiced by all those fake witnesses in the bank who point at me and say I stole that money. I was merely borrowing it using a lack of a signature loan! I would have maybe given it back, someday, perhaps.
Ontman almost 5 years ago
Trump keeps shi*ing it out and Gorrell and company just keep rolling in it.
Zebrastripes almost 5 years ago
I can think of many congressional members who can use this card….
cdward almost 5 years ago
Is it “playing the race card” to call out a racist statement or action? If so, your phrase “playing the race card” is designed to make sure that no racist action or statement is ever called out.
GradingGorrell almost 5 years ago
The president is racist! argument over. Are you still going to vote for Trump in 2020? yeah? then you’re okay with the racism.
Gorrell gets out of drawing again…
not the first time you’ve used the “get out for jail free” card monopoly reference
https://www.gocomics.com/bobgorrell/2011/05/25
https://www.gocomics.com/bobgorrell/2016/02/24
Librarylady almost 5 years ago
A foolish cartoon.
Librarylady almost 5 years ago
A foolish cartoon. Could have been written during the Civil Rights era. To paraphrase Einstein: The definition of insanity is using the same trope over and over again, but expecting different results.
wirepunchr almost 5 years ago
To paraphrase the redneck jokes, If you have to tell people you aren’t a racist, you’re a racist.
Alberta Oil Premium Member almost 5 years ago
trump knows which buttons to push to get the folk riled up.. and he (the trump) knows pitting groups against each other takes the focus off him.
mikemck almost 5 years ago
Remember a key element to any con is the distraction and Trump may be clueless about many things but he knows how to run a con. We need to bring the focus back to his actions and inaction on things that matter.
lopaka almost 5 years ago
And who is carrying the racist card?
Stephen Runnels Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Gorrell is one of those who believe calling out racists and racism is wrong.
Radish the wordsmith almost 5 years ago
The racist Republicans are the ones making accusations.
Aliquid almost 5 years ago
Here is a really clever way of stopping this from happening.
Don’t say or do racist things. Then maybe people will stop “playing the race card”.
DrDon1 almost 5 years ago
As expected, another toon from ‘Tucker Gorrell!’
gcottay almost 5 years ago
Calling out racists has nothing to do with card playing, but Gorrell knows that. He just wants to protect and defend racists and racism. A few decades ago he would have been wearing a brown shirt.
martens almost 5 years ago
Where Trump’s racist rants come from
For the uninitiated, here are the some of the main features of the racial narrative Fox and other conservative outlets weave:
•Actual racial discrimination against African Americans and other minorities is largely a thing of the past.
•The most common victims of racial discrimination today are white people, who are regularly elbowed aside by minorities given government benefits they don’t deserve.
•Liberals constantly accuse conservatives of being racist with zero justification, an accusation that can be impossible to refute.
•When minorities criticize government policy, it shows they are unpatriotic and “ungrateful.”
•People of color are held back by their own pathologies.
•Democrats are The Real Racists, which is proven by the fact that their party was pro-slavery during the Civil War and many 20th-century segregationists were Democrats.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/30/where-trumps-racist-rants-come/
Retired engineer almost 5 years ago
There should be an elephant on that card. “You’re a racist for calling me out on my racism”.
gammaguy almost 5 years ago
You showed it clearly, Bob:
Paint a Democratic symbol on any lie, and you expect you can get away with passing it off as truth.
anansi9 almost 5 years ago
Sounds like you got the wrong image on the card. It seems to me that the racists being called racist call out those who would call them racist racist.
DeepState almost 5 years ago
I hope you have a large deck of them. With Steven Miller and Rump unsupervised, you’ll need them.
jhayesd31 almost 5 years ago
I wish I could have a conversation with a Jewish person who lived in German in the early 30’s.
I want to know what that was like, at what point were people too scared to speak up. did they speak up in the early 30’s At what point was the overt racism of the government accepted as normal by most of the population?
jhayesd31 almost 5 years ago
So Bob, How much Racism is too much?
1 Ugly words by school children
2 Declaring the nations foreign enemies to be “less than humans”
3 Using Racist terms in private?
4 Having two sets of rules for different ethnicity of immigrants?
5 Imprisoning ethnic minorities inside your own borders?
6 Suggesting some ethnicities are not legitimate Americans “send them back where they came from”
7 Imprisoning citizens based on ethnicity?
8 Outright Murder of people based on race?
So where we on this scale???
I think 7 unless the Klan is resurgent and starts to kill people with impunity like they did in the 1930’s – 1960’s
Hopefully the “Race Card” joke isn’t funny anymore.
4,000 people were Lynched in America. Terrorizing millions for decades.
but to point that out as accurate history is “Playing the race card”
So basically Fuck You
Since I always cite:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/26/lynchings-memorial-us-south-montgomery-alabama
Ignatz Premium Member almost 5 years ago
No. Nobody is “playing a card.” It’s not a game. Trump’s OBVIOUS racism HURTS people. REAL people. Stop pretending we’re just playing a game. While children are in cages.
hwolfe22 almost 5 years ago
He’s a racist and a rapist, not to mention a corrupt lying pig who is also a bully and an idiot. Gorrell is ok with all of that.
Concretionist almost 5 years ago
Gorrell: Racist too. Since he supports the racist in the White’s House.
john.maldaner almost 5 years ago
And yet, Trump is still your president!
All the dinosaurs feared the T-Rex almost 5 years ago
Mighty white of you!
bow493 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Well done, Mr. Gorrell. Seems like you’ve struck some snowflake nerves here!
jhayesd31 almost 5 years ago
Is this cartoon less funny after 30 people were murdered? One by a White Supremacist who wanted to “Stop the Hispanic Invasion of America”
I’m sure the AK 47 bullets “Stuck Some Nerves”