{"id":77125,"date":"2018-01-12T10:41:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T15:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=77125"},"modified":"2018-01-12T14:19:17","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T19:19:17","slug":"shitholes-and-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=77125","title":{"rendered":"“Shitholes” and stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, the Washington Post<\/a> (Huffington Post link because I ended my subscription to the Washington Post because I disagree with their editorial policy – the Huffington Post doesn’t require a subscription) claimed that President Trump referred to migration to the Untied States from “shitholes” in Haiti, El Salvador and Africa. The President denies that he said that, but that doesn’t matter in the world of journalism these days. The Washington Post’s anonymous sources (who, by the way, weren’t at the meeting when the comment was supposedly made) are news.<\/p>\n

A number of people came out and called Trump’s characterization, whether he said it or not, insulting to immigrants. Well, that’s just ridiculous – he didn’t call immigrants shitholes, he called the countries they come from “shitholes” – maybe. The immigrants from those countries would have to agree – why else would they be immigrants?<\/p>\n

It’s funny that Haiti’s ambassador to the US took offense;<\/p>\n

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I just talked to Haiti\u2019s Ambassador to the United States Paul Altidor who said he and the Haitian government \u201cvehemently condemn\u201d President Trump\u2019s comments which they believe are \u201cbased on stereotypes.\u201d \u201cEither the president has been misinformed or he is miseducated.\u201d<\/p>\n

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) January 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n