Back to 2012, Mitt Romney was accused of racism on several occasions by pundits and talking heads. One instance in particular revolved around him telling his supporters that if members of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement Of Colored People) want free stuff, they should vote for Obama. His remarks followed a poor reception at the NAACP following a speech in which he promised to repeal Obamacare and got booed. According to progressives, only black and coloured people are poor and dependent on Obamacare, so Mitt Romney is racist. Mitt Romney made similar gaffes throughout his campaign, including his infamous 47% comment, which also earned him the title of racist for referring to 47% of Americans as freeloaders who like free stuff. Even though non-white Americans only make up 30% of the population, Mitt Romney was a total racist for telling the truth.





Back to this year, Donald Trump is a racist because he thinks America's black communities have been devastated and are in the worst conditions they've ever been in. Rewind to 2008 when Obama and Hillary said basically the same things to pander to black voters:





“The average African-American family has lost $2,600 in income. Compare that to the prior 8 years, the typical African-American family went up $7,600 in the 1990s.” – Hillary Clinton, January 21, 2008, Democratic Debate

“A lack of economic opportunity among black men, and the shame and frustration that came with not being able to provide for one's family, contributed to the erosion of black families – a problem that welfare policies for many years may have worsened.” – Barack Obama, Change We Can Believe In, 2008





Other candidates have been able to criticize despair and poverty within black communities, historic or otherwise, without being called racist. If Donald Trump were just making things up, it would be fair to call him racist, but he isn't. According to the US Census Bureau, poverty within African-American communities has risen steadily in the past eight years. Black child poverty rates have stayed the same while child poverty rates for Hispanics and whites have decreased. Crime in America's inner cities and African-American communities has risen and murder rates have skyrocketted since 2008 in cities like Chicago, Baltimore, New York and Cleveland. Overall, violent crime rates have risen by nearly 4%. But, since Hillary and incumbent Democrats want to win this year, we're pretending America's black communities are paved with gold.





In Canada, we have our fair share of safety-whistle politics. Just recently, a future Liberal Party leadership candidate, Michael Chong, accused a Conservative Party leadership candidate of dog-whistle politics for suggesting immigrants should be screened for Canadian values. Being the sterile, culture-less cads they are, progressives pretended to be outraged and confused by the notion of something called a “Canadian value”. Thus, controversy ensued. However, the candidate caught in the crosshairs – Kellie Leitch – was quickly recognized as a serious Conservative leadership contender.





Don't let facts get in the way, though. Donald Trump and Kellie Leitch are racists. Anyone who criticizes the numerous crimes committed by Islamic migrants in Europe over the past year is also a racist. Any non-liberal who points out the importance of border security, immigration control or the disproportionate crime and poverty rates in non-white communities is a racist. Nevermind the facts. Pull out your safety whistles and start pointing at everyone who abuses you with their fact-based micro-aggressions.