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Even if Cummings insulted Trump first, and even if we agree that returning insults is the appropriate response, then Trump should have chosen one that didn't have racist overtones.Because by choosing a racist insult, Trump didn't just insult Cummings, he was insulting all black Americans. He wasn't just telling Cummings to shut up, he was telling all black Americans to mind their place.

Rationalwiki does a good job looking at Harris and his views.
Sam Harris - RationalWikiSome quick examples from rational wiki.

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In a podcast with Douglas Murray, Milo Yiannopoulos came up for discussion. Harris said "the Milo I've seen is very far from being a Neo-Nazi or someone whose attitudes are truly of the right. That's probably not an accident, he's flamboyantly gay and half Jewish, so I don't know how right wing he could be in the end."[45] While pedantically true that someone who is gay, Jewish, and understands the first thing about Nazi ideology likely wouldn't support it, you can still be a Right Wing Nut Job without being a Nazi per se, so either Harris is remarkably unaware of Milo's history as an alt-right Breitbart editor, or he's got a very limited idea of what counts as "far-right wing".

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Sam Harris has seriously considered racial science and the concept of race determining intelligence [36]. Harris invited Charles Murray onto his podcast in 2017 to discuss his widely criticized book 'The Bell Curve'. Critics have claimed Harris simply failed to ask any challenging or skeptical question of Murray and presented him as the 'victim of a politically-correct moral panic'[37]. Harris said that Murray was "the intellectual who was treated most unfairly in my lifetime."

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saying that feminists must "agitate" and fight against Muslim oppression of women rather than focus so much on abortion rights at home.[39] Harris admonishes Western feminists to instead join him against his primary obsession: the sexually repressive artifacts of Islamic culture.[40] Harris claimed in a podcast[41] with Kyle Kulinski that Western feminists "spend more time complaining about Gamergate" than actually pushing for women's rights.

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Harris also seems to think he can whitesplain racism to blacks. HIs arguments are laid bare to show how utterly crass they are.
What Sam Harris Gets Wrong About Racism And Violence In America | HuffPost VoicesThough Harris may not be alt right but he certainly is an enabler and does not seem willing to criticize their views.This is not something I just dreamed up. Others have come to this conclusion also.
The Alt-Right's Relationship with the Sceptic Community - The Freethink Tank

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Even though most of these people would deny being a part of the alt-right, the usual line being that they are advocates of facts, not politics — they, intentionally or not, do court the alt-right movement. They offer legitimacy and support for their ideas and fuel for the movement.

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From the Enlightenment to the Dark Ages: How "new atheism" slid into the alt-right | Salon.com
A good look at how new atheism is closely aligned with the alt right.

Biullshit.

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Community Development Block Grants, flexible funding that allows local governments to deliver housing renovations, economic development and recreational facilities to low-income neighborhoods.

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And you know this how? It didn't eliminate the problem, but perhaps it ameliorated the problem. Blame the Federal Government for not allocating it properly or not supplying enough. Of course if Trump had his way there'd be no money.Remember you said: You now know where most of them went at the direction of the Feds, and it's not at all obvious the small amount allocated to fixing the problem didn't help.Edited by JonF, : No reason given.

Non sequitur.

Laila Lalami has written a column in The Nation: Trump Has Brought Back 'Conditional Citizenship'She touches on some of the issues being discussed here.

Typo that needs correction (added bolding): Do you mean: "You do know where ... "?Or do you mean: "You do not know where ... "?I cannot think of any other interpretations for that obvious typographical error.

You tried to illustrate "the exaggerations of the Regressive Left wing" with an example that turns out to be bonafide racism. If you want to discuss unfair accusations of racism, you need to find a better example. Or do a better example of convincing us that your example really is relevant. It's not really dodging an issue if you're failed to demonstrate there actually is an issue.- I know. You tried to gain a rhetorical advantage by accusing me of racism. It didn't work. I not only continued to explain how Trump's comments were racist, but I tried to explain why it matters who the target is.If my explanations are unclear, I'm willing to make another attempt.- If being in the middle means ignoring blatant examples of racism in our important government officials, then I'm not sure that the middle is really morally defensible position.

I think he meant, " You now know..."

You now know where...Fixed.

But you are the one finding racis overtones in what Trump said, otherwise there is nothing racist in it, it's an accurate description of the conditions he was talking about, and many others have said the same thing. The point is to try to set a fire under the people who might be able to do something about the problems.Edited by Faith, : No reason given.

A thief who puts money in the poor box is still a thief.

The racists among Trump's followers find them too. Like the El Paso terrorist who used many things said in Trump's tweets. No, the point is to attack the person who is issuing subpoenas for documents and witnesses so that his committee can conduct its investigations that are needed in their constitutional role of oversight. Subpoenas that Trump is doing everything he can to block, including diverting public attention away from the fact of his ongoing obstruction.The point is also to cater to the racists in his base by using their language.

I just picked this out because it seems the most pertinent.First off Sam Harris is liberal. He would deny being alt right because he very obviously isn't. He's a defender of science and evidence based thinking andy has built a reputation on it. I really can't take these alt right accusations seriously.And it seems his opponents don't either; their actual complaint is that he's an 'enabler'. Well that's a wonderful accusation. Basically it means that if an idea or a piece of evidence that can be used and abused by a real arsehole to promote their bad ideas it most go unsaid - even if true. That's a total nonsense.

Guilt by association is usually considered to be a false and dangerous standard for judgment of anyone. Unless of course he's Trump, then any old accusation will do.