Addressing the False Equivalency of Trump and Puerto Rico

America Emboldened

I could easily just stay quiet and write nothing - and it would cost me nothing. In fact - it would likely be better to say nothing.
But, I'm over the insanity. I'm over faux outrage. I'm over slacktivism. I'm over people hating the very thing they claim to love. I'm over those stating the First Amendment is under attack and then attacking it when it's convenient. I can't be the only person tired of watching good people manipulated into outrage every day.
I'm going to weigh in, speaking solely for myself. Two factions are fighting over everything right now, and the independents who were laughing are now horrified at what has happened around us.
Yesterday Joe Biden called supporters of Donald Trump, "Garbage". Joe Biden is not running for President.
On Saturday, Tony Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a floating trash pile. Tony Hinchcliffe is not running for President.
The headlines being run against the Harris campaign and Trump campaign are baseless. These were not their words and should not be treated as such. Outside of CBS, the media stayed silent that Trump's campaign condemned the joke before the event ever ended. The Harris campaign also does not believe that the over 70 million voters are garbage either.
I believe in free speech. Tony and Biden have a right to say what they wish. I did not find either comment something I agree with, but I'm not posting to have a false equivalency statement either.
Perhaps you are unaware, but George Lopez told a joke recently at a Harris/Walz event that was overlooked by insinuating Mexicans were thieves. He got a free pass because of his own heritage. A double standard that some ignore.
Can we get back to talking about issues? It seems like we've outlawed that too by canceling anyone with a difficult conversation that challenges our beliefs.
Until I hear Donald Trump state that Puerto Rico is a floating pile of trash, and Kamala Harris say that people who vote for Trump are garbage, I will hold onto perspective and refuse to be manipulated. Can you all say the same?