With my background, I have always known there was a significant white supremacy group in our country but even I was taken by surprise in 2015-2016 by just how many there were and are.
The good part of their trump & Republican Party enabled and encouraged loud and obnoxious bleating is that now we know who they are. We know exactly where they are in positions of authority.
At least, knowing all that will be good if those of us who find racism & misogyny, bigotry, etc to be abhorrent pull together and actively boot them out of as many levels of government as possible in time to prevent their takeover of said government and society.
You are correct. During the 2016 election many of my acquaintances refused to vote for a woman in office so they were able to overlook the insidiousness of Drump.
Or, as my ex tried, they used the “but I’m not voting for the hatred, racism, etc - just the tax cuts and judges”. I sent him a link to an article written by John Scalzi on Whatever.scalzi.com. It is titled “The Cinemax Theory of Racism” and easily found through the search button. Funny, I did not hear back from my ex.
How can anyone say “but I’m not voting for the hatred, racism, etc - just the tax cuts and judges” not understand that a vote for the latter is also a vote for the former?
It was during Obama’s term that I became aware of the profound racism in some of my “friends”. That was when the ugly truth came out of the closet.
With my background, I have always known there was a significant white supremacy group in our country but even I was taken by surprise in 2015-2016 by just how many there were and are.
The good part of their trump & Republican Party enabled and encouraged loud and obnoxious bleating is that now we know who they are. We know exactly where they are in positions of authority.
At least, knowing all that will be good if those of us who find racism & misogyny, bigotry, etc to be abhorrent pull together and actively boot them out of as many levels of government as possible in time to prevent their takeover of said government and society.
You are correct. During the 2016 election many of my acquaintances refused to vote for a woman in office so they were able to overlook the insidiousness of Drump.
Or, as my ex tried, they used the “but I’m not voting for the hatred, racism, etc - just the tax cuts and judges”. I sent him a link to an article written by John Scalzi on Whatever.scalzi.com. It is titled “The Cinemax Theory of Racism” and easily found through the search button. Funny, I did not hear back from my ex.
How can anyone say “but I’m not voting for the hatred, racism, etc - just the tax cuts and judges” not understand that a vote for the latter is also a vote for the former?
He understood it just fine. That was his attempt at rationalizing his vote. It didn’t work.
The ones who said that Obama was "the most racist president" were the first that tipped me off.
(For those who were/are saying that-Projection much?)