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Re: I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be rediculous
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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall
And maybe there was some irrational reason why voters have gone for a guy with a message that says "Let's go back to the 50s, all these types of people are bad and dangerous and stealing jobs." If Obama had been white would Trump's rise even be possible?
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On your first sentence, totally. On your second, I don't want to diminish the reaction to Obama's race that you are pointing to, but I think the problem is bigger than that -- look at the Brexit vote and LePen for examples of the way that the Right has mobilized these sentiments even without Obama to galvanize the bigoted.
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