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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall
If his policies are racist and he says racist things and he hires racist people and fans the flames of racist hate to his screaming, lunatic followers, what fucking difference does it make if you have true racist feelings in your heart or you love a man who does all the racist things I've listed?
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Or you vote for a man despite knowing he is pushing racism, while telling yourself you aren't racist? I have voted for a lot of R's who people said were doing racist things. I disagreed and pulled the lever. I just really don't see how one can say Trump is not pushing racist agendas to gather votes (I actually think he is likely less racist than his voters- I think he believes everyone not his blood relative is beneath him and inferior and deserving of scorn and any shit he wants to hit us with).
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What is infuriating is your inability to listen. If we're arguing about the number of racists supporting Trump, why do you think that means I've rejected all other factors when it comes to why he won? If every single Trump voter is racist, there are still many reasons why he won. Among those are the racist gerrymandering and vote suppression. We've also all discussed third-party voting (hi Hank!) in this ridiculous electoral college system. We've spent plenty of time talking about economic factors. But your dismissal of the studies that state that racism and sexism drove him to win because you think the line should be drawn at 40% racist is just fucking stupid. No one here thinks any of this shit is the sole reason for his win.
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I keep focusing on 3rd party voters because I believe those are minds that can change. I do not see Trump voters changing their minds. Not trying to be a pessimist, but no press has really pushed the 3rd party voters and man those fucks need to be hit up.
