I knew it existed, I just never realized how many were hidden like rodents. Now they feel emboldened to reveal themselves for the atrocious creatures they are.
Nixon had a pretty arrogant crew as well. His “Hail to the Chief” song will stay with me. His followers were fanatical. Nixon had the humility to quit when he knew his crimes were obvious. Many of his followers would have supported him if he had stayed and fought. In the end Nixon put country first
This is what is bothering me most. He is just a grifter trying to stay out of prison and make his court cases disappear and his syncophants want power and money. But we are living in a country where millions of people think he is a role model, or care about prices more than decency. It blew my mind.
Its because of - Implicit Bias. Most people arent even aware and think they are openminded and not racists. However through self-awareness, education, and intentional behavior, implicit biases can be mitigated. Problem is - they need to recognize and be conscious about it in order to be -self-aware
Me neither and how fucking stupid they really are. I mean like failed out of life and school and just want to burn down the world to 'own the liberal elites' and would sell their soul to the devil to spite other people.
Same. I also didn't realize how many people would be stupid enough to vote for a felon convicted of fraud, who gives millions to the rich that we pay for, and throws them $20 extra in their paycheck and they don't question the equality of that transaction. 🙄 Math clearly isn't a skill for them.
I didn't realize it either. I'm a positive person, and I was naive, at least until 2016. It's been heartbreaking to me to see the sheer amount of hate, delusion, and ignorance. Unfortunately, it was unbelievably believable.
That's their first gaslight method.
Nihilistic Reasoning is next:
2 nights ago I had a dream in which a male face
appeared speaking in a newsflash on Facebook
saying "those who question our nihilistic reasoning
will be punished".. I woke up and googled
'nihilistic reasoning' and this turned up...
I have been saying this since the first time he was in office. He literally gave every racist, sexist, dirt bag person the ability to come on out! While I don’t think it’s ever gone away completely, but, he’s the President so if he can say and do mean and hurtful things so can I! It’s disgusting!!
How did so many disgusting, hateful, misogynistic, bigoted "patriots" assemble in our nation? I can tell you, I grew up with two of them, and another one raised all of us.
It was 76 million people. 244 million were eligible to vote. It's nowhere near half. Of course the largest group who didn't vote aren't exactly wonderful for letting their country down, but at least they didn't vote for the rapist Felon. Around 167 million and change are not trump supporters.
Nonsense! You had FOUR YEARS to choose a DECENT conservative candidate - no wait, you had all the time up to Trump's first candidacy to choose a DECENT candidate. You did NOT! Even after Jan 6, you DOUBLED down, and promoted Trump. Do not propogate the lie you had no choice.
My deepest apologies! I thought I was answering someone who said they had no choice but to vote Trump! I have heard that so often and it makes me mad - so, so sorry Eloise!!
Many of us realized this a long long time ago. We didn’t have the privilege of Turing a blind eye. “They’re my family/friend.” “I know them.” “They don’t use that language.” Yet 🤔 when we called it out, we were ignored or attempted to be gaslit. We knew.
Honestly, same. They have been emboldened to come out of the woodwork instead of shamefully keeping their views to themselves like they used to. Trump and social media has given them a tribe and they feel like they can show their true colors :(
I have a biracial daughter-in-law, who had a rough family life growing up. She was looking forward two years ago to spending her first Christmas among a big family. Then we were all talking on Christmas and I was horrified to hear the ‘n’ word come out of two of my siblings mouths. Never again.
And unintelligent sheep willing to join MAGA in voting against their own best interests because they believed inflation was Biden and Harris' fault and also that Trump was the reason why the economy was good during his presidency
I have always known because I was born Black in the Jim Crow South. They started hiding it more after the Civil Rights Act passed but they never went away. Some lowlife with a bad combover gave them permission to come out and "be best" again.
As a white woman. In Iowa. Who’s been protesting since George Floyd. I can tell you that racists are thriving in this country. And now that there is no social constraints on screaming hate out loud, they’ve really showed up for that.
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So true. And then we learned even more about our fellow citizens with Covid; and then again on Nov 5 2024. I should be surprised every time but each time, it hurts and shocks. Really? Really? 😢💔🫤🤬
Did you miss the 400 yrs of genocide, slavery, forced removals, sexual assaults of enslaved Africans and Native peoples, Jim Crow, kidnapping Indigenous kids, white folks killing Indigenous people for land, etc?
We moved to France after the fat orange criminal was elected the first time. It makes me sick to realize how many Americans are stupid enough or hateful enough to vote for this bloated bag of Rapey shit
Honestly, as mixed ethnicity who is generally perceived as white, I can tell you I knew there was a lot of racism/racists, but yeah, even I didn’t know it was this bad!
Which he started by planting the idea with the Tea Party. Then the conspiracy theory extended to Mrs. Obama being a man - so they could rip on how unattractive they found her compared to DT’s wife who was a white nationalist ideal creation.
I'm not American but I can relate to this in my own country when the UK voted to leave the EU. A large part of the decision to leave was about removing immigrants. The level of open racism soared after they won. I felt so naive to not realise the level of bigotry in my country.
i have to unfollow you if you continue to speak of them like this… it’s unproductive and has only proved to radicalize them thus far. we have to find another way.
Well, I live in the Bible Belt, so I knew they were there. What surprises me is how far they are willing to go. After all, these are my people. I feel more than disappointed; I feel deceived.
How in the world did a mentally deranged human being, Donald Trump ever become President of the United States? Since when did the definition of statesman become total idiot?
You must have lived in bliss. I grew up in the south, plenty of bigots to go around. Maybe it's because I'm old or maybe it's because I got bullied by those same assholes.
Never went away in the rural South. The last time I visited my small hometown in Oklahoma (2014), a total stranger walked up to me in public and angrily shouted, “Oh, you’re from X family? Did you know your cousin’s dating a N-word?”
Yeah, that sounds like small towns pretty much everywhere in the south. I was blessed to have my grandad, who'd travelled around the world in the military, plus black, and Queer family members.
Mostly we'd be left alone. My real problem was the churches. OMG they were awful.
It has reminded me of one of my favorite Nathaniel Hawthorne short stories, "Young Goodman Brown". I don't want to spoil the twist at the end, but Goodman Brown discovers that his Puritan neighbors are not acting like the pious people they claim to be.
I did. But I still had hope. Now, I’m on vacay. You come for one of us, then you come for all. It’s FAFO time for a few million ppl. And I don’t suffer ignorance. I’m officially off the clock, someone else can figure them out, then sort them out. I refuse to indulge ppl them.
Come on, that is hard to believe; we all knew; we just buried our collective heads in the sand, hoping it would stay buried. Trump gave them the right to shout about what they were thinking from the rooftop.
Same…I have a new appreciation for the phrase “Ignorance is bliss.” I also unfortunately have a much better understanding of why “May you live in interesting times” is a curse.
I’m not very optimistic on robots being better. AI feeds on human data, which are very biased. We already see many AI outputs being misogynistic or racist. This is a real issue and the industry doesn’t have a clear solution yet.
I think the racists will be the last one AI robots will take down.
Racism has ramped up worldwide since 2000 due to the far Right using it as a political weapon.
In Australia, an under pressure Conservative government used an asylum seekers boat sinking & rescue to win an election.
Australia is a racist country in denial.
Shame that we can't be better.
They were always there. But our hope in human’s redemption blinded us to their schemes and subterfuges. Leading by example isn’t enough, we must squash them like…
That's what I've been saying. Until Kamala entered the race, I thought maybe COVID caused all the nastiness in people. I've since realized it's Trump that has normalized it.
They were out there, but they wasn’t in public like they are now because Donald Trump gave them the green light to come out and be racist and he staying 100% behind them. He came back to destroy peoples especially the Black people all on TikTok talking about how much they love Trump they see now
Growing up in the south I noticed and in some cases it's polite racism. My best friend of 20+ years I never knew her parents were racist. They didn't say anything when I was around and I went so many places with them when I was younger. 😭
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This is primarily a White Folk realization.
It might not be a bad thing, for us going forward, dealing with where we are.
It’s not a bad thing, for us of all to be on the same page, right now.
Know what I mean?
James Lee Burke
election cycle really opened my
eyes.
Being surprised by the reality, it's one of those privileges not everyone has
https://youtu.be/SHG0ezLiVGc?si=9-mEi_Gx8FHqL7Iu
Nihilistic Reasoning is next:
2 nights ago I had a dream in which a male face
appeared speaking in a newsflash on Facebook
saying "those who question our nihilistic reasoning
will be punished".. I woke up and googled
'nihilistic reasoning' and this turned up...
No offense, but this is more surprising for white people who never had to confront bigotry and racism in their daily lives.
The sheer obliviousness that Americans of their reality is stupefying.
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Appalling!
Mostly we'd be left alone. My real problem was the churches. OMG they were awful.
I think the racists will be the last one AI robots will take down.
In Australia, an under pressure Conservative government used an asylum seekers boat sinking & rescue to win an election.
Australia is a racist country in denial.
Shame that we can't be better.
When those Nazis were marching in NC and he said " There's good people on both sides"....
All the gloves came off.