Deplorables, definitely! But if you’re white, you definitely encountered racists unless you don’t go anywhere. They think they can say their hateful shit in front of other white people. At least that’s how it is in Florida.
Beyond that… the number of otherwise moderate, nice, neighbourly people who would rather vote for a Fanta Fuhrer just to stir things up because they don’t see any risk to themselves personally.
😢On my mind every time I'm in public: "is he/she one of them?". Unfortunately there are as many of them as there are of us. They are louder and more obnoxious.
Same. I knew a few people who seemed undereducated, slightly racist & ignorant but until Trump I never saw this level of hatred, racism, vitriol & disregard for facts. Made me really ashamed for America. I thought most of us were better but apparently half our country is greedy & racist.
I think it's important to remember that 76 million voted for him, but 244 million were eligible to vote. It is disgusting that so many voted for him, but it isn't even close to half.
Then there are the MAGAs who are quiet, polite, would not do anything "racist", "sexist", "homophobic" or "ageist"...except for vote for the most rascist, sexist, ageist, homophobe in the country. If you voted for Trump, YOU are the problem!
So the working class didn't buy into the Democrats massive shift to the left and now they have gone from the base to the insulted. The ignorance is astounding!
Don’t believe your lying eyes. Trump’s mask is off and his dystopian fascist reality is taking shape. There are disaffected Magalites getting disillusioned every passing day. Help them onward to join the pro-Democracy coalition and turn it into a supermajority-this is how you turn the tides blue. 💙🌊
I was aware.. I’m just surprised so many others weren’t. What about our country made people think there were not a lot of racist around? Do you all have any close Black and Brown friends and family?
While I was aware because I lived abroad and experienced the awful level of education here (1-12) and foreigners pointing out to me the behavior and lack of cultural respect of Americans while abroad… I never, ever imagined it was this bad.
Yes. We’ve fallen back so badly in education. I think it started with Bush (R… no surprise there) and “No kid left behind”. Every other country won’t let a kid advance until he’s properly learned what he needs to learn to advance to the next course!
Oh shoot… I was wrong. I’ve been saying he acts like a kindergartener and then feeling bad that I was being rude to all 5 year olds with that comparison.😂
I am ashamed at my own naivete. I really thought Republican white women would vote for their and their daughter's rights. They threw it away for the illusion of privelege.
Unfortunately I did. My ex is African American and when I was having trouble getting pregnant a member of my family told me that perhaps it was because I was trying to mix breeds
Sadly, they have always been here...on the fringe, waiting for someone to give them permission, in fact encourage them to shovel their hatred, vitriol & ugliness onto the street of America...time to put them back under their rocks!
Agreed, raised in the South, 50s & 60s, family farm, knew who were Racists, elect a Black President and now Trump, they are everywhere, even in my family that was not raised that way.
Same. I'm a White straight Democrat in a Blue State. I knew there are some racist sexist white people around but thought it was the louder jerks who had a shit life and easy to spot. I've learned there's more than I thought and they're a quieter group, although more of them seem to be getting louder
The idiots believe they're in the basket because they love Trump. Thay can't fathom that the issue isn't them but the people they prop up and amplify. They can't imagine that they are used to push policy in line with what the actual deplorables want just because they support the same candidates.
There’s always been a dark underbelly in our society rooted in racism, misogyny and hate. It’s never gone away. I didn’t realize it had grown so much in the last decade.
And yet they will tell you they're not racist, they will tell you they're not mysognistic or homophobic ....as they applaud the rise of Trump. Unbelievable.
I think Hillary was being too kind & diplomatic. Many of them are grievance-fueled assholes with limited intelligence who blame everyone else for their poor choices. Then there are the entitled, wealthy, traitorous vultures swooping in to devour this country to feather their own foul nests.
I’m in the process of cutting ties with any and all Trump voters. Some of them really hurt. But…
If you vote for a fascist, you are a fascist. We know from Germany that these are the people that will turn us in, whether we are immigrants or are harboring them. They cannot be trusted. 💔
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A realization that we may have been very naive to.
He is mentally at the same level
"This shower of c*nts!"
What is amazing is that 60 years later we still have the same ignorance and stupidity and I have ZERO Tolerance for it.
She knew it long ago 👀
If you vote for a fascist, you are a fascist. We know from Germany that these are the people that will turn us in, whether we are immigrants or are harboring them. They cannot be trusted. 💔