Deny reality if you choose. All the windows aren't boarded up because of peaceful protests. The looting's ok, the merchants are insured. The looters need income. It's reparations. Don't drive near that Wendy's in Atlanta, you might get shot. They're all just peaceful protesters.Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Wed Nov 11, 2020 9:44 amOld Salt called a race war before anyone I had come across. It stuck with me be because I had never considered it at all....it was like “game on”. Sad and small.jhu72 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 11, 2020 9:40 amThis is all about grievance. Cry babies whining and wanting to blame someone else for their problems. The culture war. Children throwing a temper tantrum because they can't get their way. Make no mistake they have some (only some, a few legitimate grievances) but are going about trying to address them the wrong way.dislaxxic wrote: ↑Wed Nov 11, 2020 8:12 amMany people are saying that it is a thoughtful look at why, exactly, so many people would vote for a man of this chararacter who honestly HAS no discernable "policy" beyond things like "build a wall", kill ObamaCare, "socialism bad", China treats us unfairly, keep burning fossil fuel, pack the courts with as many rightwing judges as possible. What else is there, seriously? Certainly nothing "military"-leaning aside from the usual "i built up the biggest military ever."old salt wrote: ↑Wed Nov 11, 2020 12:22 amYour article shows the folly of accusing people of good will (who you don't know) of being racist because they don't kowtow to your political views. It's a big part of why 71M voted for Trump. The stunned moderate Dems in the House are starting to get it. AOC & her Squad thought it was time to "confront them over their harmful politics and cloaked bigotry." Now she's whining & considering another line of work. Honest political differences are not "cloaked bigotry."
You yourself refuse to identify the "policies" you think the man is supported on in such a broad way. I think you are displaying a lot of the tendencies that the author of the piece i posted writes about. It's uncomfortable for you to talk about whatever "policy" you think got this kind of vote out for Donald Trump. This conversation most often devolves into obfuscation about "we're NOT all racist bigoted know-nothings. Your resentment comes thru as pure trolling.
It happened though, so i for one want to know why. 70 million votes is a lot of votes. The answer seems elusive and this article talked about an issue bubbling under the surface...seeking to answer the question of that unusual vote count.
Put another way...if you take out all the racist vote, the bigoted misogynist vote, and the "keep your derned hands off my medicare" anti-socialism vote, how many are left over, out of that 70 million?
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You think it didn't influence voters.