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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"The soft bigotry of low expectations."
Nothing can be more bigoted than believing Deplorables were so ignorant as to be unaware of Trump's bigotry. Defending Deplorables is a form of bigotry as you are robbing them of all agency. They knew exactly what they were doing. To argue they weren't is to literally reduce them to infants, who are incapable of distinguishing between right and wrong.
I don't give a rat's ass if it it somebody's proverbial aunt.
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"The soft bigotry of low expectations." (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2016
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Is not reducing Deplorables to infants who are unaware of right and wrong a form of bigotry?
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2016
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libtodeath
(2,888 posts)1. Cheato was openly racist,bigoted and misogynist.
No one can be excused or forgiven for voting for the planets destruction.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,711 posts)2. Is not reducing Deplorables to infants who are unaware of right and wrong a form of bigotry?
libtodeath
(2,888 posts)5. They knew,almost none of them simply dont know right from wrong.
ismnotwasm
(42,008 posts)3. Saying "grab them by the pussy" should have been a complete deal breaker.
The fact that this statement was/is ignored or explained away by those it made uncomfortable is in a way worse than those who thought it a righteous thing to say.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)4. I have very low expectations of Trump.
Does that make me guilty of bigotry?