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Trump and the Republicans are Punishing America for (Original Post) lame54 May 2017 OP
That is completely and exactly true. dchill May 2017 #1
Yep BigOleDummy May 2017 #2
Yep, and they are trying a last ditch effort Blue_Roses May 2017 #3
it isn't that black and white Cosmocat May 2017 #4
it is that simple... lame54 May 2017 #5
There's always the obligatory denier when racist bigotry is discussed. Solomon May 2017 #6
hmm... djsunyc May 2017 #7
Really? ProudLib72 May 2017 #9
Didn't realize blacks had it so easy lame54 May 2017 #11
marijuana and miscegenation--the war continues. n/t librechik May 2017 #8
I think it's more about tax cuts for the rich. That's what the Republican's are always about. jalan48 May 2017 #10

BigOleDummy

(2,260 posts)
2. Yep
Tue May 9, 2017, 02:15 PM
May 2017

They sure are. The way things are going these days it shames me to be an older white male. I don't like that at all and blame "our president" and "leaders (cough, cough)" in the Senate and House. Plus, lets not forget the propagandists at fox and am radio. Sickens me the way they claim to speak FOR ME, just because I'm of a certain age and ethnocentricity. Not ALL of us old Caucasian males are racist jerks, but I must admit there's way too many who are.

Blue_Roses

(12,894 posts)
3. Yep, and they are trying a last ditch effort
Tue May 9, 2017, 02:24 PM
May 2017

to turn back the clocks to the 1950's. But, it will never work.

Cosmocat

(14,558 posts)
4. it isn't that black and white
Tue May 9, 2017, 02:39 PM
May 2017

Look, this is a repeat story for them and this dumb ass country.

We got W because they pitched an 8 year hissy fit over Bill, and he is a white male.

People tend to look at BHO and make the secondary amplifier the cause. YES, the Rs used racism as a tool to gin up the opposition/slander of BHO, but it was tool of convenience, and it worked so well because their party is a comfy home for the people that it strikes home strongest with.

However, the primary sin is that he was a democrat.

Same thing was/would have been the case with Hillary. We had/would have had the bigotry factor on steroids, but her primary sin was being a democrat.

The day before 45 came down that eslalator, he was just another NYC liberal as far as repubilcans were concerned. I live in a conservative area, I have them for inlaws, and they had nothing but contempt for him before he became the republican nominee - they all would have walked over broken glass to vote for him over Hillary.

Solomon

(12,310 posts)
6. There's always the obligatory denier when racist bigotry is discussed.
Tue May 9, 2017, 03:11 PM
May 2017

It is what it is. You help it along with your denials. There's always some white guy you can point to that got a raw deal, therefore it's not racism. Got it. Tired of hearing it.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
9. Really?
Tue May 9, 2017, 03:58 PM
May 2017

More discrimination against whites and xtians than blacks? They are truly fucked in the head.

jalan48

(13,838 posts)
10. I think it's more about tax cuts for the rich. That's what the Republican's are always about.
Tue May 9, 2017, 04:05 PM
May 2017

We can't fund social programs and give the rich tax cuts. Obama and the Democrats opted for social programs over tax cuts.

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