Racial resentment among Trumps supporters.

[kwassa]

This is from a WaPo article about a week ago. These charts are pretty damn revealing. I took the charts out from the article.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/03/08/what-donald-trump-doesnt-seem-to-understand-about-the-kkk/

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[hedda_foil]

1. Holy crap!

[JustAnotherGen]

2. Why Am I not surprised

They show their asses every time they raise their fists.

[Number23]

3. And how do they counter this incredibly well known and documented narrative?

By going out of their way to show every black person that so much as glances in Donald Trump's direction.

http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/i-dont-want-welfare-i-want-a-job-black-donald-trump-supporter-video-goes-viral/news-story/9adf87761e7017454c5dde8546e5c455

and

and

and no, it doesn't look sad, dishonest and desperate at all.

[qwlauren35]

4. Had to look it up.

Silent majority: A term used by President Richard Nixon to indicate his belief that the great body of Americans supported his policies and that those who demonstrated against the involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War amounted to only a noisy minority.

Those two who think that the silent majority supports Trump is REALLY clueless. He is only getting at most 40% of the Republican vote, in some cases, less than 35%. That's NOT the majority.

Whoever came up with that sign is ignorant.

[Jamaal510]

5. That point about

Caterpillar-Head getting only 40% of the R vote is interesting because whenever I hear from his trolls on Talking Points Matter's FB page, they're always saying nonsense like "we the people will not be silenced by the establishment" when they're discussing the primaries. They act as if they're a majority, but most Americans (even most R's) aren't on board with what he and his gang are selling.

[ellenrr]

6. my supposition is that 100% of drump supporters are driven by racial hatred.

They have felt for decades that they are 'victimized' bec. they cannot physically express their racial hatred.
Now they have been given full 'permission' to vent their spleen, and I believe this explains the glee we see at his events.

(I was struck by the video in which a supporter punches an African-american in the face - by the glee on the faces of the drumpists surrounding. They are like kids at a football match. I bet they would really enjoy a lynching. Reminds me of those pictures of people at a lynching --women and children too - eating ice cream, like they are at a party.)

I have friends/comrades who think that trump supporters are disaffected, jobs, the economy, etc...
I do not think so.
I think the reality is that for decades they have been undone by the fact that their dreams of a 'pure white race' have not come about - now again they see their chance.
And boy, are they going for it.

I only hope that those of us who oppose their dream are as enthusiastic and passionate in our response.