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In reply to the discussion: A large majority of the Republicans I've known personally have been racist. [View all]Trumpocalypse
(6,143 posts)15. Not every Republican I know is a racist
but every racist I know is a Republican.
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A large majority of the Republicans I've known personally have been racist. [View all]
DanTex
Jul 2019
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I've pretty much found the same to be true. Often not overtly apparent, but it is there ...
RKP5637
Jul 2019
#1
A little off topic, I just heard Rush Limbaugh use the expression, "Conservative intelligentsia."
spike jones
Jul 2019
#33
Yeah, same here. I find him so outrageous I sometimes listen to him, but pissed off the whole time!
RKP5637
Jul 2019
#53
I think that's why I listen, because I find it so outrageous that people actually believe it
dewsgirl
Jul 2019
#60
I used to do that when someone would make me mad enough, I would clean like crazy.
dewsgirl
Jul 2019
#61
"It's not FAIR! Rich white people have to BRIBE AND PAY to get their kids into good colleges!"
dawg day
Jul 2019
#54
Agree. They may not be lynch mob racists, but they are fine with gerrymandering, oppose affirmative
Hoyt
Jul 2019
#6
The one girl I knew from catholic school who was a repuke was a racist been then
kimbutgar
Jul 2019
#13
I see no reason to cut people like that any slack, regardless of how many years have passed.
Paladin
Jul 2019
#45
Bet they don't feel that way when they have a bad experience with a white person.
CrispyQ
Jul 2019
#17
Problem is, much of the apathetic voting base are made up of avid white supremacists.
Tiggeroshii
Jul 2019
#27
*** DIET RACIST *** are the ones who are the most cowardly. They can't be full out racist because of
uponit7771
Jul 2019
#28
It may be true that not all republicans are racist, yet it seems all racists & bigots are republican
RestoreAmerica2020
Jul 2019
#40
A large majority of the white people I've known personally, including me, have been racist.
TygrBright
Jul 2019
#42
A number of the republicans I know or represent are republicans for economic reasons
Gothmog
Jul 2019
#55