discussing racism, said Trump is not an aberration in the broad sweep of American history but the fullest manifestation of forces that we have to do everything we can to make aberrant. He's very much in "the Wallace tradition," who was in the Strom Thurmond tradition, etc., right on back. A poll the segment started with said 32% approve Strom Trump while 67% disapprove.
In the South, you recognized these forces becoming dangerously resurgent. Fearful racists vote.
Out in Los Angeles, diversity is so normal that nothing but white people in any public place would have a weird, "what's wrong with this picture" look that would grab attention in itself. Different. And with that relative comfort, those determinedly voting fear and hostility against other people not so evident and placidly not bothering to vote too common.
Btw, regarding speaking in company, when we moved to GA, the same scurrilous political story was being told at parties in both places -- about Hillary and Bill decorating the WH Christmas tree with condoms. The difference was that in CA it was enjoyed out in a shadowy corner of a back yard where people went to smoke and share whatever else needed privacy from the big group, while in GA the group was happily endorsing the lie in the middle of a large, bright dining room while other guests passed on both sides.
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