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In reply to the discussion: It always amuses me when we hear "that's not who we are as a nation" [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Much as your negative imaginings might contradict it, who we are as a nation elected liberal Obama twice and our first woman, liberal president once. Majorities are disgusted by the scenes at the border, not cheering. Over 3/4 of Americans supported the BLM marches. If the will of majority prevailed, the minority could not have elected tRump or be threatening our democracy now.
America's majority (who "most of who we are" ) is why the long arc of our history has been bending toward justice. And that long domination and advancement of society is why a crazed, reactionary, anti-democracy minority is willing to destroy our nation to stop it.
I am not "amused," by the OP. It suggests to me a terrible failure of understanding that that long arc even exists. It's humanity's, btw, not just America's.