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Here is a game. Are they Republicans or Democrats?
1. Bob hates the tax breaks given to the rich. He also would like to have single payer health care. Bob is active in his union and actively supports pro-union candidates. However, Bob hates Muslims. He would flip out if his daughter dated a black man, and wishes Trump would build a wall to keep out Mexicans. Finally, Bob is wistful for the days when a woman's place was at home, preparing dinner for her husband, and taking care of the kids.
Is Bob a Republican or a Democrat?
2. Amanda is pro-choice and believes in marriage equality. She is also active in organizations to promote minority small businesses and sits on firm's diversity committee and works to promote the inclusion of people of color in recruitment efforts. However, Amanda also believes in trade, is skeptical of government regulation, and believes that a free market economy goes hand in hand with a Democratic form of government.
Is Amanda a Republican or a Democrat?
hedda_foil
(16,375 posts)If they're honest to goodness human beings (which is entirely possible) it's worth pondering. If they're made up examples it's not.
TomCADem
(17,387 posts)...used to be pretty racist. Woodrow Wilson was extremely racist and even FDR signed off on concentration camps for Japanese Americans, which would make Trump's anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric seem tame by comparison.
It is a mistake to assume that only Republicans can be racist. Indeed, Trump had a large amount of union support who were drawn to his anti-immigrant rhetoric.
hedda_foil
(16,375 posts)I'd guess he voted for Trump and she considers herself a Democrat.
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)samir.g
(835 posts)TomCADem
(17,387 posts)...with many having a libertarian bent that causes them to also believe that recreational marijuana is okay. There are a fair amount of Republicans in California who do not necessarily believe in the GOP's moral majority platform.