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TomCADem

(17,387 posts)
Sun Jun 3, 2018, 04:43 PM Jun 2018

Democrats or GOP? Progressives Who Are Racists. Free Marketers Who Are Socially Progressive.

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?

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Democrats or GOP? Progressives Who Are Racists. Free Marketers Who Are Socially Progressive. (Original Post) TomCADem Jun 2018 OP
Question: Are these real people or hypothetical conxtructs? hedda_foil Jun 2018 #1
Real People. You do know that Democrats... TomCADem Jun 2018 #4
Yes, so I do know. hedda_foil Jun 2018 #5
Why are they not worth pondering if they're hypotheticals? EffieBlack Jun 2018 #6
Does Amanda have four hoofs and a single horn? samir.g Jun 2018 #2
Some Log Cabin Republicans Get Close... TomCADem Jun 2018 #3

hedda_foil

(16,375 posts)
1. Question: Are these real people or hypothetical conxtructs?
Sun Jun 3, 2018, 05:53 PM
Jun 2018

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)
4. Real People. You do know that Democrats...
Sun Jun 3, 2018, 11:49 PM
Jun 2018

...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.

TomCADem

(17,387 posts)
3. Some Log Cabin Republicans Get Close...
Sun Jun 3, 2018, 11:46 PM
Jun 2018

...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.

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