We need to flip this right wing argument that says, 'Well

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Obama was elected so now racism is over.'
My reply is, 'Since Obama was elected Trump us your revenge which you appear to be obsessed with.'
If mindsets, gerramandering and the ideology that creates group such as White Supremacists and Nazis do not change it will be a long time before a person of color is elected to the Presdency.

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1. Not sure who was saying that...

anybody who has been paying attention knows that hate crimes went up after Pres Obama was elected. And that was with fairly normal levels of policing.

Now, with Trump/Sessions running the show, it appears some of the restraints have been lifted.

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2. I've heard that said personally from Trump supporters. Yes hate

crimes went up after Obama but there were hate crimes before Obama was elected. You do know that right wingers ignore statistics and don't believe it's true. Unless it's a crime by a black person against a white person, Fox Snooze and right wing blogs ignore it.

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3. I was thinking about around here on DU...

we're pretty cognizant of trends, and things get linked pretty quickly. The AA forum is active, and we get a bit of cross posting from there into GD.

I kind of don't let Trump supporters into my personal bubble.

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4. Trump supports are out in the open. There bubble is only in their ideology. I don't exist in a

bubble. But their bubble is being pushed into our faces. I will advocate against racism, bigotry, the grabbing of a women's private parts and the love of the murderer Valdimir Putin until the traitor Trump is out of office.