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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: A word about all these threads implying white voters are racists [View all]Kilgore
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                        A word about all these threads implying white voters are racists [View all]
							NoGoodNamesLeft
							Nov 2016
							OP
                        
        
        First thaye came for the muslims....  silence says a lot.  I don't want to align myself
        onecaliberal
        Nov 2016
        #5
      
        
        It's not that they don't care about the plights of others, it's really not
        NoGoodNamesLeft
        Nov 2016
        #15
      
        
        I've always made a point of trying to expose myself and my kids to as much diversity as I can
        NoGoodNamesLeft
        Nov 2016
        #146
      
        
        I'm sorry, when you vote for someone screaming racist statements over and over and over
        adigal
        Nov 2016
        #147
      
        
        No, I didn't vote for that orange asshole.  I voted for Hillary in a battleground state...
        NoGoodNamesLeft
        Nov 2016
        #67
      
        
        If you honestly believe that and intend to keep calling white rural voters racists
        NoGoodNamesLeft
        Nov 2016
        #103
      
        
        So you are just trying to shame people by calling them racists falsely?
        NoGoodNamesLeft
        Nov 2016
        #153
      
        
        I've spent most of my life in rural New England and none of my neighbors were racists
        NoGoodNamesLeft
        Dec 2016
        #175
      
        
        I grew up in Maine and the only racism I ever saw there was one or two idiots who were jealous of
        NoGoodNamesLeft
        Dec 2016
        #182
      
        
        White voters that vote to deport millions of Arab Muslim Americans are in FACT racist
        bravenak
        Nov 2016
        #4
      
        
        Racists vote to deport millions of others. Period. You cannot fix that. Lying about it is not helpfu
        bravenak
        Nov 2016
        #10
      
        
        I guess some people want to normalize the TOLERATION of racism and intimate its not just
        uponit7771
        Nov 2016
        #123
      
        
        Great response. Let's see what the poster or the OP has to say about a little truthful reality check
        brush
        Nov 2016
        #9
      
        
        We do not owe them our dignity. We should not have to appease them just cause they be mad.
        bravenak
        Nov 2016
        #115
      
        
        I actually know people who did vote Trump and I know they are not racists
        NoGoodNamesLeft
        Nov 2016
        #23
      
        
        I'm an Independent and I have not voted for any Republican since McCain chose Palin as VP
        NoGoodNamesLeft
        Nov 2016
        #63
      
        
        Very few people self-identify as racist or misogynist.  A subconscious racial bias is still racism.
        deurbano
        Nov 2016
        #112
      
        
        As long as Democrats refuse to look deeper they will ensure Trump wins again
        NoGoodNamesLeft
        Nov 2016
        #82
      
        
        If this were REALLY about jobs, not race, the millions of black working folk living in the Rust Belt
        EffieBlack
        Nov 2016
        #156
      
        
        That is because there is a stark difference in their experiences concerning racism
        NoGoodNamesLeft
        Dec 2016
        #159
      
        
        Consciously voting for a racist illustrates one as an enabler of racism... at best.
        LanternWaste
        Dec 2016
        #168
      
        
        Your thread title is a perfect example as you claimed that whites lost the election
        NoGoodNamesLeft
        Nov 2016
        #35
      
        
        I agree with you, it's very unhelpful to portray so many of our fellow Americans as racist
        Dems to Win
        Nov 2016
        #17
      
        
        ". But people voted for a carnival barker because he at least respected them and their culture,
        pangaia
        Nov 2016
        #47
      
        
        Of course he's a liar, he's a carnival barker who convinced them he respects them
        Dems to Win
        Nov 2016
        #49
      
        
        Most of the white people that voted for Trump are either racists, sexists, homophobes....
        LexVegas
        Nov 2016
        #19
      
        
        If they voted for Trump, they are undeniably racist and sexist.  Either they are
        Squinch
        Nov 2016
        #22
      
        
        Thank you. I'm so sick of this shit of giving people a pass on voting for a racist asshole
        Squinch
        Nov 2016
        #31
      
        
        They got that revenge by beating themselves over the head with a sledgehammer.  Dumbasses.
        Squinch
        Nov 2016
        #124
      
        
        They voted for a racist.  They put a racist in power, thereby supporting racism.  They are racist.
        Squinch
        Dec 2016
        #173
      
        
        Everyone who voted for Trump was OK with putting an extreme racist in the White House
        FiveGoodMen
        Nov 2016
        #28
      
        
        Try to imagine yourself in the position of rust belt voters for a minute
        NoGoodNamesLeft
        Nov 2016
        #76
      
        
        Trump voters are either racist, sexist and xenophobic OR they are cool with public displays of
        TeamPooka
        Nov 2016
        #65
      
        
        Meh.  Those who voted for a racist have to prove they are not, indeed, racist.
        Coventina
        Nov 2016
        #69
      
        
        HRC recieved just as many votes as Obama did... the "they didn't vote" meme ended on the
        uponit7771
        Nov 2016
        #129
      
        
        Nope... 100,000 between the 3 states she was projected to win ... voter suppression laws.
        uponit7771
        Nov 2016
        #139
      
        
        Clinton is on track to receive about as many votes as Obama received in 2012.
        TwilightZone
        Nov 2016
        #131
      
        
        I think that their election choices reflect accurately on how they really feel.
        NRaleighLiberal
        Nov 2016
        #85
      
        
        Fine ...not all trump voters are racists....but the ones that aren't,  are delusional or ignorant
        Fresh_Start
        Nov 2016
        #89
      
        
        Not delusional, more desperate, foolish, irresponsible for not educating themselves
        NoGoodNamesLeft
        Nov 2016
        #109
      
        
        When you have no job and are on the verge of homelessness like many in the rust belt
        NoGoodNamesLeft
        Nov 2016
        #113
      
        
        Ok thanks for letting us know some don't care what he said about other people . Deals with
        lunasun
        Nov 2016
        #121
      
        
        Comey's actions may have been questionable, but Anthony Weiner handed it to him
        NRQ891
        Nov 2016
        #152
      
        
        There are some racists, I'm sure...but people are saying ALL, and that is NOT true
        NoGoodNamesLeft
        Nov 2016
        #155
      
        
        I agree with you to a certain point.  You know that Trump brought out all the racists
        akbacchus_BC
        Dec 2016
        #164
      
        
        For several days there have been threads calling all of certain groups of white voters racists
        NoGoodNamesLeft
        Dec 2016
        #176