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Originally Posted by longsuffering
Second million dollar question. What will the US look like in 20 years? 50 years? With the rise of the Tea Party, racial and political intolerance, the religious right, anti-intellectualism and a growing trend of rejecting science in favour of dogma, could America become a hotbed of Christian extremists ready to attack those that don't share their zeal?
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As a transplant, I think absolutely not. The conservative WASP wingnuts get lots of press because they are, well, wingnuts. They have many followers, but I don't think they are representative of the country.
America has a lot of liberal minded white people (see: Portland, OR) and many conservative Americans who aren't actually wingnuts or racists. I think in the next 20, and especially 50 years though, the Hispanic wave won't be contained any longer (and I'm not saying that is bad, quite the contrary).
One day the Hispanics/Latinos coupled with [normal] white Americans, will realize they are powerful and would be able to defeat the bolded demographic and make America a country of openness. It'll take time, but I think all this wingnutty stuff we see from Republicans is their last hurrah since they are desperate and see the end is coming for their ideology.