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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
His support is immune to accusations of sexism, racism, or anti-muslim bigotry because many of his supporters are sexists, racists, and anti-muslim bigots.
They don't mind the labels. They fit. They aren't going to abandon him because of them.
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First, even if you're a racist, you generally recoil at being CALLED a racist. Except in this case, because they seem to see Trump as immune to those sorts of accusations. So if your supposition is that his supporters see him being called a bigot and think to themselves, "Yeah? So what, I'm a racist sexist bigot too, I don't mind those labels", I don't know what to tell you except that I think that's nuts.
Second, these accusations have become so broadly used and on such a hair-trigger basis that they've become suspect. I actually doubt that there are enough truly racist people in the USA to be able to buoy a candidate to the extent Trump has been buoyed. Much as some people would like to think there are Nazis around every corner so that they have a bogeyman to fight, most people are actually decent human beings. So I disagree with your main point, unless you're expanding the definition of racist, sexist, or anti-muslim bigot to such a degree as to rob it of any real meaning.