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Originally Posted by New Era
No doubt, I need to be better in this regard. But I will point out a major difference in the discussion here. You don't see a difference when the President-elect embraces these behaviors? If Clinton were embracing the negative behaviors that the radical left was promoting, I would say you're right on the money. But I don't recall Clinton doing that, and I do recall Trump embracing the rhetoric of the alt-right and encouraging those behaviors with his supporters. You don't see the difference here?
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I absolutely agree that it is wrong for the President-elect to embrace those behaviors - and have said so.
I think Trump's campaign - and him, for that matter - was disgusting. The recent flair-up of violent and blatant racism has been disgusting and deeply concerning. There are some very serious underlying problems here.
That wasn't what was being discussed though. The discussion has been about dismissing all Trump voters as racist, or privileged or whatever. And that, IMO, is a big mistake. And only serves to fuel and escalate things.