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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
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.
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No one is dismissing all Trump voters as racist. It definitely appeals to a segment of his support, but not all of it. That doesn't change the fact that people. It's for someone who embraced racist ideals and promoted those ideals openly. To me, this is the toughest thing to observe. I've watched it tear friendships and families apart, including my wife's. It has been so damn strange to see people who were staunchly liberal begin to defend the racist rhetoric and overtones. How do you make that big a swing in your beliefs? I know these people aren't racist, they just elected to support one as the ultimate leader of our country. How do people come to grips with that?