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Originally Posted by New Era
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?
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Well, I think some feel that he won't govern in that manner. Whether that's true or not, we shall see.
But I would say this also: if he does govern with an exclusionary, racist, or misogynistic hand, it may well - and I will predict it
would - result in turning a lot of people off, while also keeping the issue at the forefront of peoples' concerns and of discussion points. Maybe it will result in positive change.
Clearly, the strategy of the extreme left hasn't been working to reduce prejudices, maybe having a horrible leader will.
Extremes, on both sides, have resulted in more extremists on both sides. Hopefully this results in re-focusing the center.