[JohnnyB]

Originally Posted by direwolf

Jesus christ, what a disgusting and pathetic mess that country is. This kind of crap makes me so angry and sad. These racist arseholes have always been there of course, but at least under previous administrations they didn't come right out in the open like this...or maybe it's just because social media wasn't as prevalent and we just didn't see it every day like we do now.

But under Trump they've definitely been emboldened to crawl out from under their rocks and let their white supremacist flags fly. It's horrifying.

Saying they “come out from under their rocks” makes it sound like white supremacy hasn't been the historical standard.