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Originally Posted by BoLevi
Most Trump voters would disagree with you that it is true... And so don't enjoy being called racists.
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Yeah, a lot of them would also disagree that Trump lost. That doesn't make it so.
As I said, I'm not going to assume that anyone who voted for Trump is a racist. I'm not calling anyone who voted for Trump racist.
What I'm saying is they definitely voted for someone who is demonstrably racist (amongst other things).
As I said, they can try to square that any way they want. But to argue that they didn't vote for someone who is racist means they are either completely ignorant (willfully or otherwise), or they aren't being honest.
Voting for someone who clearly displays certain traits or behaviors doesn't mean you share those same traits or behaviors, but it does mean that you do not see them as important/egregious enough to disqualify that person from your list of acceptable leaders.
Put another way:
Voting for Trump
does not mean you are racist.
Voting for Trump
does mean, at best, you think it is acceptable for your leader to be racist provided they agree with you on what you think are more important issues.