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HI2thDoc's avatar

I have come to the same conclusion. His supporters are one, some, or all the things you listed. And if confronted with those, nearly all would deny that they hold those positons.

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James Starr's avatar

i used to work at a small market TV station in deep east Texas and yes the newsroom was just like today's Magas even back then, (1992). I was the only progressive in there.

it felt, to me, very hostile there...I lasted a year and left.

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HI2thDoc's avatar

Oh, so true. The roots of what has become MAGA were always there in some quarters of our nation. Trump embodied and amplified grievances that stem from racism.

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Lisa59's avatar

Protecting white privilege since 1619.

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Dana Jae Labrecque's avatar

IтАЩm sure that was painful. Sorry you had to experience that.

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Kaye Stone's avatar

In Utah, the Mormons generally vote republican and the atmosphere is toxic if you admit that you are progressive. My dog's name is Birdie Sanders, and I make sure to say her entire name when I meet people. I'm getting a kitten in a few weeks and I am thinking about calling her Kamala Harris!

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kdsherpa's avatar

((( )))

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Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

Ahh the tea-party years where it began to thrive.

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un poco loco's avatar

It is the likeliest place to find active Klan in all of Texas!

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James Starr's avatar

I agree although they are spread out in Texas. But yeah.

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P. J. Schuster's avatar

Yep, my nephew & my sister are like that; they vote for Trump & other very conservative Republicans, but if I were to tell them they are racist, they would vehemently deny that.

My nephew even said that when Biden said, during his 2020 campaign, that if given the opportunity, he would appoint the first female Black justice to the Supreme Court, that he broke the law against discrimination!!!!!

No matter how I tried to explain that those laws were put into place to try & correct the blatant & harsh discrimination against women & minorities, he refused to see it that way. So the idea of white male victimhood has really permeated society.

I was just appalled.

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P. J. Schuster's avatar

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention my family members live in the Texas hill country.

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Rosemary Orlandi's avatar

How, in God's name did our country get sooo fucked up !!! I put a lot of it down to the sorry state of our education.I went to schools in the 50s , we didn't have the resources available to fact check liars. We did however, have Civics; we learned about government processes at the local, state and federal level. Folks these days seem to have no idea how it is supposed to be, so they settle for crap that politicians dish out.

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