It's wild how more and more brazen people are getting with the blatant racism. Were there always this many virulent racists, or is the right-wing hate machine really that effective?
So, I actually reviewed studies on racism for fun once (it was the pandemic and I was curious). Overt racism had decreased since the civil rights movement, but covert racism replaced it at similar rates iirc
It would make sense that these racists never left or changed their views, especially the older generation. But good lord did the emergence of Trump on the national stage let these goons feel free to let their bigotry fly.
it could also be that as some of them aged they lost the ability to keep their mouths shut.
I can't decide if its better for it to at least be out in the open so we can denounce it, or if it was better when kept private and not openly practiced. One affects the hated group directly, but the other lets ideas fester and go unchallenged.
I'm honestly amazed Trump hasn't just started using the N-word at his rallies considering he can't shut up about anything that happens to be in his conscious thoughts.
I wouldn't be surprised if he does. But I also wouldn't be shocked if he just doesn't care enough to. I feel like using a slur requires a level of vitriol that Trump seems to reserve for individuals that he thinks wronged him. Come to think of it, I bet he calls a judge or prosecutor in one of his cases the n-word at some point.
Right? I'm amazed he hasn't used that word for Letitia James. Although he did caller her "peekaboo" which pretty much everyone understands is a dog whistle for "jigaboo."
What could this guy have done as mayor? Use his magic mayor powers to hold up the bridge and will it back into place like Magneto? I don't think private boat maintenance is part of his job.
Your problem is that you think racists are coming from a rational position.
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