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I agree which is why I was so mad at the left for telling the little pukes that if trump was elected it meant it was acceptable to be racist. Now I understand that they really wanted to win the election and were willing to say and do anything it took to accomplish that, but perhaps they should have stopped and thought about what spreading the message might actually accomplish. And while most folks knew that was bullshit, the ignorant racists seem to have taken it to heart. Now we have to fight that much harder to force them back under the bridge where they came from. But keep blaming trump for all the racists in the world. It only makes the left look like idiots while the right wins elections.

I guess you missed the part where Trump repeated practically everything that the newer 'softer' white nationalist movements have been saying verbatim. Trump didn't create racism (straw man), he just legitimized it when he used it in his campaign.

I knew there was going to be spin coming, but I didn't anticipate just absurd it would get.

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If I got up on a podium and told you to jump in the lake...

T^T

Except this was something the white nationalist, like many people on this board, was dying to do.
All he needed to hear was that it's acceptable. It's also why Trump is responsible for the recent upswing in hate crimes.

Trump effect FTW.

I agree which is why I was so mad at the left for telling the little pukes that if trump was elected it meant it was acceptable to be racist. Now I understand that they really wanted to win the election and were willing to say and do anything it took to accomplish that, but perhaps they should have stopped and thought about what spreading the message might actually accomplish. And while most folks knew that was bullshit, the ignorant racists seem to have taken it to heart. Now we have to fight that much harder to force them back under the bridge where they came from. But keep blaming trump for all the racists in the world. It only makes the left look like idiots while the right wins elections.

I think there's a lot of blame to share all the way around.

The key point in the end is that racism is alive, well, and in some quarters, rampant. The rest is symptomatic.

Frankly, we as a nation aren't where we thought we were. That's worth learning, even if the lesson was harsh.

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ORIGINAL: Termyn8or

If I got up on a podium and told you to jump in the lake...

T^T

Except this was something the white nationalist, like many people on this board, was dying to do.
All he needed to hear was that it's acceptable. It's also why Trump is responsible for the recent upswing in hate crimes.

Trump effect FTW.

I agree which is why I was so mad at the left for telling the little pukes that if trump was elected it meant it was acceptable to be racist. Now I understand that they really wanted to win the election and were willing to say and do anything it took to accomplish that, but perhaps they should have stopped and thought about what spreading the message might actually accomplish. And while most folks knew that was bullshit, the ignorant racists seem to have taken it to heart. Now we have to fight that much harder to force them back under the bridge where they came from. But keep blaming trump for all the racists in the world. It only makes the left look like idiots while the right wins elections.

I think there's a lot of blame to share all the way around.

The key point in the end is that racism is alive, well, and in some quarters, rampant. The rest is symptomatic.

Frankly, we as a nation aren't where we thought we were. That's worth learning, even if the lesson was harsh.

Yes it is alive and it's actually being talked about which is a good thing. In fact getting people to talk about race and other issues might be the only good thing to come out of electing the clown.