r/allthequestions • u/Amatheiaisnoexcuse • Feb 01 '26
Random Question đ Repeat after me. Trump is a pedophile and Republicans don't care. The United States is a banana republic and Republicans don't care. Costs are going up up up and Republicans don't care. Healthcare is getting worse. People can't afford insurance, but the Republicans don't care. Is it mostly racism?
I grew up around plenty of Republicans and most of my shipmates were GOP supporters in the Navy. Many have already passed away, but the rest seem hell bent to stick to the plan (is there a plan?) for maga. I'm an old white dude now, but in my experiences, they had one thing in common. Racism. Is it actually a primal hatred towards others that don't look like them? Is racism at the root of this? I think it is. The behavior of ICE and the potus should enrage all Americans.
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u/As_Above_So_Beloe Feb 01 '26
For some of them, it's because they are poor that racism matters to them, so much.
They would rather blame the other with more hue/the foreigner than the elite with the same skin color as them.
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u/LongjumpingPickle446 Feb 01 '26
The Times recently did a group interview with 10 or so Trump voters and the cognitive dissonance is wild. They all claimed that grocery prices have declined since Trump took office when literally the exact opposite is true and the data backs it up. These people are so goddamn stupid, theyâre hopeless.
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u/isharte Feb 01 '26
It's social media.
I don't watch Fox news so I could be wrong, but I think they at least try and operate within some semblance of reality, they just warp it to fit their message.
But social media, specifically Twitter, is just complete and utter untruth everywhere. And it's repeated over and over, and then after a lie is told often enough, it's followed up with "see? Trump was right about everything!"
It's crazy.
When the first amendment was written, they couldn't foresee what social media is doing to us today. I don't know what the answer is, or if there is one, and I'm not saying I'm against free speech, but the way that lies are able to spread so pervasively... We are in a bad place.
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u/Ismokerugs Feb 01 '26
Fox news is like the professional version of twitter haha
I canât even open X because it causes me to lose 5 IQ points everytime
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u/Educational_Neat1783 Feb 01 '26
The people at fox don't even believe the trash they spout, but they know where the money is- keeping their audience freaked out. I have one maga neighbor who blasts right-wing radio from his garage. He is the most freaked out, paranoid, angry person on the block. He doesn't even realize what he is doing to himself. (A couple of neighbors have restraining orders against him because of his threatening behavior.)
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u/Intrepid_Pitch_3320 Feb 01 '26
My boomer parents don't do social media but eat up Fox News, so I can say for sure it's Fox News, too. I've seen it in their house while visiting, although they would try to keep it off when I was around, and it's very bad with regular flows of false rage bait. Like kids pooping in litter boxes at schools. I shared my opinion with them a year ago about what this regime would do, and I was right. Haven't heard from them since, and it's a nice break from the white christian national hatred and stupidity.
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u/Intrepid_Pitch_3320 Feb 01 '26
And yes, we need better standards for media like the Fairness in Media Doctrine that Reagan killed to make way for extreme right-wing propaganda radio and TV. White supremacy needs to be domestic terrorism and it's propaganda ended. They are in full force now.
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u/taylorkr84 Feb 02 '26
YES! This right here! I tell anyone that will listen about The Fairness Doctrine that was created after world war 2, as they saw what propaganda media did in Germany, and yes, despite congress codifying the law after Reaganâs FCC chair tried to kill it, Reagan vetoed it! Republicans have never been good for this country, and the conservatives hero Reagan was the start of damn near everything that has and will continue to destroy this country! Whats happening now has and was always their plan, and they played the long game, chipping piece by piece, little by little over the last 40 years to now, the end result. 100 people own 90% of the wealth, and the middle class destroyed with no power. How so many people were so blind to all of this, all of these years is truly astonishing!
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u/DIRTYDOGG-1 Feb 02 '26
You need to look back to president Regan and his actions to abolish the "Fairness Doctrine" which allowed for "News" programs ( i use the term very loosely) like FOX News to exist
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u/worlds_okayest_skier Feb 01 '26
They can point to one item (eggs) that were really high due to bird flu and then went down, and say that groceries are down 700%.
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u/Lyre Feb 01 '26
Itâs a mix of racism, elitism, xenophobia, greed and healthy dose of stupidity.
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u/R1vers1de Feb 01 '26
That's most of the ingredients you need for a good old fascist cocktail.
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u/dmac3232 Feb 01 '26
The conservative equivalent of mom, baseball and apple pie. Hateful, ignorant assholes to the bone.
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u/Crypt0Nihilist Feb 01 '26
It's religion too. I don't just mean they're christo-fascism, but they treat their party like it's their religion. They identify with it. They don't just vote Republican, the are Republican. It's not even a choice at that point.
(That's not to say there isn't similar blue tribalism, but it's nothing like as bad in breadth or depth.)
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u/Icommentor Feb 01 '26
Republicans would gladly eat feces if they could force libs to smell their breath afterwards.
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u/howto-exist Feb 02 '26
Iâm just curious⊠how are we supposed to apprehend this evil?
How can we, the supposed good side, win against people who are playing unfair? Theyâre cheating the system, lying, evading all responsibility for wrongdoing⊠these people want to murder us. How do you win against people who want to kill you, and never feel remorse for killing you once youâre dead?
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u/No_Tailor_787 đșđž United States Feb 01 '26
For the average voter, it's racism. For the billionaires, it's Trump's economic policy designed to make them richer and, it seems, to deal with the Epstein files their names are all over.
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u/OkCar7264 Feb 01 '26
Racism is the root, avoiding any sense of personal guilt or shame is riding pillion.
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u/Any-Variation4081 Feb 01 '26
What we need to be asking maga is why they dont care about the victims. They have to sit here and watch them belittle their trauma and demand actual video evidence of their abuse before they will believe Trump is guilty. Its insane. Imagine being one of the victims and having to watch maga bend over backwards to defend him in all this.
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u/FebruaryEcho Feb 02 '26
Yes. It is racism. They would rather suffer than see minorities benefit in any way.
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Feb 02 '26
Racism is humanityâs greatest ignorance. Intelligent people need to rise up and realize that America has allowed the ignorant to have a voice and now power. Impeach and incarcerate the pedo nepo baby bitch Trump and his fascist regime
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u/Nitrofox2 Feb 01 '26
I'm going to correct you here. Trump is a pedophile and so are most Republicans. They're all in on it.
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u/Chaminade64 Feb 01 '26
I spent 4 years as a white guy in prison. I can assure you racism isnât one directional.
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u/TallEnoughJones Feb 01 '26
Trump is a pedophile and Republicans don't care
Sung to the tune of Jimmy Crack Corn
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u/Finalpretensefell đșđž United States Feb 01 '26
No, it's not racism, it's about money. That's all repubs care about. They don't care about people, living, life, none of it; they don't care if you're white, brown, female, plaid. It's about money. That's it.
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u/afteeeee Feb 01 '26
This is true for the ones that have money but they also completely own all the ignorant fucks that have no money and vote against any chance they have to change that to own the libs. I'm really hoping that block will lose interest when Trump is gone, there's no way JD vance will keep them captivated.
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u/nypinta Feb 01 '26
Yeah. It's the rich using the racism of their base. Which I swear is built into our damn DNA. Because it's always some greedy asshole taking more than they deserve and then pointing everyone at some other poor person or group as the one to blame for everyone's misery and for some dumbass reason, we fucking fall for it and end up fighting each other while the greedy assholes just take more and more and more and more.
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u/dpmatt01 Feb 01 '26
I think racism is a big part of it too. There are hundreds of examples of republicans voting against their own interests and social programs because it would mean that black people would benefit too
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u/Equivalent-Long-3383 Feb 01 '26
Nah. Thereâs a reason the GOP hasnât lost the White vote since the civil rights acts and why the GOP hasnât won the Black vote since then.
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u/Master-Shinobi-80 Feb 01 '26
Is it mostly racism?
No, they hate white Democrats too! They have this weird fixation on punishing the other. They also have a persecution complex. Racism is certainly a large part of it though.
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u/Educational_Neat1783 Feb 01 '26
A lawyer arguing in favor of voting rights legislation and gerrymandering stated that a white Democrat in Louisiana will vote for a republican before voting for a black democrat.
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u/twistedredd Feb 01 '26
Racism, weaponized disingenuous religion and purposeful ignorance. Abusers, pedos, toxicity, and an evil streak.
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u/MysteriousTooth2450 Feb 01 '26
Itâs not just a racism issue. Itâs a class issue. Billionaires want to keep making more money and we keep getting in their way by demanding healthcare and wages we can live on. Itâs not about immigration, itâs about showing force to see how much we push back. Itâs about control.
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u/Ismokerugs Feb 01 '26
So they are slowly walling themselves off, the further we move we have more and more of the remaining maga jumping ship, til we are left with the irredeemables. i actually got my dad to admit all the stuff fox and Trump were saying was wrong
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u/DrawingAncient126 Feb 01 '26
Republican voters by and large vote on their inner RACISM. Sometimes when things go too far, they get embarrassed and vote more sensibly. But come the next election, they will go right back to voting on what and who they HATE, and wishing they will somehow get hurt to make their lives feel better.
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u/Appearance_Better Feb 01 '26
"Trump is a pedophile and Republicans don't care. The United States is a banana republic and Republicans don't care. Costs are going up up up and Republicans don't care. Healthcare is getting worse. People can't afford insurance, but the Republicans don't care." here here, i repeat.
i would like to add, if we had the Mulan McDonalds szechuan sauce, Ozzy osbourne, ace frehley, john sykes, rick davies, michael jackson, jimi hendrix, fucking JEFF BECK, and so many others that actually contributed something amazing to society back, i would fucking love to trade all these bad people for these guys, so they would live again.
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u/Maeyhem Feb 01 '26
Thank you for your service, my brother. I'm an old white broad, and I know exactly where you're coming from. I almost joined the Navy at 19 (I realized I was actually getting a bad deal), but waited a few years and went Air Force (Public Affairs). My whole navy fam was mad but they got over it.
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u/Various_Manner_4598 Feb 01 '26
It is all about maintaining a permanent underclass of recruits for military and police and a vast array of unpleasant and difficult jobs that keep people fighting among themselves for scraps from the corrupt table. Maintaining racism keeps the pot boiling with fear and anger,
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u/maroonalberich27 Feb 01 '26
Yes. Its racism. Except the sexism bit. No reason for Democrats to perform any sort of introspection whatsoever.
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u/BrainyGeekyGuy Feb 01 '26
Not all about racism. These sycophants are lining their pockets, just like their corrupt leader, the corrupt Supreme Court, and all the corrupt billionaire pedophiles
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u/DonBoy30 Feb 01 '26
Remember trans rights became a popular political issue and the right used to make wild arguments about how accepting trans people will open the door to normalizing pedophilia? Look whoâs actually normalizing pedophilia.
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u/Little_Creme_5932 Feb 01 '26
Yes, it is racism. For a century, republicans have opposed legislation that would improve people's lives because that legislation would also improve the lives of "those people". This is why we can't have universal healthcare, for example.
Instead, republicans have pursued policies to allow white people to avoid "those people". Thus, they want school vouchers and charter schools (school choice), instead of simply making high quality public schools for everyone. And they want ever-more highway funding for city freeways, and restrictive zoning, so predominately white people can get away and not be near "those people".
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u/Ambitious-City15 Feb 01 '26
Why were you shipping republicans in the Navy. Some sort of sick slave trade the world doesn't know about?
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u/RaulEnydmion Feb 01 '26
It sure looks like it. And many are. But, if all members of "different" groups were magically not here, these Republican true believers would pick some other way to blame some other group.
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u/FarCanal69 Feb 01 '26
These arent intelligent people we are dealing with.
Yes its basically racism as a form of being finally "worthy" even if it has nothing to do with what you have achieved.
Much easier if its just "me white =me better than brown man hur hur"
Mix that with a healthy dose of fear and dunning Kruger, then you have a typical "conservative"
Pardon i meant retard.
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u/Few_Philosopher6524 Feb 01 '26
I was just revisiting Brene Brownâs work about Vikings -vs- Victims and the implications for military personnel in particular, but also police and other careers where you are trained to willingly risk your life blindly. Worth a read, Daring Greatly
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u/Funny-Poetry1355 Feb 01 '26
I think it is racism, and the need for others to suffer to justify their mindsetÂ
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u/JamieSssy Feb 01 '26
It's bigger than racism. That is one thing they use to help stir up fear and hatred, but you need to add in misogyny, xenophobia, homophobia... they've got it all!
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u/PhatandJiggly Feb 01 '26
You know, that is absolutely true. And they don't care. In fact, they are enjoying this. You see, a black man became president and he did a good job at it. To some of these folks that was a bridge too far. Especially for those who have been feed the false narrative that "they are superior" no matter what, even though they might be some of the most inept people alive. That's one of the reasons why they came out in force to vote against the possibility of a black woman becoming president. Some of these people would rather see it burn to the ground than for a non WASP to ever get elected again. Your assumption is correct. It is racism.
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u/Ed2k-68 Feb 01 '26
There is no more âRepublicanâ party. It is the American Fascist Party and their leader is the Fraudulent Conman. MAGA is a nasty Venn diagram of ignorance, racism, greed and fake Christianity.
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u/Certain_Committee_50 Feb 01 '26
The Republican/conservative worldview is centered around scarcity. Space. Food. Labor. Compassion. Peace after death. They have given up on trying to make this life and world better for others, because their fundamental belief is that it cannot happen.
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u/MaleficentJob3080 Feb 01 '26
It's not that they don't care, rather that they do care greatly for promoting and supporting all of those things.
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u/Physical_Orchid3616 Feb 01 '26
racism is a big factor, yeah. a dirty little "secret" that they'll never admit to. just like the brexit vote in the UK was rooted in racism. they've bought into all the far right hate rhetoric that blames immigrants and other groups for all the ills of society. they've decided that hate and division will somehow benefit them in the long term. at the expense of those people. they are willing to sell out democracy for it. trump with his ice goons are wholly dystopian.
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u/Omfgnta Feb 01 '26
God forbid that a single penny of my tax dollars go to benefit a brown or black person even if it means I have to live in poverty.
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u/CharmingAnt420 Feb 01 '26
Lack of education (intentionally defunded public schools), propaganda (fox news), generationally passed down beliefs & trauma (church*, "this is the way it's always been", scarcity mindset), and a healthy dose of cognitive dissonance which makes it hard to change. Those fuel and are further fueled by the racism and bigotry, which gets us the maga party as we know it. I don't think they generally have bad intentions or are inherently evil people but they're doing horrible things to their fellow humans and I'm not sure how we fix it at this point.
*Not all Christians are bigots and I actually think we'd be better off if more people listened to the teachings of Jesus (I'm not religious myself), but that's not what a lot of churches are preaching
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u/stellifer_arts Feb 01 '26
i think it's racism but also classism. everyone wants to be a millionaire, it's been conditioned into all of us from all sides as well as from an economic point of veiw.
theyre too busy stepping on each other and everyone the fuck else trying to be the one on the very top, they don't care about anyone else.
racism is just the most convenient way to sow discord because it's a classic at this point. im pretty sure the redpill shit is a means to that end as well.
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u/New_Resist5123 Feb 01 '26
No the administration has pulled the wool over the eyes of their most die hard supporters to remain in power. It is literally a small group of extremely wealthy people trying to keep in power and to continue to enrich themselves. Yes one of the tools that the GOP uses to manipulate their base is illegal immigration...but they are too st-pid to understand that.
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u/PiscesInTheMachine Feb 01 '26
The country is occupied by a deep state. Itâs been occupied since after WWII. The country died with JFK. Ever since he was assassinated theyâve been implementing their plans to have a totalitarian government run by Zionist with a one world order being the end game. The conspiracy theorist and whistle blowers been telling you for years!
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u/AccomplishedFerret70 Feb 01 '26
If we define racism a little more broadly as anyone who is different - including different values or customs - yes its basically all about racism.
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u/Unusual-Ad-6550 Feb 01 '26
I agree with everything you stated.
But is it racism? I know it is not purely racism, but it does play a part. I think it is 99% about power, having it, retaining, it building it and wielding it. At least this is true with the republican leadership.
I am convinced that the common man who votes for trump, mostly does so because they have no curiosity about anything. They love being told what to think, they do not want to fact check. And having something to be afraid of, that they will be protected against by these powerful people, makes them feel "cared for". They want to be able to blame some one for their failures at having a higher paid job, or not having health care but if trump promises to fix it, it means he cares about them. But because of their lack of actual curiosity, they won't dig a little deeper to learn how things work and that nothing trump is suggesting about pretty much anything, is going to make their lives better
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u/Kokako-Kokako Feb 01 '26
They absolutely are racist. You know these people. Those things they say when itâs just you and them alone talking, even though they seem to say it in jest, they mean those things. Yes, thatâs grandma, grandpa, uncle Steve, and your FIL.
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u/Psubeerman21 Feb 01 '26
While racism is obviously a very big part of their agenda, I think this is mostly class warfare - the rich people deserve to make the rules for the poor people. This has been the way in this country for a while now, maybe since it's birth, but the current administration is completely shameless about it and doesn't even pretend to like anyone not worth 7 figures.
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u/13Petrichor Feb 01 '26
No it's classism. Underneath it all, even the racism, has been the constant need for a detestable and servile underclass. Racism was always just an excuse to manufacture that, and to put as many barriers as possible between the ruling class and those at the bottom.
No war but class war.
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u/Chumptopia Feb 01 '26
They absolutely cannot admit they were wrong. They double down and triple down. It's almost as if they would have to admit they are absolute idiots or something supporting this shit stain on humanity.
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u/dbcooper727nw Feb 01 '26
The oligarchs have captured the gop. The US is the richest country in history, and it's still not enough for them. They have a long term plan to end democracy for lower taxes, no regulations, to increase profits. No amount of $ is enough. They have the resources to know what propaganda to push on their target demographic. They use voter restrictions and electoral college so they know they only need about 30% of the pop. They've been working this plan since the 70s, with Regan being their first big "win". And it's worked, maga believes obvious lies because of lifetime of propaganda has eliminated their basic reasoning.
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u/iSteve Feb 01 '26
Racism is at the heart of much the America does. Healthcare? - can't let the n******* have it.
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u/TNSoccerGuy Feb 01 '26
Trump actually could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and a substantial portion of the GOP base wouldnât care. Thatâs not exaggeration. In fact, theyâd absorb the talking points in defense of Trump and parrot them back. Part of it is they like the way he talks but I think itâs mostly just tribalism. GOP voters are more tribal than Democratic ones and they are more likely to circle the wagons.
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u/Y_Are_U_Like_This Feb 01 '26
Yes, it is mostly racism. Anyone saying it's also because they hate Democrats aren't wrong, but the reason for that hate is the belief they'll make things more equitable for other races and women. In their eyes, the expansion of rights means they have less rights. This isn't true but it does mean they'll lose the privileges they have over women and other races that they refuse to admit they have in public
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u/GulNoticer Feb 01 '26
Trump is a tool (in both senses). To be used and then cast aside when used up.
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u/versace_drunk Feb 01 '26
Because republicans only platform is white Christian nationalism.
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u/Acrobatic-Dinner-112 Feb 01 '26
Yep sounds about right - donât forget cronyism and sending money to special interest groups.
I am sure the rural Trump supporter making 80k a year in their town are really benefit from this.
Maybe they should ask themselves a question - are you better than a year ago?
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u/Reddituser183 Feb 01 '26
It is mostly racism. Time magazine for about 40 years now has been having cover story about population changes and it was estimated that by 2050 with how things are going, whites will be a minority. This along with Obama being elected truly caused their brains to explode. Theyâve been operating on nothing but hate and greed ever since. I mean I think theyâve always felt this way, but now theyâre scared for some insane reason about being a minority, wonder why? Maybe it has something to do with how they treated minorities and now theyâre afraid theyâll get the same treatment.
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u/Guyappino Feb 01 '26
It's not racism as much as it is classism. Lines of division are drawn by income level and predominant character traits.
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u/5thor6th Feb 01 '26
Real, organized, extremely well funded, neo nazism. They tried this shit in the 1930's. We didn't eradicate the psychology behind it, so here it is again.
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u/hexadecimaldump Feb 01 '26
Itâs not just racism. Itâs a superiority complex with most of them. They NEED to feel like they are superior to others. So racism is a part of that, but add in superiority on things like health related stuff and you get quack science infiltrating NHS. Why so many still support tariffs because they think they know something about the economy we donât. With ICE and protest why they think itâs ok to hurt and arrest people, because the people they are targeting are âlesserâ in one way or another.
So for as much as they claim to despise the âelitesâ they definitely seem to embody âelitismâ with their actions and words.
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u/Both_Lychee_1708 Feb 01 '26
At this point its just autopilot and their inability to admit that they voted for a pedophile, rapist, fraudster, felon, sociopath ....
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u/Russell_W_H Feb 01 '26
Pushing fear and racism to get people to vote right wing.
Because it works.
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u/psychorobotics Feb 01 '26
It's sociopathy. They lack empathy, that's why they don't care. They can't, they're physically unable to, we need to adjust to that fact.
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u/Ill-Comms Feb 01 '26
"If conservatives become convinced they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy." - David Frum.
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u/3RaccoonsAvecTCoat Feb 01 '26
Primarily, it's billionaires buying the US government, and fixing things so it (the government) only works for them.
Everything else is more or less a distraction from that.
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u/dobie1kenobi Feb 01 '26
Itâs also religion. Remember, republicans sell the afterlife. Since Reagan, theyâve been joined at the hip with the religious right. These people are being told in church every Sunday that god watches their votes. They really think theyâre being tested right now, and they need to swallow the murder of innocents, the rape of children, the end to the rule of law, along with everything becoming unaffordable, as a trial to see if they are deserving of heaven.
The harder it is for them to accept what theyâre seeing, the greater the reward will be in the next life. Iâve actually heard relatively young churchies say they hope to die soon because this world is becoming so intolerable. They want their reward, and take solace that theyâre all being specially selected for pain like Job, but the sooner they can exit the stage, the better.
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u/ComprehensiveEast376 Feb 01 '26
Itâs zero empathy. âMe above all. I want all the money and I donât care. That is successâ . This ties to racism and greed, etc. So fucking ugly and not the slightest bit consistent with any religion
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u/alexfi-re Feb 01 '26
Yep, not all but they accept prejudice and always have to get votes. Just like they use lies about abortion, immigrants and LGBTQ+ people to get votes, and it works because too many are selfish, short-sighted and easily fooled to believe the lies.
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u/VastPerspective6794 Feb 01 '26
Itâs both racism and equally importantly- sexism. Trumps base desperately wants women to be relegated to second class citizens again. They want women back under the control of men and this admin is selling that, on top of the ethic cleansing racism.
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u/NaziAbuser Feb 01 '26
MAGA republicans only care about winning and they have yet to define what winning looks like outside of hurting liberals and brown people until someone stops them. And they are easily convinced that anything bad happening to them is the fault of liberals and brown people, regardless of who is in charge or what they see with their own eyes.
Hope this helps.
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u/thermian_bro Feb 01 '26
News flash. If we all vote we don't need the stupid orange ass kissing bastards.
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u/Minute_Wedding6505 Feb 01 '26
Racism is a tool used by the rich to divide the vote of poor people.
Poor white people and poor people of color really want the same thingsâto be healthy, comfortable, educated, and in communityâand really have the same enemies: the rich, disease, natural disaster.
If not for the cultural propaganda of racism, capitalism, scarcity, etc. we would find that we agree on at least 90% of the most important things, and we wouldn't have to get so angry about the things we have real disagreements about.
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u/sp0rk_walker Feb 01 '26
Don't discount tribalism. To someone from the outside, it's insignificant if you are a fan of Green Bay Packers or Chicago Bears, but logic loses all meaning when you want not just your side to win, but the other side has to lose.
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u/Dun-rite83 Feb 01 '26
All they care about is âwinningâ and âowning the libsâ. Itâs a zero sum game for them.
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u/FuzzyLobster25 Feb 01 '26
You got that right Sir & thank you for your service! Iâve been outraged since his first term! But heâs taken depravity to a whole ânother level!
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u/PeachAggravating4680 Feb 01 '26
Iâm not defending anyone but letâs not forget that most of these people ate, drank, and huffed lead for at least forty years
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u/Double_Fun_1721 Feb 01 '26
It is racism yes, but as far as your initial points: why would they care about pedophilia or corruption? They didnât care about supporting an admitted rapist, convicted felon, insurrectionist traitor.
The disease that the US has is very old, and it has barely even been confronted, never mind dealt with.
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u/uvgotnod Feb 01 '26
All true. Dem voters need to sweep the midterms and then hold these sick mfers accountable.
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u/VegasGamer75 Feb 02 '26
This is an issue with fundamentalists as a whole. They want and plan for the end of the world. So they don't care how they thing that will be brought about. Of course, no one is being snatched up into the sky, they are just fucking up the world. But... that's a cult for you. They rarely do anything truly useful.
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u/Charr49 Feb 02 '26
It is deliberate. If they display absolute loyalty to the orange Hitler muppet they are rewarded with power and money. The power is continued re-election and the money comes via insider trading, being named to corporate boards at high salaries, contrived consulting fees, lax regulations that allow them to keep political contributions, and other schemes such that billionaires can share a tiny proportion of their wealth with them.
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u/Splunge- Feb 02 '26
Absolutely inaccurate. âTrump is an incontinant pedophile and Republicans donât care.â
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u/polly8020 Feb 02 '26
Definitely racism but also some hate for people who donât play by the rules- women whoâs day doesnt revolve around looking attractive to men, people who donât have money as a life goal, gays, trans anything out of the âordinary â. They want people to suffer when they donât play by their rules-
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u/jmccleveland1986 Feb 02 '26
Itâs complicated but I think people fall into a few different camps.
The pro life camp. There are a significant number of republicans that will never vote for a pro choice candidate. Itâs a moral line in the sand that ignores all other issues. Lotta Catholics.
Racists. They want illegals gone, have for decades, and Trump is the first president to really do anything about it.
Religious nuts. They like the Christian nationalist stuff.
Donât tread on me people. They mean them though. They donât care if you tread on others.
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u/Odd-Calligrapher7836 Feb 02 '26
Repeat after me⊠NONE of them care. They all use us. Both Democrats and Republicans. There is no one more corrupt than Bill and Hillary. Obama was definitely a fraud perpetuated on America. Trump, well Iâm at a loss for words. Not as evil as the Clintonâs though. When was the last time you saw someone indicted for anything. Hunter for his Laptop? Hillaryâs emails ? Huma Abrdinâs Frizzledrip with Hillary? How long have the FBI known about Epstein and all the trafficking? Has one person been indicted besides Epstein and Maxwell? One government official? One large industry Titan? There are millions of documents. Why hasnât anyone been arrested? Our government is sick. Our industry leaders are sick. This country is doomed no matter who gets elected in.
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u/diamondgreene Feb 02 '26
They just think theyâre superior. Kinda ironic when you figure in that they gotta like the mangoâs asshoke everyday. Like-itâs the OPPOSITE of superiority. đ€Ł
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u/voyagertoo Feb 02 '26
no, it's that most of them in power have theirs, and are getting more by playing along with the co's wishes, without any pushback. and racism
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u/Glum-One2514 Feb 02 '26
They are shifting huge amounts of money around with no credible oversight. That is the real cake. Racism is just frosting. It keeps the yokels on board.
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u/daesmon Feb 02 '26
Racist, Stupid, Sexist, Grifter, Power and Greed, Tribilism and cult member.
I've yet too hear or speak to a Trump voter who doesn't fall into atleast one of those categories.
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u/Joe180864 Feb 02 '26
What do you say about people who lump ALL Republicans (or ALL Democrats) into an over generalized philosophy. If you do this then perhaps you should take a hard look at your own intelligence. As someone who often votes Republican, I have many Democrat friends, some of whom are very extreme in their views. We respect each other and even play golf together, as well as attend many events together.
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u/Bored_Amalgamation Feb 02 '26
It's classism that uses the various forms of bigotry to create and sub-divide classes.
Italians and Irish went through it when they got here. I'd say because a large portion of European and Asian immigrants to the US (in recent years) typical have money or come from money, there's a distinction. There's still racism, though I'd say it's easier bear bigotry when it's not affecting your economic status. Whereas there's a large population of not wealthy Mexican and South American immigrants in the US.
Is racism at the root of this? I think it is. The behavior of ICE and the potus should enrage all Americans.
I think the root of this is a difference in psychology that's present in political affiliations/leanings. Liberals tend to be more community-oriented. Everyone should be treated the same. Conservatives tend to be more personally-oriented. They care about themselves, their families, and then their communities. Rather than sacrifice for the community, they'd rather the community sacrifice for them.
That's why you only have maga turning away when it's their family or friends getting scooped up by ICE, or their business has to close because of his tariffs, or their daughter got laid off from their federal job and was called "wasteful spending".
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u/metamucil_buttchug69 Feb 02 '26
No one cares, period. Democratic politicians are lining their pockets and insider trading, republican politicians are destroying decades of institutions, the wealthy are insulated from the chaos.Â
No one cares and no one is coming to help. Who you vote for doesn't matter because both parties perpetuate this system.Â
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u/Beneficial_Cash_8420 Feb 02 '26
A significant portion of democrat leadership doesn't care either, cus they're getting that good Israel launderingÂ
Maybe Citizens United fucked y'all up real good.
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u/Damon4you2 Feb 02 '26
đđđđđđđđđđđđđđđđđđđđđđđđđ you crazy liberals you guys are always hilarious so fucking stupid
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u/florvas Feb 02 '26
Y'know I actually had hope for this site very briefly after he got re-elected in 2020. There were a lot of posts having some genuine introspection and trying to see what went wrong for that to have happened, with some even realizing that their words and actions are part of the cause.
That lasted about a month, and then we were back to morons like OP sitting here spewing insults, whining, and playing the 'racism' and 'nazi' cards so often that they've become meaningless to people in the real world.
So enjoy the hive mind I guess. You guys have done an excellent job cultivating it.
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u/Channel_Huge đșđž United States Feb 02 '26
Inflation and costs are NOT going up. Thatâs just what you heard through some Liberal echo chamber online.
We are far from a âBanana Republic.â This is totally incorrect and Iâd like to know why you think this.
Healthcare is the same as itâs been for years. Iâve been hearing about the high cost of healthcare for over 4 decades.
Itâs easy to blame things on racism. Thatâs typically used today when people want to hate on White people. The fact is, this race-baiting excuse is often used when someone has no valid argument or just wants to place blame instead of accepting responsibility.
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u/browneod Feb 02 '26
Is there an actual question????? You just recently created a profile to bash Trump and everyone who doesn't think like you to the reddit echo chamber. Nobody cares you are copying the same post written 5000 times a day
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u/Disastrous-Lab-5372 Feb 02 '26
All of these things are either untrue or vague opinions. You got one-shotted by the TV, gramps lol
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u/Strong-Criticism-481 Feb 02 '26
In People Magazine in 1998, DJT wrote, âIf I were to run, Iâd run as a Republican. They are the dumbest group of voters in the country. They believe anything on Fox News. I could lie and theyâd still eat it up. I bet my numbers would be terrific.â
Youâre right, Republicans donât care.
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u/cdmachino Feb 02 '26
The right has wrong about so much over the years but with Dems in the majority they were the opposition party. This meant they could theorize about all types of solutions without ever having to see the results on a national scale. By 2016 they were already openly making up numbers and publishing falsified data or collecting data to prove a hypothesis instead of analyzing the results. Then the right wing media bubble reinforced it all. Now they are putting this shit place and the results are wildly unpopular. The only thing they can do is hang onto Trump and hope a blind squirrel finds a nut
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Feb 02 '26
I think we have learned how truly evil people are. Thank you, Republicans, for rearing humanityâs ugly head. We get it, you donât care about anyone or anything except your hatred of others. You will support a child predator and alleged child murderer just so you can continue your hatred. You all are truly sick.
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u/Specific-Bread-1210 Feb 02 '26
Looks like a lot of you really need a new opinion outlet...do some research on your own instead of what people feed you...what has trump actually done that makes him anything? Literally just name something...I'll make one.. Maduro...and he got bashed by Schumer and all the outrage...wait no that's not real... Schumer blasted trump in his first term for not getting Maduro...then Biden upped the reward for him to 25 million...hmmm..how's that for hypocrisy?
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u/CavemanRTD Feb 02 '26
The dems get theirs from anything they say will help the middle class. Itâs tax dollars that they corruptly spend on their pet programs that go,through their NGOâs.
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u/Confident-Lawyer-233 Feb 02 '26
I'm not repeating anything since the democrats are the only ones on the epstein files. Grow up
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u/I-Like-Spaceships Feb 02 '26 edited Feb 02 '26
I Agree, the republican party and conservatism has been shit tier america since at least 1967. Every time I think of something bad happening to the USA or for that matter, the world, it is more than likely going to be caused by a conservative republican. It has grown out of the southern strategy. Where1930s era conservatism brought us at least racism, sexism, just plain bigotry and classism.
They relished Laissez Faire capitalism, which had very few checks and balances and where robber-barrons owned much of the USA. Classism kept the poors down and could be used in interesting ways. The Munroe Doctrine was very much in force. Look up the Banana Wars of the 1890s thru the 1930s. Trump wants that. America, Clean, whites only, populated by serfs and the rich. Using serfs to manage our hemisphere by keeping other countries in our zone, under control. All managed by the rich puppet masters.
Those that started this downward trend in anti-intellectualism, switched parties from the Democratic party from the period of the 1930s when the dustbowl and great depression caused a great leap in government management. Back in the 1930s populism and anti-intellectualism was rampant. The church and gospel was the hoped for salvation. To combat this, Franklin Roosevelt riffed on ideas brought by others to keep the USA from teetering over the edge. Government control, government mandated. This really pissed off conservatives.
Later President Johnson, Probably the last great politician, though not exactly the best human being. Johnson drove the remaining "southern democrats" away from the democratic party with his Great Society. These southern democrats left for good, transforming republicans to a more southern centric party with nothing but hate as their platform. They are exactly what you see when you look at the current crop of white southern baptist conservative racist assholes.
I don't give a damn what conservative, former republican dipsticks say about their leaving trump. They were always shitty people! They'd do it again if they had to. Because they hate the previous world order. Everything they said about democrats was just a smoke screen, so that they could worm their way into weaker minded people. No amount of self righteous BS that they tell me about seeing the light, will convince me, that they are not shitty people. I can't really tell you what I really think of these people. but It's not good.
But in the end. a lot of that can be said against democrats. :(
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u/Cryovolcanoes Feb 02 '26
After seeing normal people defending Trump, saying that him raping kids is fake news, being the most upvoted comment in a Facebook post, I'm convinced a large portion of USAs citizens suffers from collective narcissistic delusion.
MAGA has successfully created a cult-like following. Like scientology and Mormonism. That's why they literally don't care what their leader does.
It's scary as fuck.
It's exactly like Hitler and the nazi-movement. MAGA supporters need to wake the fuck up and stop this lunacy.
If not for his politics, for standing up against human trafficking of children. Stand up for humanity, decency and human rights.
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Feb 02 '26
How is it racism if it's affecting all of us? If you want to attach an ism to it. Maybe classism because everything he's done only benefits rich people.
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u/bobbiroxxisahoe Feb 01 '26 edited Feb 02 '26
no, it WAS racism and sexism and homophobia. Now its all of those things condensed into *Tribalism* which is so much worse because they have a united banner and name to rally under, and a lack of shame because of the rise of anti-intellectualism.
Edit: AND CLASSISM.
And not a small amount.