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Seeming surge of hate crimes, assaults, intimidation in wake of Trump victory
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You. I like you.
Yup. And those are now the only Republicans I care about.
most did to undo the damage done by obama in their eyes. They had no other choice.
Melkezadek
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People are more concerned with people being labelled racists than the occurrence of actual racism.
Whether or not they themselves are racist is irrelevant. They are enabling a racist. And by doing that, they allow him to embolden the actual racist.
Racism isn't a political difference like someone being a "hawk". It's not an opinion.
Omega Kirby
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Only got yourselves to blame
That guy who got the bottle over his face should have taken the time to educate his assailant.
How week people learn that assaulting people for being gay is wrong unless their victims show some common decency. This is why you elite liberals in your ivory tower lost the election.
How week people learn that assaulting people for being gay is wrong unless their victims show some common decency. This is why you elite liberals in your ivory tower lost the election.
Fox Mulder
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Us vs them.
I don't want to tolerate, educate, or understand people like this. We have the numbers to send them back under their rocks if we all just vote.
I don't want to tolerate, educate, or understand people like this. We have the numbers to send them back under their rocks if we all just vote.
PeakPointMatrix
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What's the fucking point.
I feel so demoralized. This makes me fly right past anger into a hollow, emptiness. I feel like giving up and it's only day two. These bullies, these racists, they were all vindicated last night.
I know I'll get out of this rut and find the enthusiasm to combat this, but right now I feel helpless. This is sickening. The mid-terms feel so far away, let alone four entire years of a presidency.
I feel so demoralized. This makes me fly right past anger into a hollow, emptiness. I feel like giving up and it's only day two. These bullies, these racists, they were all vindicated last night.
I know I'll get out of this rut and find the enthusiasm to combat this, but right now I feel helpless. This is sickening. The mid-terms feel so far away, let alone four entire years of a presidency.
Angelus Errare
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Yes.
Just like Trump is fine and willing to use nukes on people who disagree with him (how that's not considered "hawk" behavior baffles me) means that people who support him think the same.
Political parties and representatives are by definition generalizations of those they represent. Hence the word...representative
Username1198
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NegroNinja
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Known terrorist organizations even congratulated Donald Trump on being elected. How fucking stupid can people in this thread get? This shit is sickening and as a black man im fed the fuck up. It's time for every minority to exercise their 2nd amendment right.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Yes, but no one is forcing you to. I'm sure he'll be fine without your encouragement considering that he'll have control of all three branches.
You should also consider making a Twitter account and apologizing to some of these people for enabling this.
ryutaro's mama
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How do you explain to a kid the values of being morally good and caring about others when we as a country just rewarded a man with terrible behavior, the highest seat in the land?
Like, seriously? What is the message in that for edifying a kid?
jack_package_200
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This is so fucking shameful. I weep for those marginalized groups that will be targeted with violence from Trump supporters.
Fuck your "Economic Anxiety". In only 24 hours you people made this country a worse place to live in. You enabled this.
Fuck your "Economic Anxiety". In only 24 hours you people made this country a worse place to live in. You enabled this.
CharminUltra
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He isn't even in office yet and Murca is already getting great
amirite
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You can disagree with your candidate's positions, but in the end decide that the good outweigh the bad.
Fill in the blank "X is more important than minority groups". Let me know what word you came up with.
The rejection of the simple phrase "All men are created equal" is disgusting. What could possibly outweigh that? Your taxes are not more important than civil rights, the economy is not more important than the fabric of this country, trade is not more important than shutting down white supremacy. Nevermind that he doesn't have any actual policy to back his words up.
If you can look at what he's said, and find some way to rationalize a vote for him, then you don't respect the most vulnerable populations in this country, and that makes you a bigot, or an enabler of bigotry, and at this point there isn't a difference.
Jeb didn't hate immigrants enough. After all, as Trump pointed out, he has a Mexican wife.
Pro-life/earnest belief that life begins at conception.
Earnest belief in economic advantages to protectionist trade policy and reduced regulation.
Earnest belief that climate change is a hoax.
Self-interest in coal mining or manufacturing despite their negative repercussions.
They're not good reasons, obviously, but they're not "Make America White Again."
Misguided belief that lower taxes = better economy. Or climate change is a hoax, coal used to sign my paycheck.
I mean, ultimately a lot of the policies can be tied to bigotry, but that doesn't mean that all individuals who hold those positions also exhibit that bigotry. I'm sure there are earnest pro-lifers who didn't come to that conclusion by way of sexism, for instance. And while there is a xenophobic element to jobs being off-shored, there's also the very real element of people losing their jobs.
https://youtu.be/Uqe0ENjwrb0?t=40s - British MPs debating Trump being banned to enter the UK (January)
Almost everything these guys claimed has already come true. Of course, this was pre-Brexit, so...
Almost everything these guys claimed has already come true. Of course, this was pre-Brexit, so...
Username1198
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Great amounts of protest
Paper Sparrow
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As a white woman, I'm ashamed at how short-sighted and/or uncaring others in my demographic are. I seriously thought we would pull together against an asshole like Trump. :/
fucking hell. i'm sorry you guys went through that.
MHWilliams
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They aren't. Banned at 10:08 when it was seen.
If you have any actual issues, send a PM.
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Further, democracy is a shared responsibility. No one is free from that and no one gets to opt-out of the consequences. We ride together regardless.
jellies_two
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If you look at my post history you'll see it isn't telling at all - I'm allowed to not leap into the arms of social media truthiness without waiting the mere *day* or less necessary for legit journalism to catch up and apply old fashioned standards. It isn't like the right has never abused it before (eyeroll.gif).
capitalCORN
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You agree those are not good reasons, but are they reason enough to bury minorities neck deep in sand to acquire? How do you justify that?
ArchedThunder
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Decades of progress undone because the Annoying Orange's shittier cousin made it okay for bigots to come out of the woodworks.
Stay safe everyone, this sadly isn't going to get better for a long time.
Stay safe everyone, this sadly isn't going to get better for a long time.
Curt Baboon
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It has barely been a day and we're already at this point?!
Fuck.
Fuck.
capitalCORN
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There was never real progress, only hands in the pocket.
Go to the morgue and tell the corpse to tolerate their murderers views and hear the other side out.
THIS is what everyone should ask trump supporters to answer to
the ironic echo of "some, i assume, are good people" gets an honorable mention, but this is the point that needs to get made
Being white.
ArchedThunder
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These people were just waiting for their moment and Trump gave it to them.
For fuck's sack I live in Royal Oak and knowing these little assholes exist pisses me off.
ryutaro's mama
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That is easy for someone to internally justify:
"It's...not...happening...to...me, so I don't care."
smokeandmirrors
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Then go to the wake and do the same for the family.
Even some of the biggest republicans came out against Trump. When your candidate is so bad, so terrible, that even some of the main republicans come out against him and say he's a threat, you're in the presence of a monster nobody should be electing.
Demoskinos
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Win or Lose i think this was bound to happen regardless and its terrifying. This was always the thing I was more afraid of than Trump himself. He legitimizes these horrible people and their agenda.
He's still the exact same fucking person he was before. So yes, it does.
jack_package_200
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Its so sickening that they turn a blind eye on the injustice of it all.
I truly believe this is coming.
People get uncomfortable when the Black Panthers get brought up but the fear of Black Americans exercising their rights while also being intimidating was enough to ruffle some feathers.
When minorities get mad, people get scared. These assholes are pushing this farther than they can handle. Then they will be wimpy and scared when we start fighting back.
il Diavolo
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what a disgrace
sir_kevith
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Diggin what Seattle city officials have been saying. Taking a 0 tolerance stance for any of this crap and distancing itself from Trump no matter the consequence. I hope Portland does something similar but so far people are just bitching about protestors.
Carpe Carnim
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"I had to vote for a White Nationalist candidate, because the Black fella made it possible for a bunch of people to get insurance"
You're silly
Its gonna be 4 years of this too. These guys arent going to be able to REALLY defend this mans actions and the legislation they will pursue without admitting the obvious. So its gonna be major major spin time. Its gonna be Hillarys fault that Trump attacks LGBT Unions, because she should have WON and none of this would be happening. Its going to be liberals fault for not finding a way to appeal to the bigots and get them on board.
Its never going to be admitted that they and Trump are responsible for this mess. I learned that during Bushs 2 terms. People on the right ride hard as fuck for their candidate no matter how dire, and will never stop pointing the finger. Ever. Even to the point of War and a Depression.
CrispyBoar
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I agree. It's sad & pathetic.
If anything, a lot of these posters that tolerates this shit should be perma-banned.
As a African-American, this is scaring me. A LOT.
I get what you guys are saying. I get how you guys are feeling.
But I can't accept it.
If many people, black citizens, citizens of color were to think that way, all of our cultures would die a silent death, submitting to defeat and throwing centuries of fighting and progress down the drain.
I'm not saying it will be easy. But you and your children would be there for each other, for support. It's not like you'd be burdened with having to teach them everything all at once. There's so much good for them to see in the world too.
And there's SO MANY people who also condemn hate and racism. Hell, some of them are organizing right now all over the country. We're all caught in a bad beat right now, but the only way we make things better for tomorrow is if we PERSIST and help each other.
Do not become paralyzed by fear. Find strength. Please
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