(November 9, 2016 at 10:32 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote:
Exactly my point when I said this in the other thread (I edited the second quote somewhat to make it fit into this context better):
(November 9, 2016 at 9:28 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote: All this demonstrates is that the American public have a lot of bigots voting. Just like here in the UK with the Leave Campaign winning when many people's reasons for voting for Leave was "To stop them Muslim Paki bastards from comin' over 'ere takin' our jobs innit."
(November 9, 2016 at 9:43 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote: [...]A lot of them are racists.[...] [We] can't ignore the fact many racists bigots voted for Brexit and Trump for racist reasons.
[...][Now]I'm not saying half of the country are bigots and racists. I'm saying a great many of that half are.[...]It's about calling a spade a spade.[...]Calling things as they are is important. [...]What we need is less people ignoring reality and more people calling a spade a spade. [...][many] people [are] burying their heads in the sand[...] [and I think it's about time] people [...] [got] their spades out.
Yeah, but I take Alex's point. There is way too much attention paid to candidates personal life and qualities and far too little to their policies and track record. Of course with Trump there is hardly any of that to draw on.