White people assuming other white people like Trump

[Thumpalumpacus]

So, why is this occurring more often around the country? Is it a white entitlement philosophy? All because whites feel they were under attack and now they get to fight back, that is what I think is going on.

I couldn't honestly tell you -- this honky don't honk.

[pocaracas]

I'm white.. And I can safely say no one has ever come up to me to talk about Trump.

Maybe it has to do with being in Europe...

[Regina]

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"So, why is this occurring more often around the country? Is it a white entitlement philosophy? All because whites feel they were under attack and now they get to fight back, that is what I think is going on." (sorry quote system fucked up as I was typing, can a mod fix this for me to tag Sterben in? Please and thanks.)

Anyways...

Partly

Honestly it's a lot of things though. We get so hung up on trying to find just ONE explanation for everything and that's never the case.

I think people just wanted change this election, badly. I'm not in America, but the whole Western world still hasn't really fully recovered from the financial crisis that hit nearly 10 years ago, We're (understandably I think) more concerned about terror than ever before, and we have that loss in industry and jobs which is ongoing. I also genuinely buy the idea that The Dems have totally lost the white working class.

Trump was just the more charismatic candidate who appealed to people, he knows what to say to play into peoples' emotions and fears. I've used this example a few times but I think it's a good one, I saw quite a few fairly liberal-minded gay people fall into thinking Trump is good too. Although I saw through it personally, it's very easy to see why. He knew what to say after Orlando. While the general political Left were (typically, as fucking usual) floundering finding a billion and one different excuses to absolve Islam just to spare the feels of Muslims, Trump comes in and (fake I'm sure but whatever) shows solidarity with gays and pledges to protect LGBT people. That's enough to impress some people.

I'm surprised more people don't see the transparency of it though. This is what politicians do, all of them, Hillary was as bad. When it comes to their election cycle they'll go back on whatever they've said over the years and suddenly say anything to appeal to a potential voter base they wouldn't normally have. Trump did the same raking in working class whites of the Flyover States, promising jobs.

So no, although it is certainly part of it, I don't think ALL of Trump's support comes from white people losing sleep at night thinking "ugh those brown people coming to fuck up muh country!". It's such a massive oversimplification for people to just say "whitelash! racist whites voted Trump!"

[Sterben]

Editing....

"So, why is this occurring more often around the country? Is it a white entitlement philosophy? All because whites feel they were under attack and now they get to fight back, that is what I think is going on." (sorry quote system fucked up as I was typing, can a mod fix this for me to tag Sterben in? Please and thanks.)

Anyways...

Partly

Honestly it's a lot of things though. We get so hung up on trying to find just ONE explanation for everything and that's never the case.

I think people just wanted change this election, badly. I'm not in America, but the whole Western world still hasn't really fully recovered from the financial crisis that hit nearly 10 years ago, We're (understandably I think) more concerned about terror than ever before, and we have that loss in industry and jobs which is ongoing. I also genuinely buy the idea that The Dems have totally lost the white working class.

Trump was just the more charismatic candidate who appealed to people, he knows what to say to play into peoples' emotions and fears. I've used this example a few times but I think it's a good one, I saw quite a few fairly liberal-minded gay people fall into thinking Trump is good too. Although I saw through it personally, it's very easy to see why. He knew what to say after Orlando. While the general political Left were (typically, as fucking usual) floundering finding a billion and one different excuses to absolve Islam just to spare the feels of Muslims, Trump comes in and (fake I'm sure but whatever) shows solidarity with gays and pledges to protect LGBT people. That's enough to impress some people.

I'm surprised more people don't see the transparency of it though. This is what politicians do, all of them, Hillary was as bad. When it comes to their election cycle they'll go back on whatever they've said over the years and suddenly say anything to appeal to a potential voter base they wouldn't normally have. Trump did the same raking in working class whites of the Flyover States, promising jobs.

So no, although it is certainly part of it, I don't think ALL of Trump's support comes from white people losing sleep at night thinking "ugh those brown people coming to fuck up muh country!". It's such a massive oversimplification for people to just say "whitelash! racist whites voted Trump!"

       Thank you, thank you re-enforcing for my logic. I never was a fan of "Racism" and there should be a picture of him next to the word in the Oxford dictionary. At this point the whole system in America as is so fucked that it's way too hard to keep an account of it. Which is why I gave up on trying to wrap my head around it and I'm sure so many other people have. Windows ME edition makes more sense and that system was a terrible idea!

[vorlon13]

There's a meta topic related to this thread.

I've been assumed to be hetero, a drinker (since 12 Steppers), a doper (since 12 Steppers), a computer whiz, religious, and a biggee; someone eager to have a security clearance.

[downbeatplumb]

I'm white.. And I can safely say no one has ever come up to me to talk about Trump.

Maybe it has to do with being in Europe...

Well for a while most days we discussed "what the stupid arsehole has done now" on a daily basis, but after a while it got really depressing.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Boru

[downbeatplumb]

Rather than start yet another Trump thread, have you seen that the FBI has confirmed it is investigating links to Trump and Russia.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jame..._hp_ref=uk

“I have been authorized by the Department of Justice to confirm that the FBI, as part of our counterintelligence mission, is investigating the Russian government’s efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election,” Comey told the House Intelligence Committee. “That includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government, and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and Russia’s efforts"

[Sterben]

Rather than start yet another Trump thread, have you seen that the FBI has confirmed it is investigating links to Trump and Russia.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jame..._hp_ref=uk

“I have been authorized by the Department of Justice to confirm that the FBI, as part of our counterintelligence mission, is investigating the Russian government’s efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election,” Comey told the House Intelligence Committee. “That includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government, and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and Russia’s efforts"

       Good idea not to start another one, even if they find anything it won't do us any favors. If anyone thinks he would impeached that will still leave the rest of staff. You would have to purge all of them out of their positions to get the smell out of the house. You would need a lot lemon pledge to clean up that mess.

[downbeatplumb]

Rather than start yet another Trump thread, have you seen that the FBI has confirmed it is investigating links to Trump and Russia.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jame..._hp_ref=uk

“I have been authorized by the Department of Justice to confirm that the FBI, as part of our counterintelligence mission, is investigating the Russian government’s efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election,” Comey told the House Intelligence Committee. “That includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government, and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and Russia’s efforts"

       Good idea not to start another one, even if they find anything it won't do us any favors. If anyone thinks he would impeached that will still leave the rest of staff. You would have to purge all of them out of their positions to get the smell out of the house. You would need a lot lemon pledge to clean up that mess.

You notice they are investigating "links" to Russia not "alleged links".