07-13-2022, 04:50 PM
(07-13-2022, 04:07 PM)Nately120 Wrote: I get what you are saying, believe me. I told stories over the years on here about people I know in podunk PA who sincerely fear Muslim terrorists while openly lamenting that drunk driving laws have gotten so much stricter over the years. When it comes to imagining what is gonna kill you, it's usually about stories and imagination and politics over actual facts.
I mean, how many people who have never been in the ocean are more worried about sharks than driving over the speed limit? What's really going to cause you harm?
But as far as white supremacy and the civil war goes, well...that probably applies more to the fear that white supremacist groups do their recruiting in and have had some influence over jobs or political groups that are very mainstream and legitimate. All I'm saying is that Trump and the new-look GOP seem more white supremacist than Obama seemed like he was actively introducing Chicago gang violence into the mainstream democratic party.
At the end of the day though I'm still more likely to get taken out by some local dumbass who runs a stop sign because he's fiddling with his phone.
Yeah, I get it. I had to talk my friend, who's a teacher, off the ledge after the Uvalde shooting. As for the GOP, I have no doubt that there are white supremacists within the GOP, hell maybe in Congress. I do not think white supremacy is a core value of the party, or that the vast majority of Republicans think that way. As I've said many times, I know a very large number of people of Hispanic origin who vote GOP, and you're seeing that trend nationally as well (as I predicted btw ;P). I also believe there are equally virulent racists within the Democratic party, and yes, maybe some in Congress. I don't think racism is a core tenant of either party, either openly or behind closed doors.
