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Trump supporters aren’t dispossessed working-class whites. They’re something else entirely: racists

15 thoughts on “Trump supporters aren’t dispossessed working-class whites. They’re something else entirely: racists

  1. Comprehensive welfare states are very, very good. They do not solve racism. Whites in both Europe and America have made it very clear that they will not accept becoming a demographic minority without a fight, and will continue to vote for candidates that speak to that concern and promise immigration policies that put off white minority status for as long as possible.

  2. If the media and commentators in 2016 can agree on nothing else, it’s this. It’s a bit of an odd meme. I can remember literally no one in 2012 dwelling on the importance of taking the concerns of Mitt Romney voters seriously, even though they made up a considerably larger share of the population than Trump supporters. No one talks about taking the interests of Hillary Clinton supporters, a still larger group, seriously.

    But Trump supporters, a smaller group backing a considerably more loathsome agenda, have received an unprecedented outpouring of sympathy, undertaken as a sort of passive-aggressive snipe at unnamed other commentators and politicians perceived to not be taking their concerns seriously.

    Yup, dingus lives matter.

  3. When I first saw the article, from the hed and a careless reading of the lede, I thought it was saying the opposite of what it does. Glad I persevered.

          1. the other side of my "out of touch" status is that I feel confident that no groping accusations will be made

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