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In reply to the discussion: Honestly what the f$&k is wrong with the 49% of white people still supporting Trump. [View all]betsuni
(29,472 posts)About 40% of Americans say that Ranch is their favorite dressing. Does the sentence "Americans love Ranch dressing" get anyone upset? Do they rush to comment, "Well, I'm American and I don't like Ranch. I make my own dressing!" No, they do not.
What the hell is wrong with white people is a perfectly reasonable question. They came to this continent and by accident or on purpose pretty much wiped out the native populations, then broke every treaty with the remaining people. Cut down the trees, plowed up the prairies, killed the buffalo. Kidnapped Africans and thought that, even though they were Christians, it was perfectly fine to own people. Thought it was fine to give American citizens a few days to dispose of all their property and throw them into internment camps for years. They turned food into tasteless chemical garbage that makes people obese and sick. Turned everything into an advertisement, us into consumers, turned news into entertainment. Turned the Republican Party, formerly the country club party, into a radical religious nutbag party; an insane moron drug addict like Trump is sort of the perfect ending.
It's a bummer, but it's just a generalization. No need to take it personally. I make my own Ranch with yogurt.