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PoindexterOglethorpe

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2. Oh, my.

Reply to SoFlaJet (Original post)

Mon Aug 2, 2021, 07:53 PM

Aug 2021

I can't imagine them voting that way.

I'm a white person, and I recognize that there is an awful I don't and will never understand about racism or being Black in this country. I do my best, but so much is simply outside my experience.

I also think too many other normally faithful Democratic voters likewise voted for Trump or perhaps stayed home because they didn't like Hillary. I kept on saying, back in 2015 and 2016, that too many people, especially here on DU, completely underestimated the antipathy towards her. I was generally ignored, or dismissed out of hand.

Your story underscores exactly that antipathy.

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I've Been Thinking... [View all] SoFlaJet Aug 2021 OP

I'm in West Palm and have been in Florida since '89 from Jersey. It has always been pretty much SheilaAnn Aug 2021 #1

Oh, my. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2021 #2

There was a strange disconnect with black voters during Hillary's campaign FakeNoose Aug 2021 #3

I am Black. Blue_true Aug 2021 #4