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5. There was extensive discussion of white anxiety after the 2016 campaign.

Thu Nov 7, 2024, 01:33 AM

Nov 2024

"Economic anxiety" was always code for fear of losing status. The link further to white supremacy is pretty clear.

An article discussing studies on the conflation of the two and related issues from 2018:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/us/politics/trump-economic-anxiety.html

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I'm not sure why that would make any of us uncomfortable. TwilightZone Nov 2024 #1

Trust me. I've gotten pushback on this. Yavin4 Nov 2024 #2

There was extensive discussion of white anxiety after the 2016 campaign. TwilightZone Nov 2024 #5

What About The Latino Vote SoCalDavidS Nov 2024 #4

Please stop with the Latino male vote. Yavin4 Nov 2024 #6

millions of latino voters actually nt msongs Nov 2024 #14

There's not enough Latino voters to compensate for the White vote. Yavin4 Nov 2024 #18

particularly when some portion of that Latino vote stopdiggin Nov 2024 #23

Not all Latinos are immigrants Lulu KC Nov 2024 #15

How soon before the bombs start flying ...... Bread and Circuses Nov 2024 #8

You hope Iran can construct a nuclear bomb? Lulu KC Nov 2024 #16

Then what? beesplease Nov 2024 #27

It is never going back. EVER. valleyrogue Nov 2024 #9

Who? atreides1 Nov 2024 #28

This little planet has limited resources. Justice matters. Nov 2024 #10

The glut of elderly people to workers is a temporary phenomenon. valleyrogue Nov 2024 #11

Migration from the "global south" markodochartaigh Nov 2024 #12

Iran? War Bread and Circuses Nov 2024 #13

Again? You hope again? n/t Lulu KC Nov 2024 #17

This is the second (and repeat) post stopdiggin Nov 2024 #24

Harris would have easily beat Trump in Europe JI7 Nov 2024 #19

Racial anxiety works a little different in Europe. Yavin4 Nov 2024 #21

This is the absolute truth and nothing but the truth MaryMagdaline Nov 2024 #25

Agree yankee87 Nov 2024 #26