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In reply to the discussion: Hillary was right about the "Deplorables". [View all]Ninsianna
(1,354 posts)and racism, when the candidate they're supporting is telling them that his goals are to take away their healthcare and bring back industries they know very well are not coming back.
This level of denial and the obvious confusion about the group being addressed here (Trump voters or someone else?) is what speaks to someone who has a position of privilege.
Someone who doesn't understand that these positions taken by men like Trump who dismiss the concerns of minorities and women literally threaten their LIVES.
Trump wasn't fooling anyone, and neither is anyone who is denying that things like racism and misogyny exist, and that they need to be addressed. Being soft of human rights is something that only someone with privilege and the firm realization that HIS life, and HIS body will never be sacrificed on the altar of political convenience.
If you can vote for a guy who speaks like he does, has the history that he does, who incites violence against women and minorities, you don't get to pretend that you're not supporting racism, misogyny or the Nazis he surrounds himself with, you saw them, you heard lies, and you voted for who and what this man was, and you don't get to pretend that you didn't know what you were doing.
Only someone from a place of privilege gets to put their personal economic concerns over the very existence and security of others.