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nikibatts

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8. Reagan made it comfortable to begin with. It's been downhill since the Reagan era.
Mon Jun 26, 2017, 08:10 AM
Jun 2017

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Yes, they have been given "official/top-of-the-ticket permission" to vent their racism BumRushDaShow Jun 2017 #1
Racism and bigotry are anti-American. They are ugly in any setting. The Wielding Truth Jun 2017 #2
Unfortunately, racism is the single best correlator for voting for tRump, seen by study of searches Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2017 #3
Bigotry is in the Republican DNA along with lying. The Wizard Jun 2017 #9
The one thing I would disagree with in the above BumRushDaShow Jun 2017 #16
F..ing Irish. Or F..ing Italians. If it were 50 years ago or more sharedvalues Jun 2017 #4
Yep! Some of the racism among right-wingers today also comes from... Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2017 #10
Trump and the Right have given people licence to say what they have always felt Chasstev365 Jun 2017 #5
Well, there is something wrong with breaking the law. Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #7
Aw, geez. Even at an ice cream place when a father is with his son. I'm sick of this. Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #6
Reagan made it comfortable to begin with. It's been downhill since the Reagan era. nikibatts Jun 2017 #8
Nixon preceded him with the "Southern Strategy" after the Civil Rights... Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2017 #11
Trumpsters often assume others agree with them for some reason IronLionZion Jun 2017 #12
I've experienced that attitude as a white man. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2017 #13
Sorry to say I'm much mor suspicious of white men these days... Dream Girl Jun 2017 #14
There's a bunch of white people who aren't that way, of course, but... Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2017 #15
Yes, I do stereotype based on appearance...baseball caps, jackets, flannel shirts, Dream Girl Jun 2017 #17
Those are some of the same sterotypes for me too. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2017 #18
Jus' wondering-- calendargirl Jun 2017 #19
Did the OP say the Hispanic looking gentleman is a fruit picker? Ptah Jun 2017 #20
No.. calendargirl Jun 2017 #21
There is hope, the times, they are a changing Alea Jun 2017 #22
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