[quote=FlyerInHi]Is it really a surprise? You act like Trump finally unmasked the Republican base. Either you guys are in denial or not very perceptive.
It was always there. The democrats repudiated the nativist racists decades ago and they moved over to the republican party in the southern strategy. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy
Trump is just the culmination of republican politics.
And trust me, there is plenty of anger against legal immigrants because of economic jealousy as the native Whites don’t like getting leaped over by smarter immigrants. I’ve talked to people from Eastern Europe who feel the anger also. Native, non colleges educated White people just don’t like smart multicultural people who speak multiple languages, who are global citizens and keep in touch with their home countries.
Immigration is now global in the age of jet travel and Internet. People no longer come to America to assimilate to English only and cut-off contact with their home countries. If anything, immigrants look for trade and economic opportunities, and marriage across borders.[/quote]
This is where I respectfully disagree..There are plenty of moderate republicans in the state of CA that have pretty decent values…For the most part of CA, a moderate republican is really almost equivalent to a normal democrat elsewhere in the U.S. In fact, in certain parts of the U.S., I’d say certain democrats are far more hostile towards some of us minorities than moderate republicans in CA…
This once size fits all labeling of republicans (or democrats) as far as I’m concerned is pretty broad-stroking…That said, if you want to paint all republicans right now as all being the bad guy, that’s fine with me….We sort of earned that title in recent days.
That said, where I live, everyone is pretty much a professional, so it hasn’t really been an issue of contention. Like I said, most people understand the difference between right and wrong and acceptable behavior or not.
But hey, if folks want to follow in Trump’s footsteps and teach their kids the reason why they lost a basketball game to a team that was predominantly african american was because the referee was unfair because he was black, well you can’t fix stupid. I’ll just make note of who those people are, have nothing to do with them in real life, and move on.
I didn’t use to care about politics as much, but I actually took the time and started looking at what each and every candidate has said, which has definitely been an eye opener….
