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I find there is a sense of irony. When “progressives” were running around this country beating the drum about how african americans had a severe social and economic disadvantage in this country, a lot of the folks from the conservative states would say something like “it’s not because your black, it’s because you lack education/skill/training etc” and “stop playing the victim card”.
Now fast forward to the current environment. They are the same people that now saying, the reason why I can’t get a tech job is because I’m white, and all the damn indians and asians are stealing “our jobs”…Trump do something about that…Ok, who’s playing the victim card now?
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lol yeah there is a lot of hypocrisy on both sides of the fence.
Another favorite hypocrisy of mine from Republicans: many of them will rant to me that “liberals” (they’ll sneer, as if that’s an insult) are taking away their liberty – that Republicans are all about freedom to do what one wants. Yeah, I’ll reply, that’s why they support gay marriage, legalization of MJ, and abortion rights. And they are all about freedom of religion – as long as you’re talking about Christianity. Muslims, many of them believe, should not be afforded the same religious freedoms.
There truly is something deeper going on right now. How else do you explain that Bernie, an admitted Jewish Democratic Socialist, is coming dangerously close to Hillary while a millionaire with zero political experience has forced a Bush out of the race?
Discontent with politicians in general? Might be a part of it. I think any time you see a bulge in the number of young voters, like you see now, you’ll see fringe or even third party candidates rise. I remember in my youth being enamored with H Ross Perot, though I’m a little embarrassed to admit it. He did say some very logical things, but also had some big flaws.
I’ve been scouring articles for something that makes sense with other theories too. I found an article recently that explained why evangelicals were voting in large numbers (though still not a majority of them) for Trump. It proposed that evans had given up the political war realizing they’ve lost. The article said now they just want someone who will make sure their voice will be heard, even if they know that person isn’t a good Christian or even a Christian at all. And who has the biggest mouth?
