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You can just as easily replace "rural America" with "black America" and make the same exact point. Lack of empathy goes both ways.

pmoriarty 10y ago
Not to mention Muslim Americans, who are the boogymen du jure these days. Or any number of other minorities in America, like gays. All of these are not only not empathized with by Republicans, whose base and support comes largely from rural America, but actively hated, discriminated against, and oppressed.
- hueving 10y ago
  >but actively hated, discriminated against, and oppressed. Have you ever spoken to a Republican? For a group that 'actively hates' black people, don't you think its a little strange this man led the RNC [1]? 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Steele https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Steele
  - TuringNYC 10y ago
    You've found one lone minority amongst the GOP. For every minority you find, you'll find 100 of these GOP types like Representative King, a prominent Iowa Republican http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/13/politics/steve-king-babies-tweet-cnntv/ http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/13/politics/steve-king-babies...
    - hueving 10y ago
      And how does this statement in your article fit into your world view? >House Speaker Paul Ryan, also a Republican, "clearly disagrees" with King's comments, a spokeswoman told reporters. Paul Ryan is hardly a fringe in the Republican Party, he's the speaker of the house. You're going to need some actual stats showing 100:1 is the ratio of racists to non-racists. Anything else is conjecture.
  - Eridrus 10y ago
    Republicans have got "My best friend is X, I can't be X-ist" on lock.
    - hueving 10y ago
      No, that's not even what this is. It's "I am republican and I am X, you better have a good reason to think I'm X-ist."
- sp332 10y ago
  Nitpick: "de jure" is not the same thing as "du jour".
spectrum1234 10y ago
But black America is much much smaller
- loeg 10y ago
  It's far closer than you think. There were about 39 million black Americans per the 2010 census.[0] In 2014, 46 million Americans lived in rural areas.[1] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_the_United_States#Race_and_ethnicity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_the_United_State... [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_America
jbhatab 10y ago
There was an extreme amount of empathy for black America leading up to the election in the majority of the cities and America. Black lives matter. I think that's great and Black america absolutely has it's own issues. Not taking away from that. Where was the movement fighting to enable Rural America to thrive? Which is over 40% of America!!! That's a lot of people!! I care about every single American including rural America.
- jamesthesnake12 10y ago
  The Trump Campaign Literally called Black Lives Matter a Terrorist group . Every poltician caters out the ass for rural voters ( see Iowa) .
  - jbhatab 10y ago
    You are reaffirming my original point that I can not even bring up these points in public. "There was an extreme amount of empathy for black America leading up to the election in the majority of the cities and America. Black lives matter. I think that's great and Black america absolutely has it's own issues. Not taking away from that. Where was the movement fighting to enable Rural America to thrive? Which is over 40% of America!!! That's a lot of people!! I care about every single American including rural America." What part of that supported Trump? What part of that even brought up Trump at all? All I was saying was there was a large public outcry for black people who were treated poorly, which is a serious issue. Now me bringing up rural America and there problems makes me a racist? I beg you to look into your own views and really ask yourself if what I said was trying to protect people I know in rural America or attack black lives matter. I care so deeply for every American, but that includes rural America.
    - jamesthesnake12 10y ago
      I'm not saying you supported Trump, I'm saying people who do even if they do it for whatever reason promotes that viewpoint which is the EXACT opposite of empathy for Black People. For all this empathy they have for some odd reason a ton of times they seem to vote for policies that hurt the people they empathize with. And Actions>>>words.

pmoriarty 10y ago

Not to mention Muslim Americans, who are the boogymen du jure these days. Or any number of other minorities in America, like gays. All of these are not only not empathized with by Republicans, whose base and support comes largely from rural America, but actively hated, discriminated against, and oppressed.

hueving 10y ago
>but actively hated, discriminated against, and oppressed. Have you ever spoken to a Republican? For a group that 'actively hates' black people, don't you think its a little strange this man led the RNC [1]? 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Steele https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Steele
- TuringNYC 10y ago
  You've found one lone minority amongst the GOP. For every minority you find, you'll find 100 of these GOP types like Representative King, a prominent Iowa Republican http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/13/politics/steve-king-babies-tweet-cnntv/ http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/13/politics/steve-king-babies...
  - hueving 10y ago
    And how does this statement in your article fit into your world view? >House Speaker Paul Ryan, also a Republican, "clearly disagrees" with King's comments, a spokeswoman told reporters. Paul Ryan is hardly a fringe in the Republican Party, he's the speaker of the house. You're going to need some actual stats showing 100:1 is the ratio of racists to non-racists. Anything else is conjecture.
- Eridrus 10y ago
  Republicans have got "My best friend is X, I can't be X-ist" on lock.
  - hueving 10y ago
    No, that's not even what this is. It's "I am republican and I am X, you better have a good reason to think I'm X-ist."
sp332 10y ago
Nitpick: "de jure" is not the same thing as "du jour".

spectrum1234 10y ago

But black America is much much smaller

loeg 10y ago
It's far closer than you think. There were about 39 million black Americans per the 2010 census.[0] In 2014, 46 million Americans lived in rural areas.[1] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_the_United_States#Race_and_ethnicity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_the_United_State... [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_America

jbhatab 10y ago

There was an extreme amount of empathy for black America leading up to the election in the majority of the cities and America. Black lives matter. I think that's great and Black america absolutely has it's own issues. Not taking away from that. Where was the movement fighting to enable Rural America to thrive? Which is over 40% of America!!! That's a lot of people!! I care about every single American including rural America.

jamesthesnake12 10y ago
The Trump Campaign Literally called Black Lives Matter a Terrorist group . Every poltician caters out the ass for rural voters ( see Iowa) .
- jbhatab 10y ago
  You are reaffirming my original point that I can not even bring up these points in public. "There was an extreme amount of empathy for black America leading up to the election in the majority of the cities and America. Black lives matter. I think that's great and Black america absolutely has it's own issues. Not taking away from that. Where was the movement fighting to enable Rural America to thrive? Which is over 40% of America!!! That's a lot of people!! I care about every single American including rural America." What part of that supported Trump? What part of that even brought up Trump at all? All I was saying was there was a large public outcry for black people who were treated poorly, which is a serious issue. Now me bringing up rural America and there problems makes me a racist? I beg you to look into your own views and really ask yourself if what I said was trying to protect people I know in rural America or attack black lives matter. I care so deeply for every American, but that includes rural America.
  - jamesthesnake12 10y ago
    I'm not saying you supported Trump, I'm saying people who do even if they do it for whatever reason promotes that viewpoint which is the EXACT opposite of empathy for Black People. For all this empathy they have for some odd reason a ton of times they seem to vote for policies that hurt the people they empathize with. And Actions>>>words.