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I chose the word insecure because insecure is the best way to describe them. They're not really "angry" that LGBT folks, Hispanics, and Muslims are able to vot
by tracer4201 8y ago
I chose the word insecure because insecure is the best way to describe them.
They're not really "angry" that LGBT folks, Hispanics, and Muslims are able to vote, for example. A better way to think of it is that the root cause is fear. Does that result in anger? Sometimes... but they're insecure insofar as they believe their way of life, their financial independence, and their freedom is on the verge of being taken away. They see prosperity and opportunity as a zero sum game where the Hispanics are here to either not work at all and force the whites to pay for them and the ones that are willing to work are only stealing the opportunity from the "real Americans".
Before you respond - this isn't a topic of debate.
I mean, I'm revealing conversations I've had with these people over dinner in their home. This is what they believe, from their own mouths.
At the end of the day, these are people who I consider family, even though I almost violently disagree with their views and believe they have been brainwashed.
- dorchadas 8y agoI just want to say you're not alone in having family like that; the vast majority of my dad's side is like this (my mom's side are all basically hippies). I love them to death, and they're good people, but they're so damn insecure about their way of life (or they're insecure that they can't force it on to others, in my grandmother's case), that they want to stop others from getting opportunities for fear they might change it.