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Maybe they just vote for the party that doesn't call them white trash?

__s 6y ago
This might surprise you but I don't vote democrat
scarface74 6y ago
I am definitely not White - but when Democrats say that the “white trash” only care about guns and the Bible, why wouldn’t they vote for Trump? You never win votes by insulting the people that you want to vote for you.
- metalliqaz 6y ago
  Democrats don't say that. Unless you grant that Republicans say that "blacks are lazy and violent" because right-leaning Internet randos say it online. The presumptive Democrat candidate put out words of unity, compared to Trump's verbal shit splatter.
  - scarface74 6y ago
    Do you consider Obama an "internet Rando?" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/apr/14/barackobama.uselections2008 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/apr/14/barackobama.us... Obama was caught in an uncharacteristic moment of loose language. Referring to working-class voters in old industrial towns decimated by job losses, the presidential hopeful said: "They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."
    - dmode 6y ago
      Can you point to the phrase "white trash" in the statement above ? Trump, the defacto leader of Republican party, has said things that are 1000x worse
      - scarface74 6y ago
        I said nothing about him calling them “white trash”. I was quoting the parent. I said that Democrats claimed that rural America only cares about “guns and the Bible”. A slight misquote from memory. But it wasn’t an “internet Rando” that expressed that sentiment like you claimed. Trump can afford to say “much worse” just like republicans in the past could afford to use the “Southern Strategy” and dog whistle to their constituents.
      - free_rms 6y ago
        This entire subthread is based around the premise of "they're too stupid/racist to know what's good for them". Whether or not the specific phrase 'white trash' is said or not said doesn't matter. It could be 'clinging to guns and religion', could be 'deplorables', etc. Racism totally does exist among the demographic we're talking about but it's not the only motivator anyone ever has.

__s 6y ago

This might surprise you but I don't vote democrat

I am definitely not White - but when Democrats say that the “white trash” only care about guns and the Bible, why wouldn’t they vote for Trump? You never win votes by insulting the people that you want to vote for you.

metalliqaz 6y ago
Democrats don't say that. Unless you grant that Republicans say that "blacks are lazy and violent" because right-leaning Internet randos say it online. The presumptive Democrat candidate put out words of unity, compared to Trump's verbal shit splatter.
- scarface74 6y ago
  Do you consider Obama an "internet Rando?" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/apr/14/barackobama.uselections2008 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/apr/14/barackobama.us... Obama was caught in an uncharacteristic moment of loose language. Referring to working-class voters in old industrial towns decimated by job losses, the presidential hopeful said: "They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."
  - dmode 6y ago
    Can you point to the phrase "white trash" in the statement above ? Trump, the defacto leader of Republican party, has said things that are 1000x worse
    - scarface74 6y ago
      I said nothing about him calling them “white trash”. I was quoting the parent. I said that Democrats claimed that rural America only cares about “guns and the Bible”. A slight misquote from memory. But it wasn’t an “internet Rando” that expressed that sentiment like you claimed. Trump can afford to say “much worse” just like republicans in the past could afford to use the “Southern Strategy” and dog whistle to their constituents.
    - free_rms 6y ago
      This entire subthread is based around the premise of "they're too stupid/racist to know what's good for them". Whether or not the specific phrase 'white trash' is said or not said doesn't matter. It could be 'clinging to guns and religion', could be 'deplorables', etc. Racism totally does exist among the demographic we're talking about but it's not the only motivator anyone ever has.