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You're talking to a nation that was so traumatized by Obama that it went as far in the opposite direction as it possibly could. There was a time when such idea
by jfengel 2y ago
You're talking to a nation that was so traumatized by Obama that it went as far in the opposite direction as it possibly could.
There was a time when such ideals mattered. That ended about a decade ago. Today we do not believe that we are connected as a people, and that my civil liberties must be protected at all costs (so long as they're your costs).
- breadwinner 2y ago> so traumatized by Obama What exactly did Obama do to traumatize you? Be not white?
- esalman 2y agoTrue. Obama delivered after the depression caused by Iraq war and housing crash, if anything.
- trilbyglens 2y agoObama kicked the failing can of neoliberalism down the road. He could have very easily bailed out the American people directly but chose not to do that and as such I feel like he alienated liberal Americans as much as he did conservative ones.
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- watwut 2y agoTa-Nehisi article "Trump is the first white president" explains it well, imo.
- pabs3 2y agohttps://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/10/the-first-white-president-ta-nehisi-coates/537909/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/10/the-fir...
- krapp 2y agohttps://archive.is/YEbJZ https://archive.is/YEbJZ
- FeloniousHam 2y agoThat title is interesting. I've heard the corollary that the social justice/identity politics of the 2010s through Peak Woke is what awakened a "white" identity in the US. The MAGAs responded to the "sins of the fathers" narrative by accepting and celebrating their identity. Unintended consequences.
- ModernMech 2y agoPeople who fight against racism know full well that doing so incites the racists to action. Confronting them head-on is an intended consequence.
- causal 2y agoI suspect that a lot of people show genuine symptoms of trauma from the 24-hour news cycle telling them to be afraid. This person may not have been affected personally by Obama, but if they watched Fox News throughout his presidency they probably felt traumatized by the end of it. This "traumatizing media" effect certainly applies to the left, too, and I think social media is the common accelerant.
- nozzlegear 2y ago> You're talking to a nation that was so traumatized by Obama that it went as far in the opposite direction as it possibly could. Half of a nation, at best. Many of us still hold Obama in deep regard as one of the best presidents in modern history.