2016 Postmortem

bravenak

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36. Good for her. Is she proud of herself? I would shame her like I shame my own family members.

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The Slaves Masters WERE NOT RACIST. They lived with black people and slept with them too!! [View all] bravenak Dec 2016 OP

That really does boil down how some view racism. NCTraveler Dec 2016 #1

You are right, but there is also no numerical evidence to believe that those who Squinch Dec 2016 #2

+1 NCTraveler Dec 2016 #4

Yes, exactly. Here is another good one that debunks the myth of the "white working class rust belt" Squinch Dec 2016 #8

It also doesn't fit the narrative. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #25

This one says more wold-be Hillary voters in the rust belt stayed home than voted. sfwriter Dec 2016 #26

YES YES YES BumRushDaShow Dec 2016 #27

YES!!!!!!!!!!!THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! heaven05 Dec 2016 #70

Yeah, cry me a river! Lots of lifestyles have been disrupted! raging moderate Dec 2016 #100

"fancy guns" BumRushDaShow Dec 2016 #108

I don't know a single Obama supporter who voted for Trump. greatauntoftriplets Dec 2016 #63

It's so pathetic bravenak Dec 2016 #3

Some were motivated by that... Begabig Dec 2016 #5

If they voted for an openly avowed racist and sexist, they voted to give a racist and a sexist the Squinch Dec 2016 #7

Or at the very least, enablers paleotn Dec 2016 #17

Enablers is the word I've been using... TCJ70 Dec 2016 #39

I've been using it too mcar Dec 2016 #74

Most that I have met only heard 'build the wall' and 'muslims are terrorists and mexicans are rapist bravenak Dec 2016 #9

And if trump is thier alternative , shame on them for accepting the hate he spews and lunasun Dec 2016 #10

yeah, yeah, yeah heaven05 Dec 2016 #41

If it wasn't enough to turn them off, it makes no difference to me. Pacifist Patriot Dec 2016 #98

I agree this can not be accepted as normal in 2016 lunasun Dec 2016 #6

and they kept them as mistresses Coolest Ranger Dec 2016 #11

Yep. We have plenty of slave master blood in us. Too small to fight them off bravenak Dec 2016 #12

Yes and I'm pretty sick of their claims treestar Dec 2016 #13

The more they whine the more I know they are bravenak Dec 2016 #14

There's one person here who keeps defending trump voter and calling us elitists for calling them out brush Dec 2016 #102

I have a few suspects on my list as well bravenak Dec 2016 #111

Keep clinging to your claim mythology Dec 2016 #15

Everybody I know that voted Trump is hateful towards one or more groups he demonized bravenak Dec 2016 #16

And trump got 2x as many black & hispanic votes as Romney. 7962 Dec 2016 #18

I watched my black hispanic cousin celebrate his victory. I threw up bravenak Dec 2016 #19

That's not true. Any improvement was only 1 or 2 %. JustinL Dec 2016 #93

Well different polls show different numbers 7962 Dec 2016 #96

Trump got the usual small percentage of the black vote, 8%, nothing at all to crow about brush Dec 2016 #103

Not all trumps voters are racist, but pretty much all the racists dionysus Dec 2016 #109

Like Brexit, the result of the 2016 election does indeed boil down to that. joshcryer Dec 2016 #24

Not really. The world is pretty simplistic Nwgirl503 Dec 2016 #28

Love your response. Pacifist Patriot Dec 2016 #99

Apparently Trump's racism was not a deal breaker True_Blue Dec 2016 #107

yes! That worked so well the first time... frankieallen Dec 2016 #20

2.5 million more voters think so bravenak Dec 2016 #21

Most who voted for trump are racist hueymahl Dec 2016 #22

Most is enough. Enough to notice who you are in a group with. bravenak Dec 2016 #33

I don't disagree with that at all hueymahl Dec 2016 #97

And those who are not racists, per se mcar Dec 2016 #78

Racist at worst and enablers at best... Docreed2003 Dec 2016 #101

Loving you so much right now! EffieBlack Dec 2016 #23

Back at you! I cannot believe this shit bravenak Dec 2016 #31

Me neither - the fact that we have to explain this to "Democrats" - SMH EffieBlack Dec 2016 #56

Amazing isn't it. They seem to think that by wooing voters who voted for a white supremacist . . . brush Dec 2016 #104

They had black friends. Iggo Dec 2016 #29

But did they have black relatives? That make them the most unracistist. Through osmosis bravenak Dec 2016 #30

That's right! Iggo Dec 2016 #51

Shame his voters. Amen, bravenak. Thanks. Paladin Dec 2016 #32

I see it the same way. Those who were fooloed will be angry. Lets make sure they remember bravenak Dec 2016 #34

Sounds like a plan to me. (nt) Paladin Dec 2016 #37

THIS!!! EffieBlack Dec 2016 #57

And my Mexican-American mother voted for Trump because "Hillary!" Bad Thoughts Dec 2016 #35

Good for her. Is she proud of herself? I would shame her like I shame my own family members. bravenak Dec 2016 #36

Yes, she is. Bad Thoughts Dec 2016 #38

Point out every fucking mistake he makes and ask her if she's still happy bravenak Dec 2016 #40

Why only racist? Maybe some of them were misogynist? Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #42

If they vote for a racist/sexist because they are religious then they have more important issues bravenak Dec 2016 #44

The evidence of that example strongly indicates racism, of course. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #47

But he KISSED THEM! That absolves him bravenak Dec 2016 #50

That didn't absolve them at all. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #67

"What's that supposed to accomplish?"!!!!! heaven05 Dec 2016 #55

They can't be misogynist...their mothers were women after all. nt jmg257 Dec 2016 #92

k/r heaven05 Dec 2016 #43

These folks would have told us we need to be more like the Nazi Party to win voters bravenak Dec 2016 #45

So true heaven05 Dec 2016 #58

This message was self-deleted by its author Buzz Clik Dec 2016 #46

If they are not racist they why the rate of hate crimes increase? bravenak Dec 2016 #48

I agree with you; my argument with you is your rhetorical style. Buzz Clik Dec 2016 #59

Best way to get folks to think is to hit them with it bluntly bravenak Dec 2016 #60

+1 Buzz Clik Dec 2016 #61

If the shoe doesn't fit you, just don't put it on. raging moderate Dec 2016 #110

This message was self-deleted by its author Buzz Clik Dec 2016 #113

That's why I don't ask that question. raging moderate Dec 2016 #114

And they fed their slaves, too - they must have LOVED those people! George II Dec 2016 #49

Took great care of them! Gave them shelter, exercise with the dogs! bravenak Dec 2016 #54

K&R Starry Messenger Dec 2016 #52

It's totally magic. Like everything republicans believe in bravenak Dec 2016 #62

Great post Gothmog Dec 2016 #53

K&R!!! greatauntoftriplets Dec 2016 #64

heh heh... ancianita Dec 2016 #65

How do we take this nationally though BigBadDem Dec 2016 #66

We make fun of Trump with no Hillary to distract the media bravenak Dec 2016 #69

That doesn't answer the question BigBadDem Dec 2016 #72

It is very effective. They are now busy whining that their racist asses are getting called racists bravenak Dec 2016 #75

How many Trump supporters do you know? BigBadDem Dec 2016 #76

I live in a red state bravenak Dec 2016 #80

So are you shaming hundreds of Trump people daily, weekly, monthly, annualy? BigBadDem Dec 2016 #83

I do it in person, I do it in line at the store bravenak Dec 2016 #84

Good on you for going after them, but you are buying sexist racist homophobes their food? BigBadDem Dec 2016 #87

I have to but it because he is STUPID and dying from organ failure bravenak Dec 2016 #89

Thats just a ridiculous analogy, and an insult to the intellegence of this board (nt) jack_krass Dec 2016 #68

It only insults the folks that resemble the people I discuss bravenak Dec 2016 #71

K&R mcar Dec 2016 #73

Pain didn't cause racism or sexism IronLionZion Dec 2016 #77

IT really does bravenak Dec 2016 #82

they sure did sleep with slaves heaven05 Dec 2016 #79

Constantly bravenak Dec 2016 #81

k&r steventh Dec 2016 #85

I know. Holding it in hurts. We need to stop biting our tongues bravenak Dec 2016 #86

yes indeed steventh Dec 2016 #91

There is no escaping the FACT, that those who voted for trump were well aware of his still_one Dec 2016 #88

Yep bravenak Dec 2016 #90

White wingers love founding fathers who talked of liberty and freedom, then went home to beat Hoyt Dec 2016 #94

Back when America was truly great ... EffieBlack Dec 2016 #95

K&R betsuni Dec 2016 #105

::waves at bravenak:: DemonGoddess Dec 2016 #106

It actually improves my mood when they act all shocked. bravenak Dec 2016 #112