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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 692681" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Malika, with Trump, we've found that about 30% of the US voting public bases their voting decisions on racism, guns, individual sexual and reproductive matters, and religion. Or, in other words, the Civil War never ended for many in the US.</p><p></p><p>What the current political scene has done in the US is bring what was kept to oneself or between family and friends out in public in all its naked vileness.</p><p></p><p>It is saddening and very frightening to believe that such a large percentage of the (white) population still, after all these years, feels this way.</p><p></p><p>Sadder still is the resurgence of the KKK, and various neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups who have found, in Trump, a leader they can willingly follow.</p><p></p><p>The fact that the "final solution" this time is directed at Muslims, and not Jews, is no consolation. There are politicians on the right, some of whom have been chosen for the Republican nominee's cabinet, who are considerably more extreme than the nominee himself.</p><p></p><p>And yes, xenophobia is a huge issue here as well, as is homo/trans phobia.</p><p></p><p>It is sad how we worry so much about Muslim "extremists" here in the US, when in fact it is our home-grown non-Muslim extremists who are the greatest danger to us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 692681, member: 1963"] Malika, with Trump, we've found that about 30% of the US voting public bases their voting decisions on racism, guns, individual sexual and reproductive matters, and religion. Or, in other words, the Civil War never ended for many in the US. What the current political scene has done in the US is bring what was kept to oneself or between family and friends out in public in all its naked vileness. It is saddening and very frightening to believe that such a large percentage of the (white) population still, after all these years, feels this way. Sadder still is the resurgence of the KKK, and various neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups who have found, in Trump, a leader they can willingly follow. The fact that the "final solution" this time is directed at Muslims, and not Jews, is no consolation. There are politicians on the right, some of whom have been chosen for the Republican nominee's cabinet, who are considerably more extreme than the nominee himself. And yes, xenophobia is a huge issue here as well, as is homo/trans phobia. It is sad how we worry so much about Muslim "extremists" here in the US, when in fact it is our home-grown non-Muslim extremists who are the greatest danger to us. [/QUOTE]
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