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In reply to the discussion: I'm tired of hearing about what Democrats should have done to reach the electorate. The choice was clear. [View all]yardwork
(65,392 posts)Or, since we're supposed to use 6th grade words, racism and sexism. Maybe that's still too complicated. Let's try "mean, dumb white people." Oops, mustn't call names.
The fact is that when 60% of white men support Trump, it's inevitable that a lot of their docile wives, daughters, and girlfriends will go along.
As a white girl growing up in the white monoculture of rural central Ohio, I knew a lot of those "chicks in steerage." They put on childishness and docility like their makeup and clothes, all to appeal to men, whom they were taught to follow and obey. Maybe that didn't work out so well for them, but you think they're going to admit it?
Trump talks like their loser husbands and boyfriends. Making him president justifies their own lousy choices. See, he's not so bad. He'll fix it.
A lot of American white culture is deeply fucked up. It's why there's an opioid crisis.
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