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by: Damon Young
Perhaps the biggest fallacy in characterizing the type of person who supported and still supports Donald Trumpone that Ive been guilty of believing and sharing myselfis that the type of person he appeals to lacks the sophistication to realize that his promises of returning long-dead American jobs in steel and coal and manufacturing arent just lies. Theyre impossible. They are never, ever, ever coming back.
Of course, we (and by we I mean everyone apparently, except New York Times columnists) have accepted that these people understood the latent racial dog whistling in Trumps messaging. Making America great again is a succinct assurance that jobs and opportunities would be returned to the people who deserve them by white birthright. And while this race-based presumption of merit is abhorrent, it is understandable if they sincerely believe that the only way for them to do better is for usto do worse.
But as the Trump administration prepares to phase out DACAwhich protects at least 800,000 undocumented immigrants from deportationplease know that the people who support this terrible and evil act know that removing immigrants like those protected by DACA from America wont resurrect those dead fucking jobs in those dead fucking cities. They know that the American manufacturing ship been sailed, and that Trumps bitch ass is lying. Do not allow yourself to infantilize them or believe that theres any nobility in their beliefs. Perhaps theyre ignorant about certain facts, but they understand the psychology of their presidents platform. They dont give a damn about bettering their own fucking lives. They just want ours to suck, too.
Fuck them all.
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Eliot Rosewater
(31,131 posts)We eventually have to reckon with this.
BTW , trump wants all Obama voters gone or harmed or if necessary dead.
enough
(13,264 posts)dalton99a
(81,637 posts)and preferably die