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2016 Postmortem

Alekei_Firebird

(320 posts) Sat Nov 10, 2012, 02:06 AM Nov 2012

The Racist Republican's Cognitive Dissonance

Conviction #1: "There is no racism in America and minorities have it great as, if not better than, Whites!"

Conviction #2: "Oh my god, Whites are gonna be a minority soon and that is gonna be so horrible!"

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The Racist Republican's Cognitive Dissonance (Original Post) Alekei_Firebird Nov 2012 OP

Spot on!!! RegieRocker Nov 2012 #1

Re. #2, this BS has been going on for almost a decade. no_hypocrisy Nov 2012 #2

The only group Romney won was white men. baldguy Nov 2012 #3

RegieRocker

(4,226 posts)

1. Spot on!!!

Reply to Alekei_Firebird (Original post)

Sat Nov 10, 2012, 02:10 AM

Nov 2012

no_hypocrisy

(46,135 posts)

2. Re. #2, this BS has been going on for almost a decade.

Reply to Alekei_Firebird (Original post)

Sat Nov 10, 2012, 07:42 AM

Nov 2012

F. Scott Fitzgerald even referenced it in The Great Gatsby where Tom Buchanon was ranting about whites becoming a minority and it was a pressing problem.

baldguy

(36,649 posts)

3. The only group Romney won was white men.

Reply to Alekei_Firebird (Original post)

Sat Nov 10, 2012, 07:45 AM

Nov 2012

At 37% of the population, they're already a minority.

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