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In reply to the discussion: I've finally figured out normal white people. [View all]Bernardo de La Paz
(49,146 posts)I'm not saying the OP is prone to hate, but only that the OP is making the kind of claim that is common when viewing things with a mind clouded with hate. Hate makes people focus on single issues, but even people not actively hating can make that single-issue mistake.
Some people hate tRump supporters because they see racism among them. That hate makes them view through only the single issue they are hating on.
Many, probably more than half but I not going to make unsupported flat bald statements with percentages, many of tRump supporters are not racist and support him for multiple reasons that have nothing to do with racism. Primary among those reasons is under-employment and blame for that on globalism (which is misplaced). They don't accuse brown people of taking coal mining and steel-working jobs. They know that those jobs just are not there to be taken by anybody and they see that lack as the problem. They think the cause is globalism and free trade rather than automation and productivity efficiency.
Beyond that there are many issues like abortion, emails, regulation of mega-corporations, and others that motivate tRump supporters.
Yes, many are deplorable, but most are not racist.
Truckers are not the basis for a scientific or rational sample of tRump supporters nor whites nor the American populace.