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In reply to the discussion: I've finally figured out normal white people. [View all]nolabear
(42,022 posts)There are a whole lot of white people around the world that are horrified that man is in office and hate everything he stands for.
But in this country there are far more people who simply don't vote for various reasons. They're avoidant, they don't think their vote matters, they're mad and turn their backs out of anger, they voted for Bernie or Stein because their ideals drive their votes.
As a trucker you are among the class and regional group that is the most pro-Trump. In that atmosphere they amp one another up and the radio plays to them. There are a lot of them but calling them the norm is an exaggeration. There is no one norm; take it from a therapist. We would like the comfort of thinking that we fit into an idealized concept of norm and we typically base it on what we see expressed the most in public. In private it's way, way, WAY more varied and complicated.
Take heart. They're there and sometimes they dominate but we are many and strong.