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2016 Postmortem

yurbud

(39,405 posts) Sun Nov 27, 2016, 02:32 PM Nov 2016

Trump's election makes me realize why you can't ask one member of a race what the whole race thinks

Because I'm white, and I have no idea what the hell white people who voted for him where thinking, whether it was racism, free floating economic angst, they recognized him from the TeeVee shows, or whatever combination thereof.

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Trump's election makes me realize why you can't ask one member of a race what the whole race thinks (Original Post) yurbud Nov 2016 OP

They obviously mistook him for someone who gives a shit BlueProgressive Nov 2016 #1

Like kids who stand behind the bully in grade school, cheering him on... yurbud Nov 2016 #2

BlueProgressive

(229 posts)

1. They obviously mistook him for someone who gives a shit

Reply to yurbud (Original post)

Sun Nov 27, 2016, 07:07 PM

Nov 2016

about them....

yurbud

(39,405 posts)

2. Like kids who stand behind the bully in grade school, cheering him on...

Reply to BlueProgressive (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 28, 2016, 10:45 AM

Nov 2016

they don't realize it's just a matter of time until their the target.

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