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I totally agree with you! There are many open minded, intelligent Republicans, and I was never trying to say that they don't exist! I came from a community like that. But you can't ignore the racial element in the GOP. They're an increasingly large block of the party, while the educated suburban vote in most of the country has moved towards the Democrats.
The biggest racist I know is a huge Democrat. He has a picture of the Dem. presidents from JFK-Clinton hanging over his mantle. And he tells jokes about n*****. Or he did, until I told him if he did it again, I would take my children and leave his house.
Unfortunately, my husband is related to him so I can't cut him out of our lives.
But hey, he voted for Obama, so joking about n***** doesn't count, right? Because you have to be a Republican to be racist. At least that's the overwhelming belief here on c-d from the clueless.
BTW- The first time I told him I was offended, he asked me if I had ever really been around black people, because clearly if I had, I would understand. I was so unbelievably offended. But hey, he voted for Obama, so all good, right?
Look, you're taking what I said out of context and you're getting defensive. I'm referring to a trend, not a law. That guy sounds like a douche, and I'd rather he not vote in the first place, but I'd say he is the exception, not the rule.
A southerner like that tends to vote Republican these days, but they were probably democrats in the past and might still vote Democrat at the local level sometimes. All in all, at the national level, the GOP has consolidated the white southern vote due to a combination of promoting traditional Christian values and stoking racial resentment.
The biggest racist I know is a huge Democrat. He has a picture of the Dem. presidents from JFK-Clinton hanging over his mantle. And he tells jokes about n*****. Or he did, until I told him if he did it again, I would take my children and leave his house.
Unfortunately, my husband is related to him so I can't cut him out of our lives.
But hey, he voted for Obama, so joking about n***** doesn't count, right? Because you have to be a Republican to be racist. At least that's the overwhelming belief here on c-d from the clueless.
BTW- The first time I told him I was offended, he asked me if I had ever really been around black people, because clearly if I had, I would understand. I was so unbelievably offended. But hey, he voted for Obama, so all good, right?
No, no one is saying "it's all good" in a situation like that. We see precisely the phenomenon you're referencing in a place like West Virginia, which, if Hillary had been elected in 2008, would almost certainly be leaning Dem at this point.
In all likelihood, you are simply ignorant of what rural life in America entails. I've lived in rural areas my entire life. Rural areas in America are rife with racial prejudice. The people who exhibit this prejudice are usually self-identified "conservatives." Not all, just most. Much of the prejudice is simply due to the fact that these folks never come into contact with folks of other races. Regardless the reason, these type of folks naturally gravitate towards the party that devotes more time to villifying those lazy minorities who are taking their hard-earned money from them or will protect their absolute right to shoot dead the black men who want to get after their white wives and white daughters. If the game here is going to be to contend that there's an equal number of bigots on each side, you will not be persuasive to those not locked in willful ignorance.
This will be a good test of your intellectual honesty: Where would you be more likely to see a racist placard, at a Tea Party rally or an OWS rally? Be honest.
Look, you're taking what I said out of context and you're getting defensive. I'm referring to a trend, not a law. That guy sounds like a douche, and I'd rather he not vote in the first place, but I'd say he is the exception, not the rule.
A southerner like that tends to vote Republican these days, but they were probably democrats in the past and might still vote Democrat at the local level sometimes. All in all, at the national level, the GOP has consolidated the white southern vote due to a combination of promoting traditional Christian values and stoking racial resentment.
And what I'm saying is that your premise is wrong. Most people on either side are not motivated by race.
Being an Evangelical Christian definitely has an affect on Southerners voting Republican, I would agree with that part.
I rarely get involved in these threads b/c the ignorance is overwhelming.
Because ever since the mid-sixties, it has been the Dems who have pushed civil rights legislation. You now have the situation in which Republicans are pushing voter ID laws in a transparent attempt to prevent poor and elderly blacks from voting. It's not exactly a mystery.
And what I'm saying is that your premise is wrong. Most people on either side are not motivated by race.
Being an Evangelical Christian definitely has an affect on Southerners voting Republican, I would agree with that part.
I rarely get involved in these threads b/c the ignorance is overwhelming.
Can you explain why someone who believes in spreading the word of Jesus would be more inclined to vote for Republicans?
Because ever since the mid-sixties, it has been the Dems who have pushed civil rights legislation. You now have the situation in which Republicans are pushing voter ID laws in a transparent attempt to prevent poor and elderly blacks from voting. It's not exactly a mystery.
That is a lie. Regarding voter ID laws, do you believe that black people are incapable of getting an ID?
They have low IQ's, therefore they depend on the government to employ them, feed them, heal them, basically baby sit them. The democrats are all about increasing the power of government, so 98% of brotha's and sista's vote for their new plantation owners.
As for White Southerners, I'm guessing its based on racial animosity, no doubt about it. They are Whites who vote for the best interests of Whites, just like Africans and Latinos vote for corrupt African and Latino mayors in cities where they hold political power.
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