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I've grown more independent over the years. I have no desire to become Republican. I voted for a Republican in 2004. I haven't done that since. Given the direction BOTH PARTIES have been going in, I really don't feel any inclination to vote Republican.
We don't have a third option, so I will most likely vote for the Republicans/Trump.
Why is that? Maybe I am strange but I find it difficult to take personally. It’s just an excuse to cover up what really is their culture, imho. For so long, in this country people were taught to dislike black people and obsess over everything black people do. That doesn’t just disappear after hundreds of years. Those people are just defaulting to what they know and lack a moral compass.
As long as people are not in my way, they can feel however they want to feel. But that’s just me.
As someone who has dealt with racist individuals, it's easy for me to think of this as "whatever, those who claim they no longer like Blacks have always been like this. This is just the perfect excuse". It's easy, and it has merit. At the same time, I'm a "don't take crap from anyone" kind of person. Sometimes you have to expect better from people. Sometimes you have to call people out on their crap. One of the reasons I take some things person is because I'm just trying to live my life the best I know how.
It has made me realize that the Far Left is vastly more dangerous, violent and powerful than I ever believed. It also made me realize that there are a lot more blacks out there who deeply hate white people like me just for being white.
There are some individuals here who have admitted to not liking Black people because of the past events. That is very bothersome to me. This is stuff that I take very personal.
I think often it is our human nature to hold an entire group accountable for wrongs, perceived wrongs, fear, etc.. I also think some of us have to consciously fight that emotion. Men will often hate women in general because one or a few women hurt them, and vice versa. My father disliked Japanese people because of what he endured during WWII. I knew a very sweet woman who disliked black people because she was beat up by some black kids in elementary school. I actually had a black horse who disliked black people .
We all need to work on seeing everyone as an individual.
It has made me realize that the Far Left is vastly more dangerous, violent and powerful than I ever believed. It also made me realize that there are a lot more blacks out there who deeply hate white people like me just for being white.
Yup, same here. Yet when I pointed this out, I was accused by a leftist of “making everything about race.”
Most cops aren’t killing people.
Most whites are not oppressing anyone.
Most people are not racist.
Most companies and institutions are not full of “systemic racism”.
And yet here we are, with riots and looting and fires and our very society at risk, and BLM saying they will not stop.
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