1. This point is insufficiently appreciated. Trump has a licence to be heterodox because he is a hardcore racisthttps://twitter.com/haroldpollack/status/701040388786753537 …
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@HeerJeet This is, of course, why this election is potentially transformative: Trump is making it brutally clear who the GOP is…. -
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@HeerJeet wh means that the rump of the GOP that isn't that may be forced into a bit of a think. A 5-10% shift in party loyalty is Yuuuge - Show replies
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@AmandaMarcotte made this point rather brilliantly - and more expansively - in this piece: http://www.salon.com/2016/02/16/trumps_crafty_move_on_iraq_his_war_comments_allow_conservatives_to_move_past_the_bush_years_while_saving_face/ …@HeerJeet -
and, more specifically, it's that someone who is despised by (even white) liberals is saying these things.
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@HeerJeet Could it also be sort of this: if Trump was president, the trains would run on time? (Invoking#GodwinsLaw)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet but if Trump gets discredited, they will be taken as proof that he wasn't conservative. Analogous to Bush and Medicare exp.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet but this isn't new in American politics. What was George Wallace but virulent racism mixed with New Deal-ish economic populism?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet a sizable portion of the electorate has no problem at all with government assistance so long as they are its sole beneficiariesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet and that is because their worldview defines the racial other as undeserving, rapacious, subhumanThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet I wonder what Virginia Abernethy thinks of Trump. Does she consider herself to be white anymore?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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