Did Romney run a racist campaign? (Partnered with Breitbart, called BHO a terrorist-sympathizer). Just wondering.
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Replying to @mtracey @pacifistHULK
You don't think there's a qualitative difference between GOP dog-whistles & what Trump is doing?
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Replying to @HeerJeet @pacifistHULK
Romney went beyond dog-whistling. Partnered with hate conspiracy sites and said Obama was in league with jihadists.
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Romney said that life should be made so miserable for undocumented Hispanics that they'd "self-deport." Racist?
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Replying to @mtracey @pacifistHULK
My position has long been this sort of stuff paved way for Trump, but Trump takes it to a higher more explicit level
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Replying to @HeerJeet @pacifistHULK
So then Romney ran a racist campaign, just in a more subtle and less overtly crude manner?
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Replying to @mtracey @pacifistHULK
I think distinction between coded dog-whistle appeals & explicit racism is an important one.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @pacifistHULK
So Romney also ran a racist campaign, but was just more subtle and sneaky about it.
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Replying to @mtracey @pacifistHULK
That erases the crucial distinction: dogwhistles at least implicitly acknowledge overt racism is wrong.
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"Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue" (I forget -- Pascal?)
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Exactly. Hypocrisy at least acknowledges existence of norms. Trump & alt-right are anti-norms.
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