Kevin Simler

Racism *enables* demagoguery. Sometimes you need to talk about one to talk about the other.

But Scott's point is that Trump isn't racist. (Xenophobic, yes, but that's different.) Do you dispute?

Where do I begin....

Is xenophobia somehow okay? Is there, in practise, a well-defined distinction between xeno and racism in a multi-race society?

If xenophobia is causal to racism—if xenophobic policies lead to racist policies—does the distinction even matter?

Does it even matter whether a candidate is sincerely xenophobic/racist or whether he's just adopting such policies for power?