Recently, it's been hard for Trump to gin up fear of Muslims. There haven't been any high-profile ISIS attacks recently, and ISIS' army has been defeated in the Middle East.
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Replying to @Noahpinion
Why do you think that is? Maybe because isis is falling apart due partly to Trump’s tough action?
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Replying to @sean_whitney
ISIS was falling apart well before then, they didn't have the capacity to sustain a state, and their extremist ideology turned people off.
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Replying to @Noahpinion
You seem mildly unwilling to give him any credit, but I’ll move on. What about your comment re African Americans? Will you provide an instance when he uses them as “boogeymen”?
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Replying to @sean_whitney
Sure, the 2016 election scaremongering about crime and the rhetorical battles with athletes. Fairly weak tea, but that's because I think white people aren't nearly as scared of black people as they were in, say, 1968.
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Replying to @Noahpinion
Scaremongering = criticizing Chicago, I assume? I’m frankly surprised anyone is left to defend that city’s statistics. The nfl kneeling scandal is also legitimate to criticize without being “racist”, but I understand why that doesn’t fit the narrative.
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Replying to @sean_whitney
Not just Chicago, but his whole acceptance speech in 2016. And the NFL thing is just a way to slap-fight with black activists. It's dumb, but it gets people exercised.
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Replying to @Noahpinion
(2/2) at least someone fights back against them and their hateful antics.
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Replying to @Noahpinion
:) my point is that you can make him out to be a fighter, but many of us believe that’s exactly what we needed to go up against a biased media set on tearing us apart for their ratings and agenda.
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You're threat-motivated. All Trump has to do to get you to support him is make you feel like someone is threatening you. Black activists, or caravans from Honduras, or whatever. It makes you feel like you need a "fighter" to defend you.
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