These are the facts folks. I apologize for not citing sources, but they aren't hard to find. Get into it.
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White people, the point is your situation is changing around you. You can either acknowledge that and address it, or be swept up in it.
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Trump is what getting swept up looks like. He is what happens when a culture that isn't self aware gets co-opted.
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Trump supporters will get nothing they want from Trump. I still maintain that we know nothing of his politics and he is entirely false.
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But white ppl are flocking to him because they want to hear that comforting refrain. "All of our problems are caused by The Other."
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If you can't examine why the rhetoric of oppression and fascism continues to resonate with your ppl, how can you fight it?
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If you're not allowed to question your institutions or your traditions or your norms, how can you hope to dismantle the horrible ones?
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Because that's what's going on today. White ppl are pissed, enraged that anyone could even fathom not standing for the anthem.
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We love our freedom rhetoric in this country, but most white don't actually believe in true freedom. *Removing* choice is their default.
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Abortion choice, marriage choice, sex work choice, BATHROOM choice. All being attacked and the base is always white ppl. This is real shit.
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