The purpose of the petty & gratuitous ad hominem attack in #Trump's parenthetical - to signal to "the base" that those whose names don't sound WASPy enough can be labeled "phonies" & their "Hispanic heritage" can be made the premise of criticism - is racist & divisive.https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1158950196560171014 …
...know a nickname isn't necessarily meant to indicate ethnic "heritage" in the named person himself. More importantly, most people (the non-racist ones) don't care whether a political candidate's name is or isn't meant to suggest a particular ethnicity for 1 simple reason...
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They don't care what his ethnicity is. They're far more interested in his substantive policy, experience, judgment & integrity. But of course,
#Trump supporters aren't most people, now are they? It's actually quite important to them that a name perceived to be associated with... -
...a particular ethnic group be used only by someone whose ethnicity is seen to "match" that name. This way,
#Trump supporters don't even need to look at that person before applying their racist prejudices to him - the name becomes a substitute for his skin color & appearance... - 10 more replies
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