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[governator]

sadly LakesGnrLake sentiment is not that unusual for the right. There's actually quite a bit of 'justification' for either Trump or the KKK (in the form of their free speech) and of course, the comparison to BLM... without a single condemnation to the KKK/Nazi-ism itself. Now I do think this is not the majority believe of the right but a minority section but they are the vocal ones

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[Omar Little]

You're on your own. There was quite a bit of racism around Bush (ask John McCain and his Bangladeshi daughter), both in campaign rhetoric and policy, but it didn't define who he was seen as by the left.
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[tlim]

I dunno about what others think, but the last 8 months feels like people are trying to relive the civil rights movement from the 1960s and the anger and resentment bubbling up with a lot of hate fomenting and the KKK and Nazi faction of the right are pushing hard as the PresiKlansman is giving them a pass. (The Whitehouse spokesman doesn't count. Trump's opinion is many times different than what the press secretaries say.)

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[vanexelent]

And really, can you blame Jesse Jackson for not wanting to return to pre-Civil Rights Act America? The man literally saw Martin Luther King die in his arms.

[Wilt]

Amazing how about half of all Republicans believe Barack Obama is an illegal immigrant intruder and that "reverse racism" is a big problem in this country, how they overwhelmingly voted and still support the candidate that spread that racist lie for years and never admitted was a racist lie, how that same candidate announced his candidacy by spreading another racist lie about Mexican immigrants, how that same candidate announced that he would prevent Muslims from entering this country, how that same candidate was supported by various white supremacist groups, including the chief white supremacist in the country, etc. And considering all of that, it's interesting that the poster above still hasn't seen any of those people in his various travels among conservatives around the country. Give me a break.

Conservatism is primarily a movement of resentment these days. It's no longer about lower taxes, smaller government, and free trade. And that resentment just happens to be directed against what conservatives consider to be outsiders - such as immigrants, homosexuals, Muslims, etc. - and those that are perceived as welcoming and supportive of those outsiders - such as the media, Hollywood, academia, liberal "elites," and progressives on the two coasts. And the group that possesses that resentment is white, rural, conservative. In order to maintain the dignity of the GOP and the conservative movement, you have to own up to that ugly reality and the history that led to it, which you can argue goes back to the founding of this country. But more recently, you can trace the beginning of that movement to the nomination of Barry Goldwater. That darkness was always there but wasn't as apparent because someone like Reagan could rely only on white voters but could still win a huge majority. But as those outside groups and their supporters became large enough to give someone like Barack Obama the biggest electoral victory in a generation, that darkness underlying the conservative movement became more pronounced. And then Donald Trump came and the rest is history.

So you can continue doing your "I haven't met any of those people" shtick, but it doesn't reflect reality.
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