I think part of what makes us forget that Trump is pretty much entirely winning on the votes of straight white males is the way that the mainstream media keeps spinning things to not talk about it: occasional polls will give him "record support for a R...
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Raccoon at TechHub :mastodon:wrote last edited by [email protected]
I think part of what makes us forget that #Trump is pretty much entirely winning on the #votes of straight white males is the way that the mainstream media keeps spinning things to not talk about it: occasional #polls will give him "record support for a #Republican among this minority group!" but we never hear that the actual numbers are usually something like "an entire quarter of this minority group doesn't hate him!"
But let's be clear, he's not "winning the Latino vote". Way too many of them have dealt with accusations of being non-citizens or being yelled at to "Speak English" when talking to a relative on the phone to support someone who literally accuses them of "eating people's pets" in a public nonpartisan setting. A little under half of them think he might be better for their job prospects, that's pretty much it. Most are voting for #Harris.
Same with any other group where an impressive minority is supporting him.
(Cntd)
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Raccoon at TechHub :mastodon:replied to Raccoon at TechHub :mastodon: last edited by
There's just something disturbing to me about the fact that Trump even being remotely viable as a candidate rests entirely on the votes of Straight White Males. Let's be clear, it's not all of them, there are plenty of Straight White Males who, at the very least, have decided that his policies are generally bad, and #WhiteDudesForHarris shows us there are plenty who are appalled by the "go after minorities" parts of the only coherent policies the Republicans are currently describing.
#NotAllMen and all that.
But it tells us that 2/3 of straight white males, at best, are able to pick out some "concept of a policy" (because his only full policies are "get rid of democracy" and "go after minorities") from his insane ramblings, and say to themselves, "this is worth more to me than the safety of marginalized groups." ...And that's being kind, it's not even mentioning the droves of them who are literally Nazis.
I don't like thinking in this paradigm, but it's a scary fact.
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Raccoon at TechHub :mastodon:replied to Raccoon at TechHub :mastodon: last edited by
Also that thing where he'll wrap himself in a rainbow flag and declare that he loves the gays and loves the blacks. I'm sure someone somewhere has been convinced by it, but I'm more sure he's just saying that to give some level of plausible deniability to all these straight white males, so when you say he's a racist or a sexist or whatever, they can say, "no he wrapped himself in a rainbow flag and that means something apparently."
It's very important, when running for office, that you recognize that your ground level volunteers are going to have to defend everything about you when they go door to door.
That's something Hillary Clinton failed at in 2016, which Trump absolutely dominated her on by doing that, but I feel like the insane shit he said at the debate may have undermined everything there. I think we can see that in the interviews with the volunteers walking out of his rallies: they just don't want to defend him anymore.
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Raccoon at TechHub :mastodon:replied to Raccoon at TechHub :mastodon: last edited by
But that's how #EvaporativeCooling works: as the less radical people find themselves unable to stay in, the movement becomes more radical in general.
...which says something really scary about the people who are still hardcore Trump supporters. 8 years ago they could have said that Hillary Clinton was too much of an insider and had too many problems. 4 years ago they could have said that Trump hadn't gotten enough of a chance. As he gets more unhinged in public and Kamala Harris becomes more obviously competent, you have to wonder what kind of people are still supporting him.
What's scarier to me though is, even though I knew for decades there was a strong Neo-Nazi movement in America, and a huge number of straight white males who just kind of accepted their presence and were willing to work with them, I never realized they were powerful enough to actually get these kinds of votes in an election.
I think America truly is a racist, sexist country, and that's heartbreaking.
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mcjevansreplied to Raccoon at TechHub :mastodon: last edited by
@Raccoon not just the pride flag. He wraps himself in the American flag and says, "I love this country." Then he autographs the flag and salutes a North Korean general. That should be figurative, but it's also literal.
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Raccoon at TechHub :mastodon:replied to mcjevans last edited by [email protected]
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Also where he's autographing it. Like, you would think he would pick a corner or something... No, right in the middle.To be fair though, I don't even think autographing the American flag is that bad, it's just him deciding that he's a celebrity and this is a celebrity meet and greet instead of just being the president, and I guess he thinks of the American flag as part of his "brand" as opposed to a shared symbol.
Him saluting a North Korean General though feels like a full-on "do you even understand what's going on?" moment. Like you can tell the guy is trying to shake his hand, and he's giving a salute to someone who literally murdered his own people for power.
Really it's all virtue signaling: he's trying to convince us that he has these values, but he doesn't even understand those values enough to properly virtue signal for them. He's just a very fake person, except when he talks about getting rid of the democracy and going after minorities: that's the real him.