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Originally Posted by zeek
The Crotch Grabber [I toned down my language in deference to UntoHim] is the Voice of White Backlash.
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I find it interesting that they have claimed the vote for Trump is white backlash. So let's explore that.
1. Trump received less votes than Romney, not much of a backlash.
2. The real reason that Clinton lost is that she received 8 million votes less than Obama.
I have heard that this vote was sexist as though she lost because men didn't want a woman. Trump received about 22% of registered votes, since women represent over 50% of registered voters It seems Clinton lost because women didn't vote for her.
I think what is really happening is that the people who dislike trump are so arrogant and absorbed in their own thoughts they are unable to think that anyone else (60 million Americans) actually have any issues of their own.
Imagine you lost your job because of NAFTA, who are you going to vote for?
Imagine you are relatively poor, don't have health care at work so you have to pay for Obamacare and the premiums just jumped 33%. You should be voting Democrat, but will you?
Suppose you are unemployed, who you going to blame, an immigrant? If so, who are you going to vote for?
Suppose you lost a father, son or brother fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, etc. Who are you going to vote for?
I didn't see any marches or protests when Obama was elected, but now that Trump is elected we see all these "Black Lives Matter" protests. If you are as racist as that organization you don't have the ground to call others racist.
We also see Bernie supporters joining the march, they aren't protesting Trump they are protesting the DNC.
Suppose you are concerned about who is going to appoint the next Supreme court justice. If you feel that Washington has ignored you, and more than 50% of Americans do, and if you feel that the Supreme court has foisted laws onto the public that they don't want and don't agree with, then who are you going to vote for?
There are very real issues in this election and to dismiss the voice of 60 million people as being "racist backlash" is the willful ignorance. The fact that Van Jones is pushing that narrative is very disappointing to me (my students and I made a movie about him a couple of years ago).