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hoolstoptheheels

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"Make America Great Again" could be "Make it 1950 Again".


Even "Make it 1975 Again", although I'm old enough to remember that even then people were lamenting the rise of foreign competition and the death of the cradle to grave factory job.

But that's what it's really about. Donald Trump is the manifestation of people's frustration that the past is the past and it isn't coming back. The pace of change keeps accelerating, and the effects of it on those unprepared for the new reality of the Info Age were greatly exacerbated by the Great Recession. And so we have Donald Trump.

But I do think you are oversimplifying here. Most Trump voters are not racists, sexists, or bigots of any kind. There is certainly a subset that longs for 1950's racism and sexism, but I think that's a very small group. Most really long for other characteristics of that bygone era, which nostalgia makes them romanticize, as people tend to do.

IMO, anti-Trumpies like us do need to be careful about over-generalizing. "Make America Great Again" is not rooted in racism - it is rooted in whatever each individual Trump supporter romanticizes about the past. Fence sitters tend to flip their bird, or just tune out, when we lump them all together at their lowest level.

The Basket of Deplorables - IMO that is one of several things that may have cost Hillary the election. We should lose that concept immediately.

(In response to this post by 111Balz)

Posted: 07/05/2017 at 08:55AM



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Make America Great Again, Make America Great Again! -- Hokieesith 07/04/2017 3:19PM
  Making America Great Since 1776 (link) -- WaxHoo 07/05/2017 11:34AM
  Very cool. ** -- Hoocinogenic 07/05/2017 11:54AM
  Stupid sons of bitches. That's appalling. :( ** -- Seattle .Hoo 07/05/2017 12:36PM
  Well, that's differnt ** -- FfxStationHokie 07/05/2017 09:06AM
  Except his flakes are yellow, maybe even brown ** -- 111Balz 07/05/2017 10:10AM
  1950? Heck, let's bring back the 1770's ** -- Tuckahokie 07/05/2017 09:04AM
  Uhh, well, yes. Yes it is. ** -- hoolstoptheheels 07/05/2017 09:04AM
  Ummm, yes (inside) -- FfxStationHokie 07/05/2017 08:28AM
  What a dumbass ** -- CyberHoo78 07/04/2017 10:01PM
  2020: KEEP America Great Again ** -- ConnHoo 07/04/2017 3:35PM
  "Make America Great Again" could be "Make it 1950 Again". -- hoolstoptheheels 07/05/2017 08:55AM
  Yup. ** -- HowieT3 07/05/2017 08:56AM
  Interesting is one word.... ** -- 111Balz 07/05/2017 08:53AM
  Or just plain ignorant ** -- 111Balz 07/05/2017 10:12AM
  Literacy does NOT= critical thought ** -- 111Balz 07/05/2017 12:27PM
  Clearly. ** -- hoothat 07/05/2017 3:33PM
  Seriously bro? You and the Sith have nothing better to do -- hoolstoptheheels 07/05/2017 09:00AM
  Can't anymore -- dajoka004 07/05/2017 06:54AM
  Noooooooo!!! ** -- CyberHoo78 07/05/2017 07:38AM
  CNN blackmail #1 and trending......you can't make this up -- TomKazanski 07/05/2017 07:32AM
  Cockroaches. Light. -- Shenhoo 07/05/2017 07:27AM
  That internet tough guy sure folded fast. ** -- VAGentleman05 07/05/2017 07:12AM
  I haven't looked into his prior postings -- dajoka004 07/05/2017 07:40AM
  Depraved is right. ** -- Shenhoo 07/05/2017 07:48AM
  Lol. Too good. ** -- Hoocinogenic 07/05/2017 10:36AM
  Looks like someone is going through holiday stress. ** -- Hokieesith 07/04/2017 6:41PM

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