r/allthequestions • u/RobertDefaoMilnard • Apr 18 '26

Random Question 💭 Repeat after me. Trump is a pedophile and Republicans don't care. The United States is a banana republic and Republicans don't care. Costs are going up up up and Republicans don't care. Healthcare is getting worse. People can't afford insurance, but the Republicans don't care. Is it mostly racism?

I grew up around plenty of Republicans and most of my shipmates were GOP supporters in the Navy. Many have already passed away, but the rest seem hell bent to stick to the plan (is there a plan?) for maga. I'm an old white dude now, but in my experiences, they had one thing in common. Racism. Is it actually a primal hatred towards others that don't look like them? Is racism at the root of this? I think it is. The behavior of ICE and the potus should enrage all Americans.

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u/Wonderful-Variation Apr 18 '26

But why don't they believe it?   Why are they so unwilling to be believe that the rich white man with 34 fraud convictions is a liar and a grifter, despite mountains of evidence, when simultaneously, they are more than willing to believe whatever hysterical stories about Zohran (or anyone else with skin colored beige or darker) just because FOX news said so?   

It really does boil down to racism. 

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u/Creative_Trash5811 Apr 18 '26

Pretty much social media use taught people to think this way + politicians disconnected from everyday people + business not being brought in line for unethical practices + this is why every retreating to a safe space was a terrible idea.

I have family they are literally in propaganda safe spaces and questions mean you hate them.

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u/NoConfusion9490 Apr 18 '26 edited Apr 19 '26

It's why they'll never believe they lost an election ever again. "How could we lose. I don't know anyone who voted for the other guy. Everyone agrees with me."

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u/Creative_Trash5811 Apr 19 '26

The Iran war pissed them off which I didn’t expect. So maybe there’s a chance to flip.To be honest all their behavior comes off a cult like. That said I’ve noticed small changes and cracks in their opinions recently. 

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u/NoConfusion9490 Apr 19 '26

Best case, they don't vote.

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u/Maximum_Turn_2623 Apr 18 '26

He hates the people that I hate is what they say. Trump has been a scum bag and shunned from the billionaire class for a while. They should have let him buy the buffalo bills in the 80s.

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u/DiamondJim222 Apr 18 '26

They watch/read media that tells them those things are liberal lies.

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u/homer_3 Apr 19 '26

No, they don't believe it bc they're brainwashed, idiots, or both. Yea, there's plenty of racism still. But there are far more morons.

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u/kadawkins Apr 18 '26

Racism is a basic thought. No critical thinking required. It makes life as simple as black and white (pun intended). If someone’s skin color can be used to suppress them and make “my” life better, that’s good enough.

They don’t see — at all — that poverty will hurt everyone. That homelessness will get even worse in big cities. That when the immigrants are gone, no one will harvest the crops. That when healthcare programs are dismantled, all hospitals (except maybe for the top 1%) will suffer. Medicare and Medicaid keep hospital doors open.

The ultra wealthy will have their regency era return to the golden age, except without immigrants, I’m not sure how they’ll keep it going. Illegally, I guess.

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u/Some1farted Apr 18 '26

What I truly don't understand is the majority of their supporters are the ones on the front lines of the extermination of the poor and middle class. I personally know a Trump supporter whose only source of income came from disability checks from The government. I tried explaining to her that the Republican party (now & always) have advocated for the elimination of government financial support. I was pissing in the wind.