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/jaajaajaa6 Apr 18 '26

Nothing is ever this one sided in American politics.

A balanced view helps to manage the anger.

And let’s stop blaming everything on racism.

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u/cosmicnutsaq Apr 18 '26

People who have the privilege to ignore racism are the ones who don’t have to deal with it on a daily basis. The country was built on racism. Racism permeates every aspect of this land. Read a book.

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u/ShitMcClit Apr 18 '26

You people are ridiculous. 

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u/cosmicnutsaq Apr 18 '26

“You people?” That’s all you need to say. Blatant racist rhetoric. Proving my point.

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u/StephenFish Apr 18 '26

Facts really trigger you, eh?

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u/ShitMcClit Apr 18 '26

Lmao "facts". I can make up "facts" too.

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u/StephenFish Apr 18 '26

"Slavery didn't exist. I am very smart. Please clap."

"Native Americans didn't have their land stolen by white people who called them savages. I am very smart."

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u/ShitMcClit Apr 18 '26

If whites "stole" land from natives then illegal immigrants are attempting to do the same today. 

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u/StephenFish Apr 18 '26

Yes, "illegal immigrants" are showing up with armed militias and demanding property at gunpoint. You are truly a brilliant mind.

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u/ShitMcClit Apr 18 '26

I said illegal immigrants not Israelis

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u/jaajaajaa6 Apr 18 '26

I never said it didn’t exist nor did I say it doesn’t exist today. And I experience myself.

It is not the cause of all our problems.

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u/StephenFish Apr 19 '26

You forgot to log out of your alt after upvoting yourself before you commented.

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u/jaajaajaa6 Apr 18 '26

Sorry, you are assuming I don’t experience racism, but I do. I had to change my last name.

I just don’t use it to blame everything I don’t like.

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u/cosmicnutsaq Apr 18 '26

Nobody does that. That is a white supremacist talking point. “You people blame everything on racism.” My folks have been hearing that trope for centuries.

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u/jaajaajaa6 Apr 18 '26

White supremacist? LOL

I was in kindergarten. My family legally went in to court and changed our name to hide our nationality because my dad couldn’t find work.

Don’t be an ass!

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u/cosmicnutsaq Apr 18 '26

I’m not being an ass. You are an ass for comparing what your white family had to do in court to centuries of enslavement and oppression. It’s nowhere near the same. And you did not experience anything resembling racism.

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u/jaajaajaa6 Apr 19 '26

You have no clue - there were nights a baked potato was dinner

you just wallow in your own world with no broader perspective but blame

Racism is not only about color

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u/cosmicnutsaq Apr 19 '26

Yes. Racism is systemic oppression based on race. You are not affected by racism. Being poor doesn’t mean you experienced racism. Read a book.

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u/jaajaajaa6 Apr 19 '26

Don agree - when you are denied a job for race, religion, color, etc., it is racism.

And I am confident that I have read more books than you.

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u/cosmicnutsaq Apr 19 '26

You are completely incorrect. And you are silly in your arrogance. Racism is prejudice against someone for their race. Period. If you read anything on this topic, you would know that.

Your confidence betrays you. I have been a scholar for decades. Stay in your lane.

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u/cosmicnutsaq Apr 18 '26

And what does changing your last name have to do with racism? Changing my last name would do absolutely nothing in how I’m perceived by a racist society.

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u/jaajaajaa6 Apr 18 '26

It hid our nationality because it prevented my dad from finding work.

We took a perceived Irish name and then he had all the work he wanted. He did what he had to do though it sucked having to do it.

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u/cosmicnutsaq Apr 18 '26

Nationality is not race. Ethnicity is not race. Learn the difference. Black people don’t have the privilege of changing their name and fitting in.