• Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    No sir. I’m not seeing that with “Nazi Flag at Trump Rally” and CPAC isn’t even on the radar of the average voter. Most people have their interaction with Trump at his rallies and via conservative news. I’m not saying everything is okay. The man brought back 1800’s xenophobic myths on the national debate stage. But again the average voter isn’t thinking about it that way. They’re engaged with it in a fearful way because that’s how Fox News gave it to them.

    And you guys are still massively missing the point. This is a third of our country. Alienating them plays into the hand of extremists. They need to see they’re wrong. Not be shunned out of a society that killed their jobs, left them in broken towns, brought them the opioid crisis, and ignores their needs. They are the epitome of believing government is broken because the Republicans broke it. And you can’t fix that by calling them trash. You have to find a way to bring them good governance again. Get them back into mainstream stuff.

    This entire flipping thread has been nothing but a project in othering. And you can’t do that to 33% of your country without severe consequences.

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      7 days ago

      Good Lord a pragmatic person trying to understand the demographics instead of just casting them all as Nazis? I thought you folks might be extinct here!

      I wish more folks took this nuanced view.