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The linked article (not DHH's article) is the reason why Trump is in power and why right wing extremists are in the rise in Europe. People are concerned about
by bulbar 13d ago
The linked article (not DHH's article) is the reason why Trump is in power and why right wing extremists are in the rise in Europe.
People are concerned about things that can't even be expressed without getting labeled as fascist or racist. While the concerns may be irrational and without merit, it should be talked and discussed with those people and trying to understand their concerns better. Instead the reaction is "no need to talk with them as they are racists".
And yes, there are many racists out there and they have gotten so much support lately because many people feel heard by them and only them.
- tastyface 13d agoBullshit: the primary reason Trump (and many other right-wingers) are in power is economic. Pushback to this sort of outward white supremacy is, in fact, quite popular. And to a large degree, there is little point in rationally debating these concerns as they are rooted in racial animus. If somebody deeply feels that their glorious white race is being replaced by hordes of deranged brown immigrants, that's not a position they can be argued out of: it's an axiomatic outlook on the nature of society and humanity that, for the most part, only generational turnover (and maybe life experience) can correct.