Electing republicans is in itself blatantly racist.
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untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks agoIk a few people who lean to the right economically but aren’t in favor of all this authoritarian stuff And they’re not Nazis, you cant just generalize so broadly about what should or shouldn’t be tolerated. Ofc if someone is being blatantly racist that shouldnt be tolerated, but economic discussion is totally fine
shaggyb@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
You do realize that there are members of marginalized groups who have been elected as republicans Like there’s black republicans Is voting for them ‘blatantly racist’? If you overuse language it loses some of its meaning
shaggyb@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
When you need to resort to “but I have black friends” to defend racism, you’ve lost.
untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
I’m not resorting to that. I’m not saying that. I’m saying that the idea that voting Republican is inherently racist, is wrong. This really isn’t that complicated.
CalipherJones@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Turns out Republicans social and economic policiy is dogshit. There are three types of Republicans; power hungry sycophants, cultural chameleons that dont care but to blend in, and then the largest proportion… salt of the earth morons.
untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
I’m not saying their policies are any good, but the golden rule still stands, if a Republican who isn’t evil is nice to you, it only makes sense to reciprocate that.