06-22-2016, 10:52 PM
When this vile racism gets respect from mainstream politicians, then mainstream politics has big trouble. Gutter racism has been on the fringe of American political life since George Wallace admitted that he was wrong about it.
People need to recognize that there is a large Hispanic middle class in America and that there is much intermarriage between white people and Latinos. In my experience, gutter racists who use the N-word typically also have trouble refraining from using the F-bomb. Today gutter racism, like heavy use of the F-bomb, indicates problems of impulse control. This is very different from the prudish types who endorsed white supremacy with Theodore Bilbo, Strom Thurmond, Lester Maddox, and George Wallace.
Yes, this group is awful -- notice all the raised-right-arm gestures of one of the potty-mouthed bigots. Coincidence?
People need to recognize that there is a large Hispanic middle class in America and that there is much intermarriage between white people and Latinos. In my experience, gutter racists who use the N-word typically also have trouble refraining from using the F-bomb. Today gutter racism, like heavy use of the F-bomb, indicates problems of impulse control. This is very different from the prudish types who endorsed white supremacy with Theodore Bilbo, Strom Thurmond, Lester Maddox, and George Wallace.
Yes, this group is awful -- notice all the raised-right-arm gestures of one of the potty-mouthed bigots. Coincidence?
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.