The Partisan Divide on Issues

[Bob Butler 54]

(06-12-2020, 01:11 AM)Classic-Xer Wrote: I doubt the KKK and the Neo Nazi's have much interest in supporting a Northern Republican/Yankee   who has   a Jewish daughter, a Jewish son in law,  Jewish grand kids and an immigrant wife. Trump is basically  staying true to his American bases.  Like I said, the racist white groups aren't   much different than the racist  liberal groups these days.  I'm sure that a bunch of mindless blue idiots would agree with your views and ignore the existence of all the racists and the racist believers that we hear/see these days and a bunch of Trump haters would go along with them too. How many American people are into looting, rioting, street justice, mob rule, courts of public opinion and other stuff associated with third world politics and ignorance? What you don't seem to grasp is that the bulk of us can read and aren't associated with poverty and don't want anything to do with the liberals, their cities, their problems, the bulk of their social programs or their low end politics. In short, what we've seen lately isn't viewed by us as being our problem. The Republicans understands that about us which is why the party has decided to remain idle and leave it to the Democrats to figure out themselves. You may as well get used to the idea of Republican America not getting directly involved with Democratic issues.

I have long seen the Republican Party as having racist and elitist elements. The Tea Party did a decent job of rejecting the elite element. Establishment Republicans really had a hard time getting near the White House last time around. The recent protests are going after the racist elements. Racism, violence and murder are being rejected hard.

If these two elements are both removed, that is a win from your perspective, I would think. The small government, low taxes, ignore problems aspect remains, but has gone well past the point of diminishing returns. Still, that is part of the traditional divide, almost respectable when compared to the elitist and racist tendencies. It will cycle back and forth, government doing most with the crisis heart, then that fades down with the cycles though the unraveling.

But what you are seeing is one aspect of red culture going away, becoming less dominant, be it one aspect I suspect neither of us respect.