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catbyte

(34,455 posts) Sat Jun 23, 2018, 12:14 PM Jun 2018

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WOW. They don't even try to hide their bigotry anymore. Vile.

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WOW. They don't even try to hide their bigotry anymore. Vile. (Original Post) catbyte Jun 2018 OP

Anymore ? They supported trump because he was openly bigoted JI7 Jun 2018 #1

They used to be a little more subtle about it. They'd let Dotard rant, but they clammed up. catbyte Jun 2018 #2

Huckabee has always been a vile piece of SHIT. nt Ferrets are Cool Jun 2018 #3

Yep. It explains his kids, too. nt GoCubsGo Jun 2018 #4

The nut didn't fall far from the tree. nt Ferrets are Cool Jun 2018 #6

Huckster, Sr. never really hid his, but dog whistles aren't needed when you opt for open racism Solly Mack Jun 2018 #5

... Leghorn21 Jun 2018 #7

That fucking asshole has been an open racist since... forever. Initech Jun 2018 #8

JI7

(89,274 posts)

1. Anymore ? They supported trump because he was openly bigoted

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Sat Jun 23, 2018, 12:16 PM

Jun 2018

catbyte

(34,455 posts)

2. They used to be a little more subtle about it. They'd let Dotard rant, but they clammed up.

Reply to JI7 (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 23, 2018, 12:18 PM

Jun 2018

Not anymore.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,110 posts)

3. Huckabee has always been a vile piece of SHIT. nt

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Sat Jun 23, 2018, 12:43 PM

Jun 2018

GoCubsGo

(32,094 posts)

4. Yep. It explains his kids, too. nt

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Reply #3)

Sat Jun 23, 2018, 12:44 PM

Jun 2018

Ferrets are Cool

(21,110 posts)

6. The nut didn't fall far from the tree. nt

Reply to GoCubsGo (Reply #4)

Sat Jun 23, 2018, 12:46 PM

Jun 2018

Solly Mack

(90,787 posts)

5. Huckster, Sr. never really hid his, but dog whistles aren't needed when you opt for open racism

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Sat Jun 23, 2018, 12:46 PM

Jun 2018

which the GOP has done with Trump.

A lot of the "Never-Trumpers" much prefer the dog whistles and code words. That's the Republican party they harken back to when expressing their distaste of Trump.

If, even if only once, they talked about the GOP before Trump? They are talking about a time when they pulled a "Willie Horton" - they are speaking of Lee Atwater - they are talking about "welfare queens" and "inner city". They are talking about the Moral Majority and "single mothers" - Phyllis Schlafly and The Eagle Forum. They are talking the Southern Strategy and people like Jesse Helms and Strom Thurmond.

They are longing for the day of dog whistles and code phrases - a "kinder, gentler" racism that hides behind euphemism.

Because that Republican Party is part and parcel to the Republican Party before Trump - and it's still there - only a lot more blatant.

And I know there are a few speaking out against Trump and at least one that has even left the GOP - but none of that changes the undeniable racist history of the GOP before Trump. None of it.

Leghorn21

(13,526 posts)

7. ...

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Sat Jun 23, 2018, 01:12 PM

Jun 2018

Initech

(100,104 posts)

8. That fucking asshole has been an open racist since... forever.

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Sat Jun 23, 2018, 01:13 PM

Jun 2018

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