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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt's gobsmacking to think how fast we went from
Obama to trump.
In Honor of Black History month...
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It's gobsmacking to think how fast we went from (Original Post)
cilla4progress
Feb 2019
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Trump was the backlash against black president, same sex marriage, demographic changes etc
JI7
Feb 2019
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okaawhatever
(9,462 posts)1. It is however, a perfect example of the fallacy of white supremacism. NT
eppur_se_muova
(36,289 posts)3. 45 is People's Exhibit Orange. nt
okaawhatever
(9,462 posts)4. LOL. nt
JI7
(89,264 posts)2. Trump was the backlash against black president, same sex marriage, demographic changes etc
but those changes after still moving forward even with right wing attempt to push back.
Hekate
(90,793 posts)5. It's a gut-punch every day, but remember how much cheating & treason it took to keep Hillary out...
I say that to remind myself that the majority in this benighted nation of ours actually did not vote for the Mad King.
She would have been good. But Obama remains the best and I'm glad I got to be here for that.
diva77
(7,656 posts)6. This is why we have to fight hard to end election fraud!!!!
lunatica
(53,410 posts)7. Whiplash is a pretty good descriptor.
But it helps a bit to understand that Obamas success is the basic cause. Not his race alone, but the fact that he was so damn good at it that it blew their tiny little brains up. So naturally we got the absolute opposite. A throwback to the Neanderthals with their smaller brains, primitive language skills and gut thinking > Trump and his followers.