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Cyrano

(15,041 posts)
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 12:25 PM Jun 2017

Is the Republican Party a hate group?

The Southern Poverty Law Center has a long list of hate groups which include the KKK, "militias," groups that label themselves "Christian" something or other, and yet others who call themselves some kind of "patriots." (You can google the SPLC list.)

Does the Republican Party belong on this list? This is a party that claims to love America, yet hates most Americans. (That's a line written by Aaron Sorkin.) The current, so-called "health care" bill posses a threat to the health, well being of and even the very lives of millions of Americans.

So what do you think? Do they belong on the SPLC's list of hate groups?

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Is the Republican Party a hate group? (Original Post) Cyrano Jun 2017 OP
Is this even a question anymore? SHRED Jun 2017 #1
+1. Eom pirateshipdude Jun 2017 #2
I do believe the rhetoric that comes down from Rub leadership encourages hatred bresue Jun 2017 #3
Is the Republican Party a hate group? Hayduke Bomgarte Jun 2017 #4
The GOP base is 90% white and many of this base are very racist Gothmog Jun 2017 #5
They are from my perspective, but not all of them in the same way and not all of it is intentional. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2017 #6

bresue

(1,007 posts)
3. I do believe the rhetoric that comes down from Rub leadership encourages hatred
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 12:40 PM
Jun 2017

and the self-reliance that is preached by big business owners who have tailored the rules to benefit themselves and gotten away with embezzling workers' value from not paying them what is due, encourages Rub leadership to continue.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,855 posts)
6. They are from my perspective, but not all of them in the same way and not all of it is intentional.
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 01:33 PM
Jun 2017

Some Republicans have tremendous faith in "free market" capitalism (using quotes for free market since it depends far more on strong government than many of them admit) and they think it results in equitable outcomes. If people are poor, it's their fault. They seem to ignore how the system will always have "losers" from bad circumstances. According to a recent survey of Trump voters (link below), those types are among the least xenophobic, least racist and least worried about immigration among his supporters.

The Trump voters who expressed the most fear about racial and cultural differences were the most likely to support compromise with Democrats and support social programs and regulations. They also were far more likely to have voted for Democrats in the past, believing that the wealthy have too much influence. That's the group that seems to be more associated with hate, from what I've observed, based on their "deplorable" attitudes that seem racist in many ways. (Many of them are indeed racist, no doubt.)

They attached themselves to Trump on issues such as illegal immigration very early in the GOP primaries, providing him with enough momentum in a very large field of candidates (who divided up loyal Republican voters) to get the eventual nomination. The economically conservative and fiercely loyal Republican voters also got behind Trump in the general election as expected.

https://www.voterstudygroup.org/reports/2016-elections/the-five-types-trump-voters

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