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In reply to the discussion: I will stand up for Palestinian human rights and firmly against bigotry aimed at Jews. They are the same job [View all]
Bettie
(19,993 posts)but that 65% are truly the worst people in the world.
I'm a white woman. I live among them. They are "Hi!" in the grocery store aisle friendly, but as soon as you bring up anything else, they fall into an endless stream of imagined slights, memories of a time that never existed, and a weird belief that if only women were submissive enough and there were no minorities anywhere, they'd be billionaires.
They believe that they are so very downtrodden that they just can't get ahead.
People tell me "they're good people, they just vote differently".
No. They aren't.
They cling to evangelical religion because it tells them that they should be in charge of everything.
They vote for Republicans (esp. Trump) because they tell them that they are worth more than anyone else.
Selfish, self-interest is their actual religion and they are devout.
Are there a few who might be moved? Maybe, but they are so used to being the only voices anyone cares about that it will be a long, arduous process.
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