Does it scare you?

[qwlauren35]

That nearly 50% of all US voters would rather have a racist bigot than Hillary?


I think about it and it hits my gut. The racists came out of the woodwork when the Tea Party came to prominence, but this is taking white supremacy to an entirely new level. I really believe that we could see burning crosses. In Hillary's Reno speech, she talked about the rise in bullying among our nation's children, mimicking what they see politically.

That's why I'm going to campaign. Didn't plan to, but it's too important.

Anybody with me? Anyone else planning to campaign?

[lapfog_1]

1. more like 40%

but yeah, even that number is too high.

[jodymarie aimee]

2. Racist has lost its freak out factor stigma

My State Rep told me she heard 2 college kids outside a bar in Madison, WI and they were saying they wouldn't mind a racist President. The word doesn't have the stigma anymore. Kind of like all the shootings are muted and all meld into the next one. Oh, another one of those...you interrupted Dr. Phil for this......

Just today HRC referred to the crackpots who said Sandy Hook was staged and not real. Child actors. The audience gasped. So many don't pay attention. Years ago this same story was in our college paper with college kids promoting it. I about had a heart attack.

I work for the DEMs every day of my life since 2000. It is always boots on the ground. We have just about flipped our city/county offices to all progressive. Under Walker, state offices are another matter. Our state has been burned to the ground under him. Kansas and Wisconsin have been the petri dishes for batshit crazy right wing crap. They have succeeded.

[lib87]

3. Sadly To be Honest, Not Really

Racism & sexism is tradition in the US.

[qwlauren35]

4. I thought about your comment.

At first, I could relate. But then again, if it became open season on us, not just cops, and no one went to jail or got convicted (like Zimmerman)... hmm...

Is it already so bad that it can't get worse?

I think it can get worse.

[VulgarPoet]

7. The Klan might as well be back to burning crosses and lynching people again.

That's literally the only way I could see things getting worse.

Unfortunately, I think that's the future either way, Trump's win or loss; thanks to Trump galvanizing the fuckers.

[wildeyed]

6. I lost faith in many of my fellow citizens after they voted for GWB that second time.

And I have been actively working to beat them at the ballot box ever since. Sometimes with campaigns, but the majority of my time is spent doing GOTV and voter education for c3 groups for traditionally underrepresented communities. Those communities also have the sense not to vote for politicians like GWB and Trump when they do turn out to vote, so it is win for everybody, IMO. I get to work actively against atrocious politicians and simultaneously hold the "good" ones accountable to these communities when they do win.

The Trump thing is unbelievable. I mostly just roll my eyes and try not to think about the why of that too hard since it makes my brain cook.

[romana]

8. It terrifies me

And they have a complicit media at their disposal, normalizing this instead of calling it out.

I thought living through George W. Bush's presidency and the things that began happening in this country in the aftermath of 9-11 was scary. This is a hundred times worse. I have very dark moments where I think he might win and it makes me sick to my stomach.

I'm doing what I can to GOTV locally. I can't stand by and do nothing.

[ismnotwasm]

9. Scares me and infuriates me.