• ForegoneConclusion@lemmy.world
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    Just to add some thoughts: Why would he want to piss off and lose any chance of ever getting a vote from any non-white non-mega-racist ever again? Can somebody eli5 why he would shoot his foot off like that? Edit: btw I dont like Trump, I never did, and I think what he’s doing is incredibly dangerous to the democracy. Im also not american, so maybe ive missed something.

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      I mean, he’s said horrible things about women, and evangelical women still vote for him in droves. His supporters are so dumb and brainwashed, he can directly insult them and piss on their face, and they will ask for more.

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      He ran on a rather explicitly white nationalist campaign in the 2016 election. He’s never not been openly racist. Republican voters are demonstrably OK with that.

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        Even if a lot of his voters are OK with it, wouldn’t he still lose out on a lot of potential voters by throwing the N-word around and pissing of every non-white (and almost all white) voting american? It’s inflammatory without any upside? It just makes no sense to me.

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          wouldn’t he still lose out on a lot of potential voters

          Again, no, he wouldn’t. Just because he hasn’t openly used the N-word doesn’t mean he’s been evenly slightly coy about his racism. 100% of Trump voters already knew he was a white nationalist before they voted for him the first time. They either specifically like that about him, or just don’t care because it’s something they’re willing to accept as long as they get the regressive misogyny or whatever else they want from him. He represents an alliance of the worst people. Some are in it for the racism, others for controlling women, others just want naked authoritarianism. They understand it’s a package deal and they are all on board with it.