lunasun's response deserves its own thread

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7. People are complicated

I would say anyone who voted for Orange Donald harbors some racism, even if it is not extreme. Maybe all white Americans do to some extent, even if we are liberals and don't want to be. Those few black people who voted for him, it would be hard to say why they would do that - maybe they are believers in right wing economic theory and put that first.

My father is so anti-choice, raised Catholic, that even though he does understand white privilege somewhat, he puts his abortion beliefs above all that. He would not even be against social programs, and in fact is in favor of them and would have supported FDR or JFK, say. He was a Democrat until the Republicans found they could use abortion as a wedge issue. Not sure he voted for the Orange Ass but could not have voted for Hillary as she is clearly pro-choice.