Category: government

many Drumpf voters are racist

On By Rick McIn education, ethics, government1 Comment

Increasingly I’m thinking the most common denominator for Drumpf voters is racial resentment.

There is absolutely no evidence that Trump’s supporters, either in the primary or the general election, are disproportionately poor or working class. Exit polling from the primaries found that Trump voters made about as much as Ted Cruz voters, and significantly more than supporters of either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders.

Trump voters, FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver found, had a median household income of $72,000, a fair bit higher than the $62,000 median household income for non-Hispanic whites in America. …

In the primary, though, the story was, as my colleague Zack Beauchamp has explained at length, almost entirely about racial resentment. There’s a wide array of data to back this up. …

Taking Trump voters’ concerns seriously means listening to what they’re actually saying

related:

White riot – How racism and immigration gave us Trump, Brexit, and a whole new kind of politics

HOW TRUMP TOOK HATE GROUPS MAINSTREAM

About half the Republican voters always vote Republican, regardless of the candidate. Most of the rest are motivated by racial resentment.

Sad.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

The American Life has been doing some excellent coverage on this topic:

One way to understand the split inside the Republican party is to look at immigration. …

Zoe connects the anti-immigrant sentiment in St. Cloud with a national network of organizations promoting anti-Muslim views and spreading fear about Sharia law. …

This American Life 600 – Will I Know Anyone at This Party?

… Ira talks about what’s alarming him about this year’s election: facts seem less meaningful than they ever have, and the gap between the mainstream media and right-wing media’s versions of the world have never seemed further apart. CNN’s Jake Tapper explains what it was like to be on the air live when Donald Trump tried to take a huge, obvious lie and pass it off as the truth.

This American Life 599

American Nazis – Hate Rising

On By Rick McIn ethics, GOP USA, governmentLeave a comment

Trump is nearly gone — retreating to one of his evil billionaire lairs.

But his fleeting success has inspired these A-holes.

… upcoming documentary “Hate Rising,” for which he traveled across the U.S. to speak with white supremacy groups, including Neo Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members, as well as Muslims, Latinos and children who have been victims of what The Southern Poverty Law Center calls “the Trump effect.” …

“The Trump effect” is full of negative connotations and it’s twofold. On one hand, it has given permission to white supremacists and Neo-Nazi groups to express their biases and prejudices. And on the other hand, it has created a lot of fear and anxiety …

Jorge Ramos Exposes Hate Groups’ Rise In The Age Of Trump

Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.

I subscribed to the Washington Post

On By Rick McIn economics, ethics, government, product endorsementsLeave a comment

The Washington Post has been killing it in recent months. The best U.S. election coverage by far. Even better than Politico. Or the NY Times.

washington-post

Like all print media the Washington Post are trying to find a way to survive while switching customers to digital.

I paid $9.99 for the first 6 months – digital edition. U.S. Amazon Prime members can get those same 6 months for free. They hope we get addicted to the service over that period … or forget to cancel the subscription. 🙂 Mine renews at $150 / year, more than I’m willing to pay.

It’s easy to bypass the Washington Post paywall if you don’t want to pay. But I’d like to support them.

No doubt the Washington Post will offer me a lower price when I go to cancel my subscription on April 12th, 2017.

I now subscribe to Economist magazine and the Washington Post. The only two old media companies getting cash from Rick McCharles. So far.