Republicans have been pandering to ignorant white folks--rednecks, racists, rural residents--for 50 years. That's what they do. They stoke fear among the rednecks and rural simpletons--that's their schtick. Decades ago, they stoked fear that angry black men would rape white women; then more recently, right wingers spout nonsense about a Muslim takeover of America, which of course gives heart palpitations to low-information, low-intellect rural/county voters. We're talking about people who are scared of smart, powerful women: start feeding them bull$hit about Muslims and illegal immigrants who rape and murder--Trump's pander--and the simpletons are running to the polls to vote for Republican wankers.
George Bush did it with terrorism. During his reelection campaign, in the six months or so before the vote (and recall that 9/11 happened during his first term), his administration suddenly starting issuing all these grave terrorism alerts; every two or three weeks there would be another one. Surprise: None of them were legit; nearly all, if not all, were trumped up--but they did the job: Little old ladies all around middle America were too frightened to go to bed at night for fear Osama bin Laden might be hiding in their closet. Pathetic. This is the idiocy that sensible people have to put up with from conservatives--and mainstream GOP pols have no integrity because they go along with it.
Nothing quite spells LOSER like somebody joining a neo-Nazi (or militia) group.
Did you see the photos of those guys yesterday--standing around in their dark sunglasses and holding shields! Carrying torches. One wants to laugh at them, but then the left overreacts to these right-wing fools and the result is violence.
Let's not compare BLM to neo-Nazi's and right-wing racist groups. It's stupid. Young white men haven't been kicked around for 50 years. A lot of blacks have. Big difference.
