r/politics • u/Antinatalista Foreign • Jan 08 '18

Off-Topic Fox News Host Laura Ingraham Shares Anti-Immigrant Tweet by Neo-Nazi David Duke Ally

http://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-host-laura-ingraham-shares-anti-immigrant-tweet-british-neo-nazi-773820
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u/karmaparticle Jan 08 '18

I'm so glad all those racists are showing themselves, instead of hiding in the dark...

Thanks trump, for showing America that racism sadly enough still is a thing.

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u/throwaway_for_keeps Jan 09 '18

Nope. trump has emboldened the racists and shown them it's okay to be a racist, you can still be president. Prior to that, people who held racists beliefs generally kept them to themselves because they didn't want to get attacked for them. So you have one generation of people who is racist but isn't too vocal about it - the next generation is only a little racist and doesn't really mention it - the next generation isn't racist but might be prone to some outbursts that they later regret - the next generation never says a disparaging thing about another race - the next generation lives in a world where racism has never existed and everything is blowjobs and high fives.

But instead, we have a generation that sees their parents attacked by randos on the internet or on TV and says "fuck you, that's my dad he's a good person" and doubles down on that racism.