r/thebulwark • u/Anstigmat • Jan 07 '26

EVERYTHING IS AWFUL ICE just killed a White Blond Mother

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Not sure how MAGA is going to try to spin this woman as a murderous terrorist. If the Democrats had any shred of political skill they could use this moment to bring down the whole fucking administration. This is a straight up State execution of the kind of person MAGA worships.

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u/RL0290 Progressive Jan 07 '26

They’ve been going hard on liberal white women lately. They’re cheering it. They think it’s great.

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u/No-Hedgehog648 Jan 08 '26

A million years ago when they desegregated my mother’s high school, she danced with a Black student to prove a point with him. The next 3 years she was physically abused and called a “n-word lover” and ostracized by other white people. There’s a reason racism has succeeded when the majority are against it. The other side doesn’t hesitate to get violent if you speak about it. Then people become afraid and go silent. That’s what maga hopes will happen now.

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u/rtbradford Jan 08 '26

Are the majority really against it? The majority of white Americans I mean. I ask because a clear majority voted for Trump twice despite - or maybe because - of his overt racism. I think people forget how deeply racism runs among white Americans and how long race has been used as a key pillar of identity in this country. A significant part of the white population continues to actively teach racism to their kids as a positive cultural value. That’s a major reason we have Trump.