re: #199 HappyWarrior “I think for many white liberals we just couldn’t accept that social anxiety was the real driving force behind Trumpism because we didn’t want to see the worst from those we know.”

I guess I never bought the “they voted for Trump because of economic anxiety” BS because as a black female who survived America’s Jim Crow Era, I know that racism and bigotry are still very much alive and thriving in America. My life experience has provided me with a different perspective when it comes to viewing and dealing with racism, bigotry, religious differences, and economic and social culture issues. In a way, I am the manifestation of the American Dream that some others in this country are working to suppress, oppress, and destroy because of their fear of being “replaced and dominated.” What these persons don’t seem to understand is that in general, POC, those who practice religions other than Christianity, and LGBTQ Americans don’t want to suppress, oppress, destroy, replace or dominate them, and we don’t hate them. We only want to be viewed as their equals and allowed to exercise our constitutional rights the same way that they do. That I have had a successful life in spite of facing many adversities says to me that those who have sought to “keep me in my place” have failed. I, and many others, including LGBTQ Americans, other POC, and religious groups not comprised of Christians, are using the system as it was designed to make better lives for ourselves and our families and shall continue to do so. Even though they seem to think they can, they can’t stop progress or demographic change from happening forever, and I think they will eventually be forced to acknowledge that they will become the minority in America and every negative aspect of those changes that they are predicting most likely won’t happen. Why not? Because those they’re bent on keeping in subjugation aren’t the assholes that they are. I’ve mentioned before here at LGF that the main reason I will never attempt to deprive any other person or group in this country of their civil rights is because I know exactly what it is like to live that way, and I adamantly refuse to treat a fellow citizen or human being the way I have been, and am sometimes still, treated.