r/politics • u/ben_watson_jr • May 19 '24

How Can This Country Possibly Be Electing Trump Again? Soft Paywall

https://newrepublic.com/article/181287/can-america-possibly-elect-trump-again
20.6k Upvotes

83% Upvoted

7.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

5.7k

u/[deleted] May 19 '24

[deleted]

813

u/Sorryallthetime May 19 '24

Its not all stupidity.

As much as some proclaimed the election of Obama was proof positive that America was a post racist society the election of Donald Trump proves racism is alive and well in North America (his MAGA zealotry has now spread to Canada).

Donald Trump made it okay to be a bigot again. Many take comfort in that.

135

u/Duster929 May 19 '24

Racism is stupidity.

2

u/itsmyhotsauce Massachusetts May 19 '24

Or just straight malice. Willful ignorance isn't stupidity, it's something less innocent.