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In reply to the discussion: What too many Americans will never admit [View all]no_hypocrisy
(46,019 posts)A lot has to do with having had a biracial president. There is a very racist segment of this country that survived Jim Crow that can't stand the idea of a white woman and a literally African-American man producing a biracial child who segued into the Leader of the Free World, advancing beyond their status. Their heads exploded because there was nothing they could do to stop it or to end it.
However, they could do something after-the-fact: vote for Obama's polar opposite incantation, Donald Trump. As Michael Moore would say, the "biggest fuck you" they could offer.
But if you take a long look around, it isn't about Obama anymore. It's about "owning the Libs." That's right, anyone who isn't a MAGAt is suspect and can't be trusted in government and they won't submit themselves to those individuals. Think about it: Joe Biden is an older white guy like Donald Trump. Not a drop of "colored blood" in him. But if elected, he'll get the same, if not more, animus than Obama. Because he isn't Donald Trump.
And that indicates that it's no longer a political movement, it's a cult and it's not about Obama anymore.