Read this from start to finish - it's that good

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1. 'After the result they felt that they could be racist

they had that confidence'

Umhm. As evidenced by the election, though, our current huge, existential problem is bigoted political partisanship. In America, blacks are about 13% or less of the population. People who sympathize Democratic are over 50%--and we have all become a target of hostility and even hate from the other half.

Yes, racial hate from some is a big part of the reason we are all hated. But an inborn, oversized fear of and hostility toward change, toward differences, toward the unknown underlies all the negativity of the right.

We are living an era of rampaging change, when every year brings differences from what was, when no one knows what the future may bring. Conservatives are handling this very poorly and striking out. Some focus their nastiness on skin color. All are focusing it on Democrats. We are the enemy they blame for all they fear and reject.