I can’t bear to find out if my sister-in-law and her husband are voting republican because they always do. They literally vote Republican because they think abortion is the worst thing in the world. They rely on Badgercare (Wisconsin’s low income health insurance) for their two children but they voted for Walker…

“Islam is traced patrilineally. I am a Muslim if my father is Muslim. In that sense, it is undeniable that Barack Obama was born a Muslim”

There was an interesting article on 538 recently about the psychological differences of being uninformed vs misinformed. Uninformed people respond to facts by learning. Misinformed people react to facts by backing themselves into a defensive posture and screaming about liars rather than deal with the emotional aspects…

“It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone’s fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I’m one of Us. I must be. I’ve certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of…

I think he likes to stoke the racial hatred of a broad swathe of white people who are struggling economically either currently or are in entrenched poverty. I wish they would seek real change and a candidate that wants to materially improve their lives but that would require real change. No GOP candidate wants to…

No, that’s ancient history. It’s all cool now. We can share our cultures (by which I mean, aren’t headdresses totally flattering on blondes?)

That darned Goldilocks is at it again.

“Islam is not a religion. It’s a violent blood cult, okay?” said 68-year-old veteran Hoyt Wood. “All they know is violence, that’s all they know.”

I feel like when white folks complain about race issues, some are worried they’ll be treated the same way that minorities were treated for much of American history.

And I wanna say, “No, we won’t do that to you. We won’t set up specific race-based laws to keep you from working, running your own businesses, voting,…

If nothing else, Trump has provided a fantastic public service to the rest of us.

“White Americans founded this country,” said South Carolinian Patricia Saunders. “We are being pushed aside because of the President’s administration and the media.”

For fuck’s sake people. I can’t even offer anything besides that because there’s no arguing with these type of people. Literally ANY study, ANY report, ANY info at all that you could try to show them to counteract what they believe and they just dismiss it as being untrue “because”.

“I come home and someone’s occupying my house and they’re eating my food and then they’re taking the kids from my bed; they’re taking the money out of my pocket,” said Deena from South Carolina, probably speaking figuratively. “Why should we have to support someone else and then make our kids suffer, our families…

The income inequality and just *how* destitute the poorest of americans are is terrifying. This population I’m sure has substandard educational resources, and when you feel like you don’t know what’s going on, you’re terrified of everyone and everything. They are so angry at having less (which is valid), but are…

I’ve personally found that being white in America is a pretty sweet deal. I’m always puzzled as to how these folks can’t grasp that.

I'm white and scared...scared of all these trump supporters.