2016 Postmortem

There have actually been quite a few threads implying that ALL rural white voters (whether they voted for Trump or not) of being racists. As a rural white voter who voted for Clinton and Obama twice (I'm an Independent swing voter who has voted exclusively for Democrats for the last decade, roughly.), I find it offensive.

Some of the rural white voters on this site find that type of rhetoric extremely offensive just like I found Trump's rhetoric offensive. And regarding Trump's voters...there were MILLIONS of people who voted for him...for many reasons. I personally know some people who voted for him and I KNOW they are not racists. They had horrible judgement, was too gullible, dumb, lacked forethought, were inconsiderate, didn't think of the impact on others...a whole lot of things...but they are NOT racists. To be a racist you need to have a hateful INTENT. Most of Trump's voters did not have any such thing. Yes, all of the actual racists and scumbag hate groups voted for him...but thank God they are not a majority...they are just extremely LOUD and disgusting.

It's getting to the point where I do NOT feel welcome at this site anymore. If the Democratic Party is going to become minority exclusive and hate on all white people that makes it no better than Trump or the alt right. Stereotyping entire swaths of voters is bigotry, period, and too much of that is happening at this site. I don't condone bigotry from Trump and I'm not going to condone it here.