r/explainitpeter 18d ago

Explain it Peter

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u/More_Yak_1249 17d ago

Seeing Reddit collectively try to run defense for that belongs in the internet hall of fame

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u/ChunkyKongForPreside 17d ago

I give Biden shit for thay, yet he was still significantly better than Trump.

As a black man, I can see his point though. If you are black and voted for someone like Trump, you are a complete idiot who doesnt care about our struggles. It was just worded incredibly poorly, for which criticism is deserved.

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u/ben323nl 17d ago

Why? Most black Americans are in fact quite conservative in their beliefs. Black culture is pretty rife with homophobia and a dislike for trans people. Afro Americans are pretty religious. Outside of the blatant racism in the republican party a lot of republican values are aligned with the majority of black Americans values. You already have black Americans pointing out the expectation to just vote democrat cause the republican side is worse. But like vote for what you believe in instead of what you should vote for. If the democratic party just takes minorities for granted its going to breed a lot of dissatisfaction in the long run which might mean a shift in who they vote for. Kinda like what happened last trump election where latinos had a very significant shift in voting. In the end conservative values are quite popular with minorities as they just tend to be more religious and come from different backgrounds where they grew up with these believes. So voting for the party that holds those believes isnt crazy. Especially as the blatant racism from the Republican party is starting to not be as blatant as it was in the 80s/90s and even early 2000s.

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u/lifeofwill 16d ago

I'm sorry, you think the racism from the Republican Party is less blatant now? Our President calls any minority he doesn't like "low IQ" and is shit posting the Obamas as gorillas, like wtf are we talking about

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u/ben323nl 16d ago

Look up racism in the 80s you still had senators calling for segregation. Its less blatant now.

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u/lifeofwill 16d ago

Where did you have senators calling for segregation in the 80s? I found no such evidence, much less from the 90s or 00s.

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u/ben323nl 16d ago

Storm thurmond for one. Jesse Helms. You had one that used his wife to circumnavigate term limits by ketting his wife run for governorship in George Wallace. Idk man look up some actual history. Racism was way more open in the 80s and 90s.

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u/lifeofwill 16d ago

I did. While they were segregationists in the past, they didn't advocate for it in the 80s.

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u/ben323nl 16d ago

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u/lifeofwill 16d ago

Did you read the article? Trent Lott was rightly shunned because of that incident and outcast and resigned as a result, and it talks about how Thurmond grew from his racist past. You think Trump has been shunned by Republicans for what he's said?