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Barbara Sealy's avatar

The hatred is on display everywhere these days. I guess people used to hide it and I was naive to think it didn't exist at this level. Silly me! Now that I can see it so clearly, it gives me a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. I feel that we are an election away from Gilead and people are walking around oblivious to that fact.

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Wendy Aronson's avatar

I think Trumpies have but two motivations. The wealthy want to keep all their tax dollars - all for me and none for you. The not-so-wealthy fear the demographic changes that will make America even more diverse, eventually with Whites as a minority. So what. No matter your skin color, we can all be educated, all find employment, and all enjoy life. It is not a zero-sum game. What hides behind the fear is racism. Add a soupcon of variant gender fear, and misogyny, and you get the voter who dreams that Trump will be his champion. Donald Trump will keep the dark and/or sexually "deviant" away from my block. He will save embryos only to let them go hungry once they're born. He will continue to support the hatred and just plain churlish behavior we see with this bumper sticker.

It's the "I'm going to heaven and you're not" world view that is turning America divisible, with liberty and justice for ME.

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