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If you’ve made it this far and you can’t fit the jigsaw pieces of America’s racist history and racist present, plus how politics has been dominated by white men almost exclusively, and how leftists are tired of it on so many levels, and you choose somehow to be offended by a white democratic nominee for president being called “safe white boy,” I don’t know what to tell you.
We elected a black man president in 2008, then suddenly got too racist. Sure, that makes perfect sense. It couldn't possibly be the platforms the Democrats were running on. /s
Sort of. It's not like we elected James Brown.
It's not like James Brown is likely to run in 2028, so what's your point?
The reason we have a fascist groundswell in this country is the same reason any country has ever had a fascist groundswell.
My point is we elected the whitest black guy we could possibly find and even then it took 230 years. We still have a long way to go before we pat ourselves on the back.
When did I suggest back pats?
We didn't "suddenly get too racist". The US was no more likely to elect a black presenting president in 2008 than we are now. Even one with Obama's gravitas.
Exactly. A minority candidate absolutely can win, as long as they can rally Democratic voters.
I hope you're right but I have my doubts.