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> Most Democrats think people who voted for Trump did so because they are racist or sexist.

Most that I know, myself included, don't think that about people who voted for Trump. I do however think that voting for Trump makes you racist or sexist. Voting for Trump wasn't necessarily a result of it, but it sure was an indicator or turning point.

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>People who voted for Donald Trump didn't do so because they were racist or sexist >But voting for Trump makes you a racist or sexist Not sure I understood your comment.

Basically, causes are different than effect. A person may have voted for him because of economic promises, but because they thought the tradeoffs on race and gender mattered less than those economic promises they are acting in a way consistent with racism.

And so the goalposts keep moving. How soon until not giving up your job for a poor minority is considered racist? At what point do we draw the line and say it is ok to have your own self-interest in mind, rather than that of the outgroup? At what point do we stop responding to the bludgeon that is the word "racist"? Eventually you are going to push people into doing actually racist things if you keep trying to deny them the means to self-sovereignty.

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