donald trump supporters like the 70-year-old because he “has no filter.”
in exit poll after exit poll, republican primary voters have cited trump’s willingness to “tell it like it is” as a major reason — if not the predominant reason — why they voted for him.
what this actually seems to mean is that they appreciate his willingness to insult and degrade minorities without fear of reprisal.
he is not “telling it like it is.“
that would imply truthfulness — and require him to admit that violent crime rates are still lower than they’ve been in decades
that black people are not the biggest perpetrators of homicide against whites
that most undocumented mexican immigrants are not, in fact, rapists
and that islam — a religion that comprises 1.6 billion people worldwide — is not an existential threat to the u.s.
but that is not what trump and his supporters want.
they want carte blanche to express their bigotry without consequences, plain and simple.
and on july 21, when trump accepted the presidential nomination, the republicans made him the face of their party.
trump and his supporters have agreed to a dark pact of sorts
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“tell it like it is” is just code for “is racist just like me”
It’s from the same bag of shit that people who say “I’m just saying…” like to reach into when they go to Facebook.