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You've got me there, if you take this as mention race: > Never reconciled to the > presence of a black man in the White House, and > older people who equate being > American with being white, male, heterosexual and citizens of a country > that rules most of the world. But I stand by the rest of my critique: Nothing in this excerpt about the racism that is at the heart of Trump's campaign - i don't mean the racism of the white masses - the racism of his campaign and nothing about white chauvinism, Clay Claiborne, Director Vietnam: American Holocaust <http://VietnamAmericanHolocaust.com> Linux Beach Productions Venice, CA 90291 (310) 581-1536 Read my blogs at the Linux Beach <http://claysbeach.blogspot.com/> <http://wlcentral.org/user/2965/track> On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 12:17 PM, Alan Ginsberg via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > Clay Claiborne asks: > > Does this article ever talk about the racism that is at the heart of > Trump's campaign? Its a long piece and I only read about a 3rd. It mentions > "fascism", "megalomania" but nothing about race or white chauvinism. Me, I > would have put near the top of course, but then I'm black. Does this > article ever get there? Curious but not curious enough to finish it. > You said it stood up well > . That's why I started reading it, > > > The answer is yes, and before the 1/3rd mark. > > *Base against top* > > The dilemma of the Republican Party consists in the fact that its most > hard-core constituency is composed of older people who equate being > American with being white, male, heterosexual and citizens of a country > that rules most of the world. This largely middle class base cannot cope > with the fact that the country is moving – erratically, but moving > nonetheless – in the direction of gender equality and sexual > permissiveness. They are also traumatised by the prospect that whites are > on course to become a minority by mid-century, and feel emasculated by > Washington’s increasing inability to dispatch the Marine Corps to deal with > anyone who stands up to the US abroad. > > This enraged, provincial and heavily southern party core became especially > vocal after the election of Barack Obama in 2008. Never reconciled to the > presence of a black man in the White House, they are determined to thwart > Obama, no matter what he does. And, although what became the brand name of > white male *ressentiment* – the Tea Party – is no longer present as an > organised force on the ground, the notes it sounded in 2009 and after still > resound among the party ranks, just as the theme of economic inequality > introduced by the now vanished Occupy movement stuck in the minds of many > Democratic voters. > > https://rdln.wordpress.com/2015/10/03/whats-behind-the- > political-rise-of-donald-trump/ > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/clayclai% > 40gmail.com _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
