In casual conversation like this, I hear "most" as "80% or more".
Not 50.1%. And I don't think that is accurate. I think a more accurate label than "Republican" could be "middle aged or older" and/or "rural". On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > tell me Jerry, what part of most did you miss? > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I don't know that I believe that. I think there are plenty of racists in > > the Democratic and various Independent parties. > > > > What I _do_ believe is that Republican racists are much more open and > > vocal, as there are no repercussions in their social and political > circles > > for being so. > > > > And I also think that they are much, much more open about it than they > were > > 10 or 20 years ago. As they feel their comfort zone slip away. > > > > I also truly believe so far the next generation are less racist, although > > there are some hard-core racists families doing a good job of training > the > > youth. And yes, most of them have lurched well to the right. > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> > >> To paraphrase John Stewart Mill > >> > >> Although it is not true that all conservatives are racists, it is true > >> that most racists are conservative. > >> > >> On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> > This is yet another incident that fits neatly with the leadership and > >> > prominent people in the party holding racist viewpoints. > >> > What is worrying is that these folks are either voted in, or chosen in > >> > their "hero" roles by the members of the party. > >> > > >> > Everytime it happens , we see responses that this is not "the party", > >> that > >> > individual democrats have said racist things sometimes etc. > >> > But it's a clear trend, these incidents aren't made up, these aren't > >> > actors, and the live feeds and transcriptions are not doctored. > >> > > >> > > >> > http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/25/republicans-are-racists-no-it-s-just-all-a-big-coincidence.html > >> > > >> > Now consider that the republican party almost or more than 50% of the > >> > United States. > >> > > >> > ᧠> >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:369927 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
