Single issue voting may suck but it is what is. I doubt the majority even here are looking beyond 3 touch points. As for his issues with minorities, you have to factor in the context of each situation and statement. So while I get how one can see him as a racist, objectively and in context (moreso combined with existing filters and conscious or unconscious bias people have) it's not that clear cut. One can make arguments if they choose to counter the negative perspectives of some of what he has said. And basically thats what single issue voters are/will do to remain congruent.
This is why I'm surprised that while Gaf seems to have smart folks, so many people dismissed Trump early on and continue to do so. Perhaps its just me though, I honestly interact and I guess am friends with people on a crazy wide spectrum. Some with strongly opposing views, but my view and experiences in life have me looking for the best in people and common ground. Does it mean I ignore somethings? Indeed I INTENTIONALLY do. Makes life and people a lot easier and enjoyable, lol.
No, it really is clear cut.
In the absolutely best case scenario (which it probably isn't) he is marginalizing and insulting wide groups of people for political gain, and empowering formerly closet racists to feel their despicable actions are justified. He is gunning for being the face of our entire nation, that shit is absolutely unacceptable. He's supposed to represent all of us, but he's putting a hell of a lot of us down. And personally speaking, when someone supports someone who is so outspoken about how he sees me and a lot of people i know (as second rate citizens who probably deserve even worse than we have since he's so concerned about "making America great again"), I can't look at them as decent human beings with an opinion that matters. Not really.
You don't have to agree with me or everything I think obviously, but you have to understand that they (you?) are supporting an unapologetic racist enabler whose views make even the most dim brained people in this country feel like they were right to cock their shotgun at the nearest brown person cause why not. And that's not even getting into policy. When that happens there is NO excuse for ignorance on what he stands for. Zero. None. If the dim brains understand it, you freaking should too. You can google so much NOT taken out of context at any particular time that it's legit embarrassing. While the other Republicans are slimy as well, i can at least understand how someone not versed in political dog whistling can be fooled, but that defense means nothing for Trump, whose message is as clear as day and who is oh so famous for "telling it like it is" so often that you need a directory to find some minority group he hasn't thrown under the bus yet.
And most of GAF was right, cause his actual chance at a White House election is so dismal (thank various deities) that the Republican party is seriously considering fully disowning him and licking their wounds until the next cycle if he is the nominee. Cause they know how it will go down; minorities/women are going to do out and vote against him in droves, because all the unapologetic shit he keeps smearing around keeps making national headlines. That isn't to say he hasn't done considerable damage to both the U.S. global image as well as in-country race relations (which already weren't the best) in the meantime, but no, i am certainly not going to call any Trump supporter "smart" or 'well informed" about much of anything when they can't be bothered to do a 30 second Google search to factcheck, lol.
