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[–] Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I think it is a weird focus because it was irrelevant to your point, and the discussion at large. I could point out that American christians are far more likely to support trump than non-christians, but why? When we talk about the idea of the us electorate (that you chose to equate to american in your comment to the other guy. So I will say American too)

The collective in question was defined, "why do you think that about Americans?" To move the focus to white Americans is odd in that context. Imagine I would have said, "well republicans are far right". You would have told me that we don't talk about republicans but Americans. That I couldn't and shouldn't judge a collective by a subgroup. Yet that is what your focus on white Americans does in this conversation. It is not a bad observation, it is just a weird focus in this conversation.

And yes white Americans have voted trump in power, 61% of Americans identify as "white (not mixed)". 71% of Americans identify as "white". That is a huge part of the us electorate. If 57% (according to exit polls) of 71% of the us electorate vote for a fascist, of course, that is relevant and it should play a part in how I judge the us electorate.

But in the end of the day, all of that is more complicated than needed to answer the question, why do I believe the us electorate is far right. Trump won the popularity vote. You can break it up. But then we aren't talking about your initial question, why do you think that about the us electorate? Instead we would talk about e.g. the white us electorate, certainly worth while exploring but not the topic at hand.

If you are unhappy with that, then don't frame it as you do. I am answering your question precisely. Ask me a different question if you want to talk about a different topic. But don't dismiss my answer because you don't like it and claim that your comment didn't focus onto white Americans and that the majority of the us electorate didn't vote for trump while blaming white Americans (the absolute majority of the us electorate) for voting for trump.

I am sorry but the us is mostly white and fascist. That is what informs my opinion on us citizens as a collective.

Edit: you also seem very offended by the idea that I judge the us electorate based on a popular vote, saying that not everyone is that way. While happily blaming white Americans based on exit polls, ignoring that not everyone is that way. That is odd. Why can't I judge the us electorate but you can judge the white us electorate?