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Re:Suicides in Rural America Increased More Than 40% in 16 Y... by pmoriarty on Sunday March 19, 2017 @01:10AM (#13905327)
Not to mention Muslim Americans, who are the boogymen du jure these days. Or any number of other minorities in America, like gays.

All of these are not only not empathized with by Republicans, whose base and support comes largely from rural America, but actively hated, discriminated against, and oppressed.

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Re:Suicides in Rural America Increased More Than 40% in 16 Y... by hueving on Sunday March 19, 2017 @01:43AM (#13905480)
>but actively hated, discriminated against, and oppressed.

Have you ever spoken to a Republican? For a group that 'actively hates' black people, don't you think its a little strange this man led the RNC [1]?

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Steele

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Re:Suicides in Rural America Increased More Than 40% in 16 Y... by TuringNYC on Sunday March 19, 2017 @01:52AM (#13905509)
You've found one lone minority amongst the GOP. For every minority you find, you'll find 100 of these GOP types like Representative King, a prominent Iowa Republican http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/13/politics/steve-king-babies...
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Re:Suicides in Rural America Increased More Than 40% in 16 Y... by hueving on Sunday March 19, 2017 @05:57PM (#13909893)
And how does this statement in your article fit into your world view?

>House Speaker Paul Ryan, also a Republican, "clearly disagrees" with King's comments, a spokeswoman told reporters.

Paul Ryan is hardly a fringe in the Republican Party, he's the speaker of the house.

You're going to need some actual stats showing 100:1 is the ratio of racists to non-racists. Anything else is conjecture.

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Re:Suicides in Rural America Increased More Than 40% in 16 Y... by Eridrus on Sunday March 19, 2017 @12:57PM (#13908209)
Republicans have got "My best friend is X, I can't be X-ist" on lock.
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Re:Suicides in Rural America Increased More Than 40% in 16 Y... by hueving on Sunday March 19, 2017 @05:51PM (#13909866)
No, that's not even what this is. It's "I am republican and I am X, you better have a good reason to think I'm X-ist."
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Re:Suicides in Rural America Increased More Than 40% in 16 Y... by sp332 on Sunday March 19, 2017 @03:44PM (#13909200)
Nitpick: "de jure" is not the same thing as "du jour".
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