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Sunday, October 21st, 2018

Men and Christians experience higher amounts of discrimination than other groups, Trump voters claim

Author:     ZACK FORD
Source:     Think Progress
Publication Date:     OCT 18, 2018, 2:12 PM
 Link: Men and Christians experience higher amounts of discrimination than other groups, Trump voters claim
Stephan:   American christofascists have three traits which they share with fundamentalists of different faiths. It is couched in religious terms, but that is not what is going on:  1) A sense of moral superiority, 2) A sense of persecution, 3) Male dominance and an obsessive need to control women. If you talk to a Trump supporter, particularly a man, they will tell you what this report lays out. I see this in right wing media all the time. It is both pathetic and threatening; Nazism only with people of color being the target instead of Jews; although of course the Jews get included anyway.

Supporters stand for the Pledge of Allegiance before a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump
Credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty

A new survey from YouGov and The Economist suggests that people who voted for President Donald Trump are living in a very different United States than those who voted for Hillary Clinton.

In a series of questions about the discrimination they perceive different groups to be experiencing, the respondents were far more concerned with the plight of men and Christians than with just about any other group.

The poll surveyed 1,500 U.S. adults this past Sunday through Tuesday, 28 percent of whom voted for Donald Trump in 2016. Participants were asked to share what they felt were the levels of discrimination against a variety of groups, including various ethnic groups (Arab, Asian, African, and Mexican Americans), religious groups (Christians, Jewish, and Muslim), LGBTQ people, immigrants, and men and women. And while Trump voters certainly acknowledged that various groups experienced some degree of discrimination, they expressed the most concern about men and Christians.

For example, nearly half of […]

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1 Comment

  1. will on Monday, October 22, 2018 at 6:30 am

    What a discouraging picture of dolts entranced by their supreme leader expressing their belief in “truth, justice and the amerikan way”, sad!

    As an American who “served” his country during Vietnam in order to escape the draft into something worse I at this late point in life am confronted with the worst that is growing by the day. What to do but vote with the possibility not a lot will change after the election? Leave? I truly would if I could but no assets prevent that. Shelter in place…