r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/EnlightnedRedditor • Jul 25 '24

Country Club Thread How yall feel about this

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Idc too much for politics, just wanna know other peoples opinions on it.

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u/Fragzilla360 ☑️ Jul 25 '24

Black folks aren’t monolithic, we do have different opinions (even bad ones) that vary from person to person.

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u/EnlightnedRedditor Jul 25 '24

Agreed. It was kinda shocking to me tho, especially with trump’s ideals. You’d expect most black folks not to like him.

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u/Fragzilla360 ☑️ Jul 25 '24

If we are judging solely by the screen shot you posted, most black folks do.

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u/Hunter-Gatherer_ Jul 25 '24

You know what they meant lol. Sure a majority of black people aren’t voting for him, but the numbers took them by surprise. To see that even 21% of Black people support Trump is alarming, especially considering his take on black people.

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u/MajorAcer Jul 25 '24

My grandma is one of those black trump supporters 😂 Ol’ lady lived in the Bronx her whole life, has known Trump as a piece of shit for years, and still supports him. Can’t make this shit up lmao

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u/Neo_Neo_oeN_oeN ☑️ Jul 25 '24

Everytime someone from the hood tells me they'd vote for Trump, it's always some egregious-assed reason that has shit to do with anything.

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u/thejaytheory ☑️ Jul 25 '24

Often has something do with "Well he gave me a check"

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u/workclock ☑️ Jul 25 '24

Niqqas vouching for white supremacists cause they were given some scraps is how folks like John Brown or Nat Turner were stopped.

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u/theaceplaya ☑️ Jul 25 '24

"wHaT hAvE dEmOcRaTs DoNe FoR tHe bLaCk cOmMuNiTy?!?!"

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u/Dragonsandman Jul 25 '24

Just the idea of a New Yorker who supports Trump is baffling

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u/foxyfoo Jul 25 '24

1 out of 5 is significant. I suspect some of them view it as a protest vote. A way to get back at the system rather then purely agreeing with the ideas. However, religion and anti gay sentiment is probably the bulk of these folks. Maybe the conspiracy aspects are appealing? Seems odd no matter what.

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u/thejaytheory ☑️ Jul 25 '24

Yeah a lot of traditionalists.

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u/Fragzilla360 ☑️ Jul 25 '24

I guess I’m just desensitized to it now. (Which is probably not good 🤷🏾‍♂️) Especially after seeing how many back folks were in attendance at the RNC this year cheering on Hulk Hogan and Amber Rose. To me personally that was more alarming as it put faces to a portion of that 21%.

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u/mistakemaker3000 ☑️ Jul 25 '24

Real Republicans know exactly who votes for them, and they think they are uneducated and poor

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u/Those_are_sick Jul 25 '24

I found a clip of those people talking at the republican convention 😂

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u/SHC606 ☑️ Jul 26 '24

So did I!

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u/Hunter-Gatherer_ Jul 25 '24

It really does shock me that here are that many Candace Ownes Among us. I expect one or two but damn

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u/T-MUAD-DIB Jul 25 '24

Candace is getting paid at least

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u/MemeHermetic Jul 25 '24

Its partially because Candace is getting paid. It;s working out for her. So if it works for her it must work for me right?

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u/Lazy_Osprey ☑️ Jul 25 '24

I think some people enjoy being contrarian. A politician should absolutely work to earn your vote, but not voting Democrat just because you feel like it’s “expected” of you doesn’t seem like a good enough reason, at least to me.

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u/Warrior_Runding Jul 25 '24

It isn't the Candace Owens, it is the Ben Carsons. The breakdown between that 76%/21% into black women and black men will be very telling as to who is and isn't supporting him and an ideas as to why.

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u/apresmoiputas ☑️ BHM Donor Jul 25 '24

Actually it's interesting how at every RNC, they can't bring back most of the same Black people, especially Black women, from earlier to the stage. Where were Omarosa, Candice Owens, Stacey Dash, and Silk?

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u/a_tired_bisexual Jul 25 '24

polls also tend to have confirmation bias baked into them- that might not be 21% of everyone, but it's 21% of people who care enough about politics to answer a poll like that (I would hope. I have to hope, right?)

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u/aptadnauseum Jul 25 '24

I have the same hopes, tbh. I mean, I never answer the robocalls or polls, so I know that there are at least some people who self-select out of representation in polls in the same fashion.

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u/Ok_Concentrate_75 Jul 25 '24

21% of people who care enough about politics and whatever company is asking the question.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

I hate Trumpers with a passion, but I absolutely loathe black Trumpers. I don't associate them, or people who associate with them.

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u/Hunter-Gatherer_ Jul 25 '24

The guy wouldn’t let black tenants rent his properties (never apologized), took out a whole full page ad in an effort to have the Central Park 5 sentenced to death for a crime they didn’t even commit (he never apologized for it) when there were riots in Charlottesville Va and the god damn Nazis killed a girl he said there were “good people on both sides” the man has been to Epstein island more times than he’s seen his own children. Like how can they convince themselves he’s a good person. He’s not.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

These people can make the world a better place, by leaving it.

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u/thejaytheory ☑️ Jul 25 '24

Cognitive dissonance

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u/United_Zebra9938 Jul 25 '24

There are black people in America who align themselves with whiteness/republican ideology. The kind that say institutionalized racism isn’t real, believe in reverse racism, say black people need to pull themselves up from their bootstraps because “look, there’s black billionaires” and a bunch of other stuff, there’s a long list and I’m pressed for time.

The same whiteness that is ignoring Trump’s problematic statements towards black Americans. Those black people are ignoring it too because those people are their peers and they think like/are manipulated JUST LIKE THEM.

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u/thejaytheory ☑️ Jul 25 '24

The Thomas Sowell types

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u/MisterProfGuy Jul 25 '24

Remember how much Biden caught hell for saying you weren't really black if you voted for Trump?

It's true for Women, too. Lots of people vote against their self interest because they believe some nonsense or think they'll get to be one of the "chosen ones".

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u/Ok_Concentrate_75 Jul 25 '24

Yea but that was a wild statement, and it was more divisive if anything. I mean my parents remember him as a dixiecrat so to make that statement was surreal...then they vilified Nina Turner for basically summarizing the sentiment smh I get what you're saying and agree but that statement he made was horribly problematic.

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u/dennismfrancisart ☑️ Jul 25 '24

As a Jamaican American who was told that I wasn’t black enough growing up, I actually laughed when Biden said it. My take was more along the lines of irony. At some point the Conservatives will remind you that you’re black when you step out of bounds.

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u/MisterProfGuy Jul 25 '24

It was a really dumb thing to say, obviously, but anyone that pretended like he was saying anything other than what everyone knew he was saying was being very disingenuous. It's very difficult to call people stupid and ignorant to their face in a polite way.

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u/Ok_Concentrate_75 Jul 25 '24

But it's still kinda calling black interests monolithic and attributing blackness to voting for a singular party is problematic. Especially if the person saying that has actual problematic voting history and statements. Imo if it were anything but a Trump election, that would have lost him the black vote. I agree with you though.

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u/negao360 ☑️ Jul 25 '24

It’s saying, “HEY, if you can’t see that this guy, Trump(and his ilk), is trying to set this country back to a time wherein black people were truly second-class citizens, you are willfully or woefully ignoring your demographic’s future demise.”

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u/tayroarsmash Jul 25 '24

You can find 33% of Americans that believe in anything. We’re a stupid lot. The fact that this dips statistically below that is really telling.

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u/frostyaznguy Jul 25 '24

Some of my black friends are pro Trump, and I think it’s because they grew up with mostly white friends and how we all went to a predominantly white college.

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u/Cute-Pomegranate-966 Jul 25 '24

There's a lot of black men where i live that vote for Trump and Republicans here in the south. I know what these white people say behind their backs (since they think i'm just like them) and it's disturbing as fuck. I wish they could know what their "friend" actually thinks of them.

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u/kingcalifornia ☑️ Jul 25 '24

Tell them?

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u/Cute-Pomegranate-966 Jul 25 '24

I have in some cases. why would i keep it to myself? They're dismissive of it.

I also call people out when they talk to me about shit like that and make it clear that what they're telling me is completely fucked up.

the mindset you had in your initial message "snitch" is something you should change about yourself. Motherfuckers like this deserve to be "snitched" on.

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u/kingcalifornia ☑️ Jul 25 '24

That’s why I changed it.

Thanks for your response though.

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u/Cute-Pomegranate-966 Jul 25 '24

Fair point, i respect that.

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u/Hunter-Gatherer_ Jul 25 '24

Do they have mirrors?

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u/Men_I_Trust_I_Am Jul 25 '24

There’s actually a study that showed interracial friend groups influence or reinforce voting patterns. Conservative Black people tended to vote republican within interracial groups regardless of the members political affiliation.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

Got a link to that study? It sounds goofy.

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u/AlexChick404 ☑️ Jul 26 '24

Doesn’t look like there’s a link coming…

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u/vr1252 ☑️ Jul 25 '24

I feel like growing up around white people made me even more liberal and progressive. I’ve met people like you describe and I’ll just never get it.

I can understand why people tokenize themselves like that but I can not understand how they remain blind to the danger of their actions in this political climate.

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u/DaddyDontTakeNoMess ☑️ Jul 25 '24

That’s what happens. White people (guys in particular) are quick to throw political jabs about a democratic president even in non context situations. If you hear it enough without having an opposed argument, you could be swayed.

I see it happening with my cousin. He won’t vote Republican but I hear him parroting things as a devils advocate sometimes.

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u/sisserou97 Jul 25 '24

A couple of my Black acquaintances are pro-Trump. Not sure if I could truly be friends with someone who was pro-Trump tbh. One of them is very Christian (also another excuse as to why I don’t go to church).

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u/10J18R1A ☑️ Jul 25 '24

A lot of black people are conservative ideologically, but the republican racism keeps them away

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u/debeatup ☑️ Jul 26 '24

Honestly this is probably me - I probably identify as a centrist/moderate but the blatant racism and incessant need to control other people’s lives means I’ve never voted Red in my life.

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u/MajorAcer Jul 25 '24

I dropped a college friend that I had for years for suddenly becoming a trump supporter. He was kind of a shitty friend leading up to that too, but that was the final straw.

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u/bellalugosi Jul 26 '24

It's also weird to me that Christians would be for that man, he's so obviously faking his beliefs for votes.

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u/EnlightnedRedditor Jul 25 '24

Precisely what I mean.

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u/greenroom628 Jul 25 '24

I think in the 21%, it's probably like 18% are misogynists (men who don't think she can do the job), 2% sell outs, and 1% misunderstood the question.