Uh nope.
I cited
exit poll stats showing that 62% of white men and 52% of white women voted for Trump while only 13% of Black men and 4% of Black women did. I said in my view, more than half of white women voting Trump showed their loyalty was to their white racial identity and privilege (i.e. by backing a candidate who made overtly racist statements and welcomed support of white supremacists,) over any solidarity with women over their shared gender identity. Surely no one would deny Clinton had both a track record of action and stood on a platform with policies promoting the welfare of women and children. Surely no one believes Trump had a stronger background of or advocated policies benefiting women and children. I know some Americans genuinely believe banning abortions and restricting contraception IS for the benefit of women and children, but I don't agree.
If there were any white American Trump voting women members here, okay, I could see they might think I was having a pop at them. I don't think I engaged with any members fitting that profile. However, there was plenty of huffing and puffing from folks almost any time I suggested that racism played a significant role in the outcome of the election.
I also stated my view that white supremacy is embedded in the foundations and fabric of the US as a nation, and that really seemed to get arms flailing here. I described my personal experience of it, cited a range of articles and even linked to one about my own fucking home town, but I was told I was being mean to working class people, it was all about class not race, it's a universal thing, and I didn't know jack shit.
And yes, I've pointed out that racism is a thing on both the right and left of politics, and that particularly when folks on the left talk about the working class, they are defacto talking about white people because most of the time, their descriptions reflect a
white working class experience. That seemed to induce spasms of horror that I could suggest such a thing, and clearly my comments were taken very personally by some members. There were also suggestions that I'm not qualified to have an opinion here because I post pictures of kittens on the site, or because I don't fit into some neat ideological pigeon hole. I don't take crap like that personally. It's just silly.
As I said, I've never once said to another member, "You are a racist." I have suggested that if the shoe fits, it's your choice to wear it. No one's forcing it on your foot, for fuxake.
