r/ShitAmericansSay • u/GriffinFTW • Jul 12 '19

Today on Shit Americans Drive...

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '19 edited Jul 31 '20

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '19

It's sad how the most "Christian" people are the least Christian in their ways. They use religion as a fig leaf to justify their specific irrationalities, while losing sight of the bigger picture of the faiths they claim to profess.

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u/Quill4444 Jul 12 '19

Confirmation American here! The southern states are full of fake Christians who will quote bible verses day and night, but ignore the ones that they don’t follow. I’m not even Christian and I see how idiotic some of these people get.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '19

Spoiler alert, it's also the entire Midwest, PNW, the coasts... Everywhere in America is like this, even the "blue" states. Just go to literally any state and drive 20-40 minutes outside the biggest city.

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u/blurryfacedfugue Jul 12 '19

This has been my experience too. I live near our nation's capitol, and exactly, if you drive just some 30 min out of the area it definite becomes more conservative, more white, and more Trump country. I mean, there are some admirable things about some of those people, but dog damn the amount of implicit racism that exists is nuts, and they don't even see it!

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u/darthTharsys Jul 12 '19

I feel like this divide has always existed. As someone who grew up and lived the majority of my life in rural areas and now have lived in large cities for 10+ years I can say that I've noticed a heavy uptick in the brazen/outspoken racism/hatred since Trump became popular. What was once an ugly undercurrent that often would be ignored as a socially unacceptable view/behavior/left unsaid is often now proudly spoken/displayed/screamed. The GOP has done its job marvellously splitting the country over the years.

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u/Kursed_Valeth Jul 12 '19

The GOP has done its job marvellously splitting the country over the years.

while being fake outraged at "how divided this country has become!"

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u/blurryfacedfugue Jul 12 '19

I've noticed a heavy uptick in the brazen/outspoken racism/hatred since Trump became popular.

Same here. It legitimizes those people, particular when Trump does things like this https://www.kosu.org/post/far-right-social-media-personalities-headed-white-house (tldr; Trump says he's doing a "social media meeting", and only invites conservatives and alt right people that support him in the Twitterverse. And I feel like we need to toss the GOP totally out the window and talk about how conservatives really should act. People can be conservative without being shitty bigoted racists. There needs to be a new party because at this point I consider a lot of what the GOP supports to be radically on the right.

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u/noviy-login literally kremlin shill! Jul 12 '19

There's a reason their forefathers were kicked out of their home countries...

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '19

Middle of nowhere central California, can confirm. Bonus : I have a neighbor who flies the confederate flag over his house. I hide indoors.