99% versus 1%? What statistical whiz came up with these figures? Are there 3 million Americans out there trying to destroy the rest of us?
Bigots often like to portray some minority as capable of destroying American civilization.
Back in the Civil War era many Democrats believed that pro-Civil Rights Republicans wanted to make all white men slaves to the blacks. Likewise many Republicans believed that raging Hibernian hordes of papists were coming over to destroy American democracy.
Nowdays, it's a similar situation. Many right wingers fear that them browns from the South are out take over our fine nation. Likewise quite a few left wingers fear that a moneyed Jew elite is out to take over the world (though to be fair so do quite a few (if not more) right wingers also believe the same thing).
I guess what I'm trying to say is that there are racist and bigoted fools on both sides. Not to give the Left too much credit but at least they are only marginally bigoted and reactionary compared to the completely and totally reactionary fearmongering rhetoric of the right.
Either that or the Left is just way better at covering up it's bigotry (thanks to an overabundance of love of the media created concept of political correctness) than the Right is.
I will now accept my accolades.
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