Trumpziism - racism is democracy suppression

Opinion echo letter published in the Kansas newspaper:

Topeka Capital-Journal

Martin Luther King 

I have struggled with this question for going on five years: How can people support Donald Trump when they are hearing and seeing exactly what I am hearing and seeing? He is an unapologetic fascist authoritarian racist. Democracy can no longer be taken for granted. He is full of lies and contradictions. Freedoms of speech, press and religion have been well on their way to the endangered species list.

Now I think I know the answer. Donald Trump is saying what his base of supporters wants to hear. Up to now, I have given them the benefit of a doubt — that is, even though they supported a racist, they weren’t necessarily racist themselves. I now believe that they really are racists, aka white supremacists.

I heard a pundit wiser than I am declare that white supremacists do not like democracy. They see democracy as too hazardous to their health; people of color might actually get elected when elections are fair and open. Voter suppression isn’t just about suppressing voting rights, it’s about suppressing democracy itself.

It appears that white supremacists fear losing their self-deluding white superiority. Ironically, racists are inferior beings. The mere fact that they are so full of irrational fear and hatred makes them so.

Terry Larson, Topeka Kansas