Day 1 after Trump wins: Racism comes back stronger...

[Scoobes]

Einsam_Delphin said:

Scoobes said:

He's in a position of influence so a lot of what he says carries weight. He doesn't even need to directly tell people to do stupid shit. If he's indirectly saying it's OK to do stupid shit, he's influential enough that people will do stupid shit. It's not about scapegoating (the idiots should still be punished) but ensuring he's held to account. He's a politician now, literally everything he says and does now needs to be scrutinised.  

Held into account for what though? Where did he say to people that it's okay to be racist? If he did then yes he deserves heat, but still he has no physical control over other people's actions, so the real issue is still that people are willingly choosing to be stupid, but some wanna focus solely on Trump instead as if he's the lead organizer of all this racism.

He needs to be held to account for inciting racial hatred and in some cases, lying to do so. In the UK we actually have a law that would make some of the stuff he's said in his campaign speeches illegal (not that we're particularly good at holding our politicians to account either). 

I believe the phrase that best describes this particular scenario is "leading by example":

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-racist-examples_us_56d47177e4b03260bf777e83

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35041402

If you condone physical attacks on immigrants, peaceful protestors or minorities, then people are going to think it's OK to keep doing these things.