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Originally Posted by cacophony
you could argue that rally attendees represent a small portion of the total republican voter base. and if the bigoted attendees make up only a portion of that portion, you do end up with a "fringe element" responsible for the offensiveness.
we have to be careful not to do the same thing that happened when hillary didn't get the nomination. it was easy to look at the hillary rallies and say, "wow a lot of women are angry and will vote for mccain if she doesn't get the nod." but in reality that very visible, very vocal group turned out to be an itty bitty minority and most of her supporters won't defect after all.
just because these people are visible and vocal, we can't automatically decide they represent the whole.
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You're quite right. Looking back at that Hillary stage of the campaign, I think I was guilty of having lapsed into that way of thinking to some extent - I think more out of cynicism/pessimism/over-caution (delete as appropriate!) than anything else, but your point absolutely stands. One of those things we all need reminding of at some point!
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Originally Posted by jOHN rODRIGUEZ
Yet, when so many are being so vocal in a non-cohesive fashion, those who turn a blind eye and say nothing in regards to what is so blatantly wrong are just a guilty as the perpetrators.
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Well said jOHN. And remaining silent can contribute to that 'small vocal minority' slowly but surely turning into a majority - undoubtedly how some of the worse atrocities in the world have been allowed to occur.