volunteered in the Civil War, who fought and died in great numbers to defend 'their way of life' (I. e. the right to OWN another human being and profit from said ownership)

even though only ONE out of every four actually profited from it?

At all.

they don't benefit by, it's a very good analogy, imo.

How many more of those 3/4 of poorer Southerners might have benefited, I wonder, if they were employed to work farms and plantations in lieu of all that free slave labour?

How much of all that documented record setting wealth and profit from "King Cotton" managed to TRICKLE-DOWN to those poor Southerners who gave their lives on behalf of the slave masters' profits, I wonder?

How many of Trump's women, minority, and LGBTQ+ supporters will actually benefit from the fascist, women hating, gay hating, minority hating, immigrant hating, Jew and Muslim hating rhetoric, ideologies, and POLICIES of the MAGA party, I wonder?

Trump only fired his 'illegals' after it became politically incorrect to hire them.

Actually liked his policies? This is even more disrespectful-now you’re accusing minorities of not knowing what is in their best interests.

his minority voters put in HIM. And not only his minority voters.

How many of his voters, minority and not-minority, came to regret the trust they placed in Trump after he flat out lied to them about Covid, I wonder?

How many like Herman Cain, died believing in him?

.. a return to the good ol black n white Leave it to Beaver TV daze, (spelling deliberate)

when (with rare exception) the only minorites seen on screen were either butlers, maids, or dancing.

According to MAGATS, if a minority face appears anywhere, it must be "DEI."

In 2020.

hate based rhetoric, the embrace of neo Nazis and white supremacists, the massive voter purges, the questioning of the legitimacy of (mostly) minority voters, the attacks and death threats on minority election workers,

the Republican assault upon Affirmative Action, the Voting Rights Act, Obamacare, Medicare, Medicaid, Child Free Lunch and other Children's nutrition programs,

the reversal of Roe v Wade and the cruel and mean-spirited GOP anti-women legislation aimed at criminalizing doctor and patient alike,

the demonizing of gays, transgenders, and their families, the embrace of anti-Semitism and xenophobic sentiment, the hateful rhetoric against immigrants of colour, the discriminatory legislation allowing the stop, search, or seizure of those who 'look like' undocumented immigrants,

the attacks upon diversity and inclusion, the dismantling of Black studies and history in school curriculums, the undermining of consumer protections,

the Trump cessation of consent decrees in oversight of errant police departments, and the increasing vitriol, assaults and other acts of intimidation and violence toward minorites

are what's REALLY 'disrespectful to those minorities who voted for Trump in 2020.

You do you I guess.

Imo, calling out all the ways Trump and his MAGAs have failed and have even done outright harm to his minority supporters, and in fact, to many of his NON minority voters as well, isn't being, as you say, 'disrespectful.'

The publication of TRUTHS that some might find uncomfortable has nothing to do with 'respect.'

I’m not.

You know, how politics and the real world works. I dislike extremism regardless of whether it’s from the right or left. That’s not how shit gets done.

Example,

Today I read of how MAGA's rabble rousing racist, Donnie Trump, (quite predictably) jumped on the"anti-white racism" bandwagon, adding to the list of ways (enumerated above) that Trump (continues to) disrespect and betray his minority supporters.

Trump Declares U.S. Has ‘Definite’ Bias Against White People That May Be Worse Than Racism Against Black Americans be - Mediaite

So I have to wonder how in the hell is calling that out 'disrespecting' his minority supporters?

How is one being an 'extremist' by revealing these TRUTHS?

If I still watched the rubbish that is the telly, I'm sure plenty on there would offend me, and I know that plenty that they show would be something I never want to see at all (like oh, traitors, namely TSF and his Myrmidions).

But I'd do what mature adults with a brain would do if it appeared on my screen: Change the bloody channel, or, better yet, turn the bloody telly off entirely. It's like they can't fathom that they can watch something else...or nothing at all.

Especially if they've bought into the (fallacious) notion of being replaced by some demonized "other."

So instead they, in effect, begin searching for content that confirms this notion, in order to prove themselves correct. Which in turn reinforces their enmity towards their perceived "boogeymen."

There was a study done, back around the start of Trump's regime I think, that found just the sight of a Black face invoked a hostile response from Trump voters on key issues.

Quite telling, I thought.

It's way past time we drag America out of the 18th century!