Original post by jake4198It is a fact? Well, let's interrogate the data.
The first promulgation you made was that Trump supporters are white supremacists. According to the data provided by P.P.P, 16% of Donald Trump supporters believe that whites are the superior race. In other words, 84% - or an overwhelming majority of Donald Trump supporters - do not believe that whites are the superior race. I don't know where you got "more than 30%" from.
The second promulgation you made was that "an unacceptable number" of Trump supporters believe that Lincoln was wrong to free the slaves. According to the New York Times, 20% of Trump supporters believe Lincoln was wrong. However, this is not verifiable. Even though the Times are claiming 20% of Trump supporters disagree with Lincoln's emancipation proclamation, the YouGov data neither confirms nor denies these claims. In fact, the only data YouGov provides on the matter is that 13% of all Americans either strongly or somewhat disapproved of it. Breakdown by demographics, age and political affiliation were not provided - and given the New York Times' liberal bias - the claim is therefore unverifiable.
The third promulgation you made was that "38% [of Trump] supporters believe that the South should have won the Civil War". However, this question is very broad and doesn't define the context, hence why the number of people replying as "don't know" is higher than those who agreed and disagreed for all the Republican Primary Candidates. According to research conducted in Alabama, over 60% of correspondents said that the American Civil War was more about states' rights as oppose to giving rights to the slaves. This trend isn't just of relevance in Alabama, however; according to Pew, over 48% of all Americans believe the Civil War was more about states' rights than it was about slavery, so therefore saying you believe the South should have won the Civil War is not the same as saying you support slavery, the enslavement of blacks or the oppression of blacks.
The fourth promulgation you made was that "17% of Trump supporters believe in banning the LGB+ community from entering the US". I don't know how this compares to places like Saudi Arabia which sentences gays to death, or the overwhelming majority of Muslim countries which imprisons its own people for having same sex relations, but if it fits your narrative then fine. Nevertheless, once again, the overwhelming majority of Republicans do not believe in disallowing LGB+ persons from entering the United States.
The final promulgation you made was that "74% of all Trump supporters believe in banning Muslims". This is not true. According to the data 80% of Trump supporters believe in banning Muslims from entering the United States, but this is not the same as saying they want to ban all Muslims - or Islam. The notion to ban Muslims' entry into the United States was proposed by Donald Trump in order to ensure the protection of US citizens - as vetting procedures Trump argues are not sufficient.
Much of the data you provided does not compare with the abhorrent abuses and heinous views which are pertinent in the Islamic Community. While I'm not going to say that there isn't racism among Trump supporters, the racist elements of his movement represent a small minority of his overall campaign. If you look at black Trump supporters over YouTube, and don't submit yourself to calculated bias, the reception they receive from so-called white supremacists is unanimously positive. Indeed, Milo's interview with Diamond and Silk was an indictment to how inclusive the Republican movement has become.
So yes, maybe there are KKK members, hysterical southern rednecks and genuine racists who associate with Donald Trump. However, they do not define the movement and the incessant need to paint Trump supporters as closet racists is unfounded. The data might show some uncomfortable truths, but on the whole, they account for a minority. Islam is more of a problem because the data I provided actually had some fruit behind it. Whereas "17% of Trump supporters" might believe in banning LGB+ persons from entering the US, that does not correlate to over 50% of British Muslims believing against homosexuality - and the imprisonment, prosecution and execution of gays in many Muslim countries around the world.
You have used data, that of which you provided, to paint a misconstrued and false picture of Trump supporters as a collective. However, the data you provided disproves your prejudice. Again, although there were some uncomfortable readings from the report, they represent - on the whole - the minority. The reason Islam is of particular interest is because the aforesaid vehement views existent in the Islamic community are not commonplace among a select few, but rather an overwhelming majority.