Survey says...

So according to this Economist/YouGov survey, people who voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election feel that men, like as a group, face a fair amount to a great deal of discrimination. More than, according to this, women, the LGBTQ community and other racial and religious minorities. Wow, right? Misogyny, homophobia, anti-semitism, islamophobia are all just a thing of the past.

Hurray!

Pictured: the real victims here...I guess?

At least according to white men who voted for Donald Trump. Ok, that's not fair, not all respondents who described men as facing 'a great deal of discrimination' were not necessarily white men but...c'mon, most of them were totally white men. I mean, who else could possibly have the kind of cultural blindspot to think they were the underdogs? The survey isn't a gauge of actual discrimination, just perceived discrimination, something the GOP has been selling to white men for years now.

"Sure is!"

-incredibly wealthy people

And it's apparently a super easy sell, because well, here we are. And look, I'm not calling Trump voters stupid, but they did totally fall for it. And maybe they didn't vote for Trump because they're idiots, maybe they voted for Trump because they were sold an underdog narrative and it's easier to blame one's shitty socioeconomic status on immigrants and minorities than it is to take a long hard look at how you can't have representative democracy and unchecked capitalism because eventually the latter eats the former. But hey the economy's booming right?

Pictured: electoral college nonsense.

I don't know about you, but I'm not surprised by this survey. Just sort of bummed out that some of the respondents get to vote. And before you call me out for being an elitist liberal snob or whatever, remember that the Trump voters in this survey are the people who listened to the 'grab 'em by the pussy' tape, said 'that's our guy.' And also bear in mind that thanks to that electoral college nonsense, a lot of Trump voters' votes counted more than yours or mine.

The GOP was able to convince white conservative men that they're the victims of discrimination while at the same time exploiting their disproportionate influence on the electoral college. And since most Americans (who voted) voted for Hillary Clinton, I think we have a pretty solid reason to call bullshit on the notion that white male Trump voters are the ones being discriminated against.

Above: White men, some of America's most discriminated
against citizens, seen here being in charge of the entire government.