Buffett on Trump
CNN interview with investor billionaire Warren Buffett. It was reassuring except he didn't talk about the hate.
by Dave Winer Sunday, November 13, 2016

CNN interview with Warren Buffett re the election. 

It was reassuring except he didn't talk about the hate. If you're a white Christian in the midwest, as he is, you view things differently from the rest of us. 

You can feel it in NYC. People are looking at each other wondering if the other person voted for Trump. We have a whole borough in NYC that went overwhelmingly to him. 

People are being very polite to each other. It's spooky. I want to tell them to snap out of it. You're New Yorkers! But..

People are scared. And we have to live with each other, and until this is resolved, there's going to at least be a lot of tension. If it erupts, and people are saying that it is erupting (not sure what to believe) then 100% optimistic is wishful thinking. 

At this point in the post-election, it would be reasonable for the president-elect to tell his supporters to chill out on the racism, anti-semitism, etc, but not a word from him. The stories are awful. 

Buffett should come to an ethnic area of NYC and do some serious listening. He might be a little more afraid. Cloistered in Nebraska, as he is, he might not see it. 

In contrast, hear what NBA coach Gregg Popovich said. Like Buffett, he's a self-described rich white guy. But he sees the election very differently. I think we need to clear up all the race-hate stuff, before I give Buffett a pass on this. He's a good man, for sure, and he thinks he's doing the right thing, I have no doubt about it, but he's leaving a lot of other good people, Americans, out there hanging. Not cool, imho.