Opinion of this Anti-Trump video: "The Good Old Days"

[Virginiá]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFZ-1EojoFM

Found this while browsing Kos. Have to admit, the words really match up quite well.

[Virginiá]

Calling Trump a racist didn't work the first 687 times but maybe...

That's because Republican primary voters don't care. The general electorate is very different, and videos like these could be used to jack up minority turnout even more. They will not see things the way Trump supporters do, obviously.

Trump is a rude loudmouth jerk, but acting like he's trying to bring back segregation or racial strife is rediculous. Good for fooling stupid people though.

True, but the nature of his campaign and some of the context from his words (eg, old NC man punching black guy) creates an environment where certain people, particularly racial minorities, will be far more open/swayed by videos like this.

It's not like Trump did nothing to encourage such videos. His campaign brought this on with its behavior and Trump's encouragement and/or tolerance of violence. When you have old white Southerners punching and kicking black people on live television, you might think it would be wise to step in and make sure it stops/never happens again. Trump did no such thing. He nurtured a reality where people could paint him as a racist, even if somewhat unfairly.

[Virginiá]

This ad sucks.  I could make an ad of Hillary saying "we have to stand up for what we believe in" and show a picture of George Wallace standing in front of the schoolhouse door, it's the exact same thing.  The only reason it works is because people already think Trump is a racist so they can reach for this to confirm their point of view.

That's true, but it wouldn't be nearly as effective. Many people already see Trump as bigoted to various degrees. The deportations, the Muslim ban, the black people getting beat up on video at his rallies, the resistance to condemning his white supremacist support, etc, etc. An ad like this with his not-so-positive statements synced to supporting scenes would do a lot better of a job reinforcing existing views than audio clips of someone else would.