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In reply to the discussion: Serious qestion: I feel like I'm being gaslit. Where does the perception of "Democratic elitism" come from? [View all]tulipsandroses
(6,220 posts)It has nothing to do with education. It's the same as they don't like anyone that is " woke".
My MAGA Adjacent friend called me elite last week. He's known me for over 20 years. He knows my background. Knows my family. We both grew up in the same working class neighborhood. He just consumes a lot of RW bullshit.
It is disheartening that some democrats seem to be adapting this foolishness. As if many of the millions of people that voted for Kamala are not working class folks. How come they don't feel" they are being looked down on or made fun of?"
My parents are retired, my dad was a plumber and maintenance man before he retired, my mom was a nanny and housekeeper. Both democrats.
And let's be clear, who they are referring to when they are talking about " working class" and democrats looking down on working class.
When I went to the Kamala rally in ATL. They had shuttle buses from the designated parking lots to the rally location. The driver that brought us back was someone I recognized from many years ago, when I first moved to GA and did not have a car. He is a bus driver, he picked up the rally gig on the weekend to earn extra money to help pay for his daughter's tuition. Black guy, they are not talking about that guy.
See that guy, like many people, just trying to make a living and doing right by his family.
He is not concerned about " losing his place" or being replaced.
It is democrats that push for legislation to help working and poor folks. It is the republicans that consistently try to block things that would help working class. While being backed by a bunch of billionaires. The world's richest man is now supposedly in charge of " cutting costs " and had the audacity to say " we have to live within our means, and cuts will be painful". He won't be feeling any pain. Meanwhile, profiting immensely from the government. That guy and the other guy that shits on a golden toilet are supposedly " men of the people". You are being gaslit.
Republicans have been better at messaging their BS. They have their propaganda networks and all the BS and lies on social media to help. Alas, it seems to be infecting some democrats. As well as too many people don't care, they don't bother to vote to counteract the people that swallow the BS.
I cannot listen to news right now. Too many seem to have lost their minds playing the blame game. The only person I can stomach is Lawrence O' Donnell.