You guys don't get it: the rust belt working class want to be TOLD, not reasoned with

[Buckeye_Democrat]

6. I've lived here all my life too, and I don't think we've crossed the same people.

There are indeed a small number of racists that I've encountered who've used the n-word when African Americans weren't around.

I've likewise overheard AA men talking quite differently among each other when they didn't think white people could hear them. Even their dialects changed. They went from sounding like Neil Degrasse Tyson to sounding like Ice Cube. It reminded me of this Key & Peele skit:

I think most white people around here are like most people - selfish. They're more worried about themselves and their family's well-being.

Fair or not, Hillary had NAFTA attached to her because Bill signed it.

The number of gun nuts that I've worked alongside who get upset about banning assault rifles or large clips has blown my mind too. I ultimately consider that to be self-centered behavior too. They believe that THEY are responsible gun owners, never mind that having a bunch of assault rifles in our society more easily allows mass shootings to happen.

I even worked with two white guys who seemed very bright and pretty "liberal" about most things, but they told me that they were voting for Dum(b)ya back in 2000! When I asked them how they could vote for that IDIOT, they replied that it was payback for Clinton signing gun legislation and how they were convinced Bush would not renew the bans.