Fuck the braindead notion that we can say "Fuck the white working class."

[JCanete]

72. He might have lost SC anyway, and I won't argue with you on that, but I was paying very close

attention to the election cycle, and the media and the DNC did form a united front to tie his previous wins to him appealing to white male voters. Even when it wasn't true they were pushing that identity throughout the campaign, like when he won Hawaii, which was absolutely ridiculous. Jon Lewis came out and said in derisive terms, that he'd never met the man during the civil rights movement, as if he'd met everybody involved. That didn't come across as an honest uncharged answer to the question, and while I admire John Lewis greatly and respect his courage and contribution to making this nation a greater place, I don't have to pretend that didn't happen.

Sure, of course he couldn't have won the election without the support of people of color, but his platform is way better than Hillary's on issues that are actually affecting people of color's lives. But he didn't get support from the POC community in large part because there was no reason to give him a second look. He'd already been characterized as an old white male who appeals to white voters, and I got to say, we all have limited bandwidth and we make choices about how we spend our time. If I'd been black and had been told by people I trust that this is just another one of those dudes, I probably wouldn't have bothered looking at his platform either. Its not like I ever looked at Trump's or Cruz's during the primaries. I was pretty certain I knew what I was going to see.

So damn right I blame the DNC's media machine for gaming that election.