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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Fuck the braindead notion that we can say "Fuck the white working class." [View all]BlueProgressive
(229 posts)115. I saw plenty of Hillary supporters belittling and insulting Bernie supporters
here and especially elsewhere. There was plenty enough to go around on both sides.
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Fuck the braindead notion that we can say "Fuck the white working class." [View all]
RBInMaine
Nov 2016
OP
Hillary's main message was "Trump's bad and I'm not Trump." Let me explain how else you are wrong.
RBInMaine
Nov 2016
#7
Maybe at her rallies, which were seen by a limited number of people. Her ads featured little policy
MadDAsHell
Nov 2016
#99
I really don't concede this election as something any voting bloc to be responsible for
nolabels
Nov 2016
#144
I noticed the same thing ; she wasn't even featured in her own damn commercials.
MadDAsHell
Nov 2016
#98
Some of us have never stopped raising "a stink" about it. We've just grown louder.
PotatoChip
Nov 2016
#141
And who is the Party that proposes free education, minimum wage hikes, access to healthcare
Trust Buster
Nov 2016
#2
The Democratic Party has been saying it all along while the Republican Party has been obstructing
Trust Buster
Nov 2016
#13
Absolute lack of a CLEAR jobs message and too many corporate Democrats. That's just the fact.
RBInMaine
Nov 2016
#14
Bull. The Party SAID that all election long. The Press reported on emails and Foundations. NT
Adrahil
Dec 2016
#149
Your statement makes zero sense. "If you're not college educated, "free" education isn't attractive"
Trust Buster
Nov 2016
#96
Sure they did. Trump promised to give them their 1960's back. It won't happen but they believed
Trust Buster
Nov 2016
#135
You don't get it. At least the Republicans SAY it. We don' even do that. It is SHIT messaging.
RBInMaine
Nov 2016
#10
Recommended. I agree that economic insecurity can lead people to blame "the other"
guillaumeb
Nov 2016
#5
I refuse to pander to racist, homophobic, misogynistic bible banging fundie nazi fuckers,
Grey Lemercier
Nov 2016
#6
You are stereotyping as bad as the people you are accusing. I hope you enjoy LOSING.
RBInMaine
Nov 2016
#12
you try walking in 100 million plus shoes of people who ARE the everyday victims
Grey Lemercier
Nov 2016
#18
you're absolutely right; some people are completely fixated on Us vs. Them nt.
TheFrenchRazor
Nov 2016
#136
Democrats have reached out to the white working class before by neglecting people of colour
Grey Lemercier
Nov 2016
#20
Being the party of EVERYONE doesn't leave ANYONE out. It isn't an either/or situation.
RBInMaine
Nov 2016
#23
They have the house, Senate, presidency, and most state legislatures. We need more voters
Amishman
Nov 2016
#70
You do realize that the white working class aren't the ones paying women less right?
mythology
Nov 2016
#48
they vote for the fuckers who DO enable all the rot in the country to occur, and then blame US when
Grey Lemercier
Nov 2016
#60
"Blue-collar Democrats to party: It's still the economy, stupid"-MSN headline today.
jalan48
Nov 2016
#16
Who would you blame? You call us "wrong"...but the important states show otherwise
Nancyswidower
Nov 2016
#95
Hillary won the popular vote by a large margin in CA and other West-Coast states
LongTomH
Nov 2016
#64
I'll bet you know more than anyone eh. You sound like whats his name who just became president elect
mtnsnake
Nov 2016
#92
Well, people are venting their frustration, and as a white male myself, while I agree these optics
JCanete
Nov 2016
#45
But what would you have people do? Are you denying that there is white privilege, that
JCanete
Nov 2016
#63
Perhaps we could extend the protections of political correctness to white people
Dems to Win
Nov 2016
#74
He might have lost SC anyway, and I won't argue with you on that, but I was paying very close
JCanete
Nov 2016
#72
I saw every woman & POC asking what Bernie had to say to them accused of being a shill or DNC plant-
bettyellen
Nov 2016
#75
I don't think its fair for you to remember the worst acts of some Bernie supporters and to
JCanete
Nov 2016
#78
"It was first propagated" the day Sanders website went live and there was no mention of women's,
bettyellen
Nov 2016
#90
I'm an economic progressive, because it goes hand and hand with every social issue. Again, you are
JCanete
Nov 2016
#94
I saw plenty of Hillary supporters belittling and insulting Bernie supporters
BlueProgressive
Nov 2016
#115
I was merely posting a response to someone else who seemed to be "refighting the
BlueProgressive
Nov 2016
#127
So, I would just say that you should stay away from language like "braindead." You are referring to
JCanete
Nov 2016
#43
False. The OP did NOT refer to DUers as you claim. The OP referred to a "notion."
mtnsnake
Nov 2016
#50
No I read it. You didn't read my whole post if you thought I didn't make that distinction. But
JCanete
Nov 2016
#62
"Working class America doesn't give a flying shit about pure food laws and solar power"
Martin Eden
Nov 2016
#71
There isn't anything Clinton could have said or done that would have won over a Trump voter.
Garrett78
Nov 2016
#84
Yep. Is it funny though seeing that group, who cheered Walmart previously...
WhoWoodaKnew
Nov 2016
#97
I was talking about the Trump voters, but go ahead and assume what ya want to
bravenak
Nov 2016
#118
I agree. Working class concerns had been a major part of the Democratic Party since FDR
mvd
Nov 2016
#114
Anybody who believes that a racist Neanderthal with a slew of lawsuits under his belt, who flies
Number23
Nov 2016
#117
Trump often played The Rolling Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want" at rallies.
betsuni
Nov 2016
#131