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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNo Sympathy for the Hillbilly
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/03/frank-rich-no-sympathy-for-the-hillbilly.htmlWhile the right is expert at channeling darker emotions like anger into ruthless political action, the Democrats default inclination is still to feel everyones pain, hang their hats on hope, and enter the fray in a softened state of unilateral disarmament. Stronger Together, the Clinton-campaign slogan, sounded more like an invitation to join a food co-op than a call to arms. After the debacle of 2016, might the time have at last come for Democrats to weaponize their anger instead of swallowing it?
dalton99a
(81,455 posts)gopiscrap
(23,756 posts)we need to cheat and slime them as bad as they do to us
dhol82
(9,352 posts)Stood firm and rational. Just what we need.
JI7
(89,247 posts)We can keep debating these things but in the end it comes down to demographics.
The right wing hate appeals to racist whites .
Rhiannon12866
(205,237 posts)But unfortunately, every single day it becomes more obvious how very right she was...
Horse with no Name
(33,956 posts)but after she did...she should have owned it and not apologized for it.
Rhiannon12866
(205,237 posts)I don't think anyone realized how very true it was until now.
Horse with no Name
(33,956 posts)Crap...I can't even put a bumpersticker on my car without worrying for my safety.
Rhiannon12866
(205,237 posts)When an old guy decided to pick a fight with me in the PetsMart parking lot. I know what you mean, since feelings have been so OTT this time around and I really like my car...
malaise
(268,949 posts)feel others' pain. That said when they declare war you can't sing Kumbaya.
Within an hour of him saying 'crooked Hillary', I would have had ads with Don the Con and I'd never have used his name again.
When the Con was talking about rigged elections, Dems should have asked him straight how he was planning to do it?
Instead it was '...this can't happen in America'.