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In reply to the discussion: Lots of misunderstanding around here about what Michael Moore is doing. [View all]ismnotwasm
(41,980 posts)But in retrospect the signs were all there, Nate Silver, for instance, took a bunch of shit for his less than shiny polling. Truth is, Donald Trump should never have happened, hes disgusting.
Im not inclined to give Moore a pass for political prescience, given how complex the situation actually is.
I dont like Moore. I dont pay attention to his shit, Ive seen maybe one of his movies, forget which one. That doesnt mean I dont think he hasnt done some good work, it means hes not the first, or even fifteenth source I use for a damn thing. He wants a shiny revolution in a country that allowed Donald Trump to be in the first place. Bashing Democrats is not the way to go about it.
What is happening now, with women and people of color running and winning and serving as elected officials of the Democratic Party, is.