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In reply to the discussion: Regarding things from the south. [View all]rrneck
(17,671 posts)29. We're all in the same boat.
It's not fair to demand people from blue areas to trundle into red areas and proselytize. That wouldn't work anyway. But our indulgence in culture war issues divides us as Americans and weakens the most important and powerful coalition there is: the 99%. There has already been one post in this thread that mentions guns. Every time that happens pro and anti gun lobbyists cash registers ring.
Political issues are just another market, and people's emotions are just another natural resource. When we get sidetracked by ersatz culture war issues be they guns or religion we become colonialized not by region but by class.
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In 2016 the vast majority of the country will vote for Hillary and will turn blue
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#2
Stop it. Just stop it! They will not vote for Hilary or any other democrat in the deep south.
madinmaryland
Jun 2013
#42
the generation is over.Women in record numbers will indeed vote for Hillary in the south.
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#43
See, you will vote for her in a race vs. Jeb Bush(and I hope the same against anyone repub.)
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#53
It took a generation just to get to the point LBJ was talking about. We still have another
madinmaryland
Jun 2013
#57
If Dr. King and LBJ were as pessimistic, we would still be living in 1859
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#59
What the hell are you talking about. Wasn't it Abraham Lincoln that moved us into the post-1859
madinmaryland
Jun 2013
#61
I think many will vote for Hillary. My daughter-in-laws family are dems but they hate
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2013
#79
+1,000!!! The poor are more likely to fall for the TV brainwashing which displaces their anger,
Dustlawyer
Jun 2013
#15
the democratic party has abandoned poor people, and I wouldn't exactly call this a liberal website.
liberal_at_heart
Jun 2013
#16
For some of us who were around in the 60s it feels like we have to do it all over again. Or maybe it
jwirr
Jun 2013
#36
Where conservatives live and actively oppress "the other", poverty reigns supreme
SoCalDem
Jun 2013
#44
How in the world can the counties in SD that comprise Pine Ridge not be deep red?
KamaAina
Jun 2013
#73