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In reply to the discussion: Wow, the Deplorables really don't like us [View all]mtngirl47
(988 posts)I own a small business and for 18 years deplorables or right wing-nuts, as I like to call them, have walked into my office and assumed that since I own a business, ergo I am one of them.
They rail against taxes and business regulations....when I ask should the County not have a health department...well that's ok. When I suggest that taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society--they agree, but then welfare and food stamps come out of their mouths.
They rant about immigrants and I say, reasonably, yes but who will pick the apples and peaches and tomatoes? And after they have left my office, I look at the receipt and see that their last name is Rodriguez or Martinez and I have to laugh out loud. (WTF--how far back is that Mexican heritage?)
People will always have prejudices. My son once explained a bad grade in a class was because his teacher was prejudiced against him. I laughed and asked if it was a thing about red hair! When I have a bad customer experience--I have found that I have taken that experience and used it as a basis for other interactions with people that were the same. Example: Young adults creating havoc at my tourist destination does NOT mean that ALL young adults will do the same....but the temptation is to ban everyone under a certain age to protect yourself.
Democrats and Progressives must get our own talk radio shows. And we need to be as sensationalist as the right wing has been. With all the media and noise available in today's world--only the loudest and most outrageous noises will be heard (i.e. Trump).
Democrats and Progressives love facts and will debate the context of one word for hours....but the people we want to join us in a coalition are young and have the attention span of a TV commercial (my personal experience as a Scout Leader and Sunday School Teacher.) Thus the success of the Tweet.
Church influence is another problem...one that we cannot fix without lots of government intervention denying tax exempt status for political activity. Who are you going to call? and who is going to call. We can console ourselves with the fact that Americans aren't going to church any more in large numbers. Church membership is falling and church participation is falling and as a result churches will have less money. Politicians will still pay lip service and tout their faith (2 Corinthians).
I have heard us called Snow Flakes...Libturds or Libtards....Baby Killers....Communists. We do the same. We can only continue to fight and call their crap out for what it is.