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6. And this is the tough part for us--we need to win back some bigoted, ignorant dumbfucks

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Tue May 9, 2017, 12:50 PM

May 2017

to win in OH, WI, MI, PA, and IA.

When the very distillation of the essence of being a bigoted, ignorant dumbfuck is our political opponent.

The best we can do is discourage as many WWC'ers from voting as possible.

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"Cultural Anxiety" drove white voters to Trump, Economic anxiety sent them to Clinton [View all] iluvtennis May 2017 OP

How does "cultural anxiety" differ from straight up racism? Orrex May 2017 #1

It sounds prettier! leftstreet May 2017 #4

LOL. Good answer! (nt) Orrex May 2017 #5

+++ agree. no difference. just like using alt-right instead of white supremacy iluvtennis May 2017 #10

"cultural anxiety" is the polite term for racism now? Coventina May 2017 #2

Here are the details brooklynite May 2017 #3

In other words, white nationalism and xenophobia animate WWC'ers moreso than medical care geek tragedy May 2017 #7

So tying tRump to Russia and making clear how awful Putin is would be an effective approach to erode JudyM May 2017 #12

whites like putin burnbaby May 2017 #15

Because MSM is not doing its job. But the older voters don't trust Putin. JudyM May 2017 #17

makes sense about burnbaby May 2017 #18

And this is the tough part for us--we need to win back some bigoted, ignorant dumbfucks geek tragedy May 2017 #6

I'm pretty sure PoC like me have been screaming this from the start Blue_Tires May 2017 #8

Women and POC saw the anger rise and get louder but so many told us to discount it- that these bettyellen May 2017 #9

Yep Solomon May 2017 #13

*nope* LaydeeBug May 2017 #11

I'll just leave this here: Blue_Tires May 2017 #14

Noted and Filed Under "Well, Duh!" ProfessorGAC May 2017 #16