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In reply to the discussion: You guys can't keep doing this. Working class white man here. [View all]Moostache
(9,895 posts)There is no defense of a horrific decision made voluntarily. Having a fit of pique because someone feels disrespected or talked down to is not a legitimate reason to explain voting patterns like 72% of non-college educated whites voting for the "Grab them by the pussy", 100% KNOWN LIAR/RACIST, self-aggrandizing blowhard carnival barker.
"President" Trump is a permanent stain on the very notion of "America" the idea, and an absolute tragedy for "America" the country.
To me, this "issue" is a red herring. No one in seriously saying that people in the debate demographic are instantly bad people, and those non-college educated whites who did NOT buy the Trump/GOP bullshit are clearly NOT the targets of derision and marginalization UNLESS their identity is tied to racial identity and fiscal standing MORE than political and personal principals.
Look at it this way, unless you are looking for me to say that being white working class is inherently better than anything else, my judgment of your your intent shifts drastically. The issue to me is not skin tone, bank account balance or anything to do with lifestyle preferences (from music to TV to art to literature or intimate relationships). The issue is how a rational person, one who apparently did NOT vote for the abomination in the Oval Office, can DEFEND the dupes that DID vote for him.
If these voters were nominally "Democrats" prior to 08Nov16, they clearly shouted that day that they were not actual Democrats, period. I have no interest in defending or justifying the choices or feelings of non-Democrats here at Democratic Underground and unless you are here as a "Democrat-who-voted-for-Trump-because-ALL-Democrats-are-meanies", I don't know what else to say.