2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: As a black loyal Democrat, I say SCREW the white working class who insist on voting Republican [View all]EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)If they don't get it by now, telling them again louder and more slowly won't make any difference. And if they are that stupid that they haven't figured it out yet, even if they eventually DO get it, they're not going to suddenly grow a new crop of intelligence. They are going to consistently have trouble grappling with every concept and issue the Democrats put forth and each time is going to require a yeoman's effort to help them understand what we're doing.
We don't have that kind of time, energy and resources to handhold people who are this thick. Again, I say, leave them to themselves and focus our efforts on cultivating our base and helping remove the barriers that keep them from voting. And if those folks on the other side, after watching us move forward together, decide they want to join us, that's fine - they're welcome to come on over and join up under our rules and our principles. But chasing around after them, trying to figure out what they want and wooing them over to our side like desperate heartstruck teenagers is not acceptable.