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In reply to the discussion: The far left is still out of touch with black voters. [View all]JustAnotherGen
(33,739 posts)51. This right here
In late 2016, nearly 9 out of 10 Black voters approved of President Obama. To many Black voters, he is the symbol of success for Black America. You might not agree with everything he has done, and I certainly havent agreed with everything, but you have to respect him for what he means to Black Americans making it to the height of American politics and withstanding eight years of racist attacks. Sanders and his movement see Obama as symbolic of evil neoliberal corporate interests. Therein lies the disconnect. The far right holds disdain for Obama for some of the same reasons that the far left does: They see him as beholden to special interests instead of those of the people.
I can't wrap my head around their inability to see this.
There have been 43 white guys they can be angry about - don't attack the black guy. You will alienate us.
And - Trump voters hate us. They do.
Ain't no takesy backsey on that.
So they can go beg and plead them to get smart about their checking accounts all they want.
Just don't think they can come here and ask me to do it. Why should I? I've always dismissed bigots.
I'm not changing for them. Fuck That Shit.
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Mc Carthyite? Well we are talking about people demonizing capitalism in ALL it's forms...
bettyellen
May 2017
#9
ones who claim no difference if trump or hillary is president or that trump would be better
JI7
May 2017
#11
Exactly, because I can assure you I am far left, much further left than almost ANYONE here
Eliot Rosewater
May 2017
#61
Idiots like Susan Sarandon, Glen Greenwald and fringe lefties - fake ones that
bettyellen
May 2017
#12
I think a lot of people repeated the crap he wrote vaguely "knowing" it was being shared
bettyellen
May 2017
#35
I think what we saw was a loose group of people - many who were nothing more than HRC haters....
bettyellen
May 2017
#37
The far left are more similar to the far right than they are to the vast majority of Dems.
Sculpin Beauregard
May 2017
#3
Except if you look at the polls of where Americans stand on the issues ....
Zen Democrat
May 2017
#64
Attacking Obama for something all the modern Presidents have done is certainly divisive. n/t
pnwmom
May 2017
#8
He inherited his fortune so of course that's more deserving than someone who has to work for it.
pnwmom
May 2017
#13
+1 And the bonafides should add up to something fairly significant before elected POTUS.
fleabiscuit
May 2017
#45
Yes! When I hear people float names like Zuckerberg or Cuban for fucks sake...
bettyellen
May 2017
#46
FDR in many ways WAS an extremist - because extreme measures were required in 1933.
Zen Democrat
May 2017
#33
That's a great example of the fractious thinking I simply cannot wrap my brain around.
LanternWaste
May 2017
#67
A few years ago in his divorce proceeding his wealth came out -- more than $50 million then.
pnwmom
May 2017
#15
I'm a leftie, and confused over the criticism of Obama being well-paid for speeches.
Zen Democrat
May 2017
#27
MAkes sense given I believe Bernie has an agenda that if known would shock the hell
Eliot Rosewater
May 2017
#62
So Trump Voters who voted for an openly racist , bigoted piece of shit are not Racists
JI7
May 2017
#47
The far left and the far right are cut from the same cloth. They both hate any improvements to
Number23
May 2017
#69
Ah the globalization canard, yes! I've been reading a Reddit group called NeoLiberals and it's
bettyellen
Jun 2017
#72
I want to be in a time in which *everyone* - regardless of race, gender, education, or anything else
YoungDemCA
Jun 2017
#73
I may have spoken a bit harshly but it is hard not to see the similarities between the two groups
Number23
Jun 2017
#75
Dems are a bunch of different groups. The right is unified behind tax cuts for the rich.
sharedvalues
Jun 2017
#76