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2016 Postmortem

Yurovsky

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9. I consider myself pretty hardcore Left...

Reply to MicaelS (Reply #8)

Fri Dec 30, 2016, 09:21 PM

Dec 2016

and say we absolutely need working class White voters. We will never get them all, but we can't tell them to fuck off either, when whites are still over 60% of the population. Bourdain probably sees his fair share of trust fund liberals who talk a good game but can't be bothered to do jack squat aside from getting high and bitching.

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Heh Tony, the majority of Democrats are not elitist... [View all] pbmus Dec 2016 OP

They use the term elitist as a code word for intellectuals. redstatebluegirl Dec 2016 #1

This is so true. yardwork Dec 2016 #10

Nah, Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2016 #14

Yeah, that Anthony Bourdain, not an arrogant bone in his body kcr Dec 2016 #16

I believe you have made my point. Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2016 #18

Fuck Tony and his stupid "watch me eat" show. whathehell Dec 2016 #2

I'mgetting tired of this argument too. LisaM Dec 2016 #3

Can he name one person on the privileged left who has DURHAM D Dec 2016 #4

Maybe he read DU recently... dionysus Dec 2016 #7

General contempt is different than singling out Trump supporters. yardwork Dec 2016 #11

Take a look at this thread and then tell me there's no general contempt NobodyHere Dec 2016 #15

Um. That would be a thread about Trump supporters. n/t kcr Dec 2016 #17

Trump supporters were not singled out in that thread. NobodyHere Dec 2016 #19

I think Anthony needs to follow his own advice .... JHan Dec 2016 #5

He's got quite a balanced view if you read the whole piece. Also, DU is proving dionysus Dec 2016 #6

Bourdain is 100% correct. MicaelS Dec 2016 #8

I consider myself pretty hardcore Left... Yurovsky Dec 2016 #9

A hell of a lot of WWC people voted for Clinton. Not to mention working class POC. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #13

Clinton won among the working class. Clinton won among the working class. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #12

Yo, Tony, are we supposed to be as stupid as the repukes? meow2u3 Dec 2016 #20