The middle finger? A bit of hyperbole.

There are more than a few folks on DU saying that (or worse). I'm not saying we can reach the Klan wing of Trump supporters, but there are counties and precincts that voted for President Obama in 2008 and 2012 that went for Trump in 2016. That tells me, and anyone else willing to keep an open mind, that there are swing voters who may well vote Democrat in 2020, giebn a strong candidate with an appealing message. Hell, in 4 years "I'm not Trump" might be good enough, but selling a more humane and optimistic future for this nation should be a winner af6er the crap we are about to endure.

Yes, how often do I read THAT sentiment around here?

Daily.

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I rarely go to that site any more. I think they lean right and have been unfairly critical of Democrats on a regular basis.

Just my personal opinion.......

This BS WWC meme is what the right is pushing to get us to take our eye off the ball and keep us from focusing on the real issues like how they stole the election.

divide and conquer. Hone your message. Lick your wounds

Not only does it set whites apart as some special group to be coddled & cow-towed to (as if they aren't already in every facet of our culture), it condones the anti-minority, anti-immigrant, anti-LBGQT, and most of all anti-worker views of the alt-right fascists.

I've been making that point ever since the election.

Clinton, of course, won among those for whom 'the economy' is a top priority. She won among those who make $50,000 or less per year. She won among the working class overall.

It seems no one wants to use that word. What's more natural than Dems sticking up for all Employees? Employers have their party, after all.

Should have read your post before replying below.



Sid

Electorate down into the hispanic vote, womens vote, ect? Each demographic has its own traits and differences... i recognize those dofferent blocs without placing WWC or any of them, above the others.

You want to continue the myth that white people are being persecuted and buy into their Breitbart & Fox News fueled fantasy?

As if others are not.

Factual terms, i'd reckon, seeing as most people who can, work.

Which is as if they are the only ones who are working class.

Decades of dog whistling has infected even progressives.

That white men aren't benefiting from their white privilege status anymore and they have to share.

And she won among the working class overall. A segment of *white* working class voters have different priorities than the working class as a whole, and we know why.

A white backlash has been building for 8 years, including some who voted for Obama.

I'd rather the Democratic Party focus on fighting voter suppression and gerrymandering, while also attempting to engage the disengaged (the 40% or so that doesn't typically vote in presidential elections and the 60% or so that doesn't vote in mid-term elections). Democrats also need to promote media literacy and critical thinking in schools, while drawing attention to the GOP's complicity in millions subscribing to patently false beliefs.

But I will say more outreach to rural areas of purple states (where there are Democrats, not all of whom are white), without needing to change the message, is something the 2020 candidate needs to do. As Obama said, you have to try to minimize the losses in those areas in order to carry the state. And some people simply won't vote absent a GOTV effort aimed at them. Again, suggesting more outreach to rural Democrats in purple states is not the same as suggesting a change in message.

Nope. Still a dog whistle.

from the desires of the working class in general.

Or else there would be no need to make the distinction that they're White.

Sid

I think it's as much geographic as it is racial. I don't think the folks at Politico are racist, I just think there's a demographic that should be voting Democrat that Trump was able to tap for a variety of reasons, the most important was simply neglect by Clinton's brain trust. We ignore them at our own peril. JMHO...

when Clinton was not in that race.

They could have gone with any of those other republicans but they went with the biggest racust sexist bigot piece of shit there was.