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lumberjack_jeff

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3. Too many democrats...
Fri Nov 6, 2015, 12:29 AM
Nov 2015

... treat it as a measure of social progress.

When Sanders is criticized for being attractive to white male voters, his supporters rally to his defense against these hateful insults. In fact, maybe you heard that "brogressives" are our worst enemy?

I think we own this one, and it's not just middle aged folks. Three of my High School friends have lost teen sons to suicide.

I'm convinced that there are a great many of my fellow liberals who would rather not win an election if it means voting with a rural middle aged working class white guy.

It goes far beyond indifference.

How would it play for a candidate who started addressing this issue? Terribly. Liberals aren't going to vote for anyone looking to help "the privileged", and Republicans aren't going to vote for anyone who points out how powerless they are.

Advice? Buy stock in Annhaeuser-Busch and Smith and Wesson. If we're consciously refusing to do anything about it, we should at least own that refusal and profit from it.

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