2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: So is our message really that all Trump voters are racist and that's why we lost? [View all]alarimer
(16,854 posts)We forget sometimes that this is how Republicans have operated for decades, only not so nakedly.
There have been plenty of nativists in American politics even before that. It's non-racism that is the anomaly.
I take a dim view of human nature myself and think it will always be with us because it is human nature to be tribal. Only liberal values will save us. There has been a retreat from those values lately and not just in the US. This shit is happening all over.
We can overcome but we need a Democratic Party that is truly progressive and works for everyone. From a simple numbers point of view, we cannot write off millions of voters, side we still have the Electoral College. And the President is still President of all the states.
The larger issue is Democratic Party establishment and the fact it is so out of touch. Some of the "elitist" criticism is valid.
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