- like Sanders, Hogg and other left of center liberals. The centrist Democrats feel threatened as much as the more right leaning Republicans, all of whom rely on big money for their campaigns. The people, any body not a multi-millionare or billionaire, are big money's sworn enemy because all we want is ALL their money and to leave them destitute - in their minds. So we must be held down and dependent on their "generosity" for our subsistence.

There are several vocal DU members who are not fans.

... Blue Dog Democrats: anti MAGA, anti Trump, anti abortion, anti immigrant, anti Muslim, pro union, pro ACA, pro cop. There's a lot of them.

is that people are told to hate her, so they do. If you ask them why, they typically can't provide anything resembling logic.

"I don't like her", so I asked "why don't you like her", her answer was "wellll...I don't know", so I responded "if you don't know then you have no right to not like her.". After that we spoke longer about AOC, and it was satisfying to have her say "you are right, no reason for me to dislike her, if she is doing the right thing, which according to you she is, I will support her, and I will start paying attention to her more."

The End...a good end

but within their culture (local family, church, close friends) they understand the subliminal message about her and don't intend to rock that boat. In their world ostracism for being out of line can be a painful experience.

Worse yet, in some people's minds, she's a woman who is a POC. That's more than reason enough for some to hate her.

My own southern mother was as guilty of it as anyone else! 🤬

holding back & making themselves small.

AOC is a breath of fresh air.
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Hopefully she represents the future of the United States should our country survive the orange slime mold in the White House.

her political career. That makes her a dangerous radical.

Given the crowds she draws, she can't be ignored by the party establishment.

they fear her.

AOC is articulate, smart, poised, knowledgeable. She is a threat and the hate machine is in full gear to delegitimize her in the only way they know how. Blast her with their hatred 24 hours of every day.

Folks that I have heard disparage her are people that literally have never heard her speak. Their opinions come from osmosis of whatever they hear friends & coworkers say. Their friends and coworkers that influence them are, like them, ignorant. Plus "my church". Plus "my newsfeed" (ie social media & corporate media headlines). They are never even exposed to facts & views that folks on this site would consider to be basic mainstream non-partisan information or beliefs.

And even people who are being harmed by the status quo and could really use some positive changes feel this. I suppose it's a case of "better the devil that you know..."

And I'd follow her. She's working class like most of us.

Let’s check the Family Guy color chart to find out.

by telling them the truth.

Reported to me by my fine significant other, who is an avid social media connisuer.

Saving it, thanks!

She is a woman
She speaks up
She has dark skin
She is smart…………

Fuck misogyny!

Misogyny:
dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women.

She insists that the party should be more than a business that deals in electoral profit/loss figures.

"Were parties here divided merely by a greediness for office,...to take a part with either would be unworthy of a reasonable or moral man." --Thomas Jefferson

Some people don’t like AOC because she’s a free thinker, looks out for the regular people and doesn’t accept corporate money. She can’t be bought and doesn’t owe anyone favors.

Maybe they’re intimidated by her?

but her experience and current-day reality has made her even more so.

Those on the Right see an opponent smarter and more articulate than they are
Dems see that their most talented up and coming star is a woman of color and a Socialist. They're afraid she can't win a general election because of that, but she may get the nomination. Watch them try to keep her down even more than they did Bernie.

I'm not in the mood for trying to break a triple glass ceiling with all that is at stake, but if you look at identitiy politics, then all the other stuff (state, age, Progressive vs moderate...) you get just about nobody. Or you end up with the Billionaires. I don't know what the answer is, but I wish for a change the DNC would leave it up to the people. Beginning with Iowa, which has served us well.

Inoculating their base from her, building a visceral hatred to keep her from higher office.


Nice people, huh!

From all sides.

Can you imagine her as house majority leader?

Says more about them than AOC

She's doing her job. I love AOC, her focus is true and has been since she was first elected.

... straight, married, white guy. And, boy, Howdy, I've seen some shit.
There is a petty, mindless, mental aberration that manifests itself as a knee-jerk, inchoate resentment toward those who have, or can do, anything they don't have, or cannot do. I'm a professional artist, so, believe me, I know whereof I speak.

These people will covet the possessions or talents of others quite openly, often saying, in a joking tone, that they "hate" people who have these things or abilities, but they are not joking. They are not joking at all. They will criticize and demean such people with absolutely no basis in fact or reason. And if the object of their malice is young, beautiful, smart, articulate, kind, thoughtful and the worst possible offense – female, well then, they go super nova. I have no respect, and no use for such people.

I fervently hope I live long enough to call Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "Madame President". She is what this nation desperately needs.