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Garrett78

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9. Especially when all of the evidence disputes the economy/anti-establishment narrative.
Wed Dec 28, 2016, 01:26 PM
Dec 2016

It's bad enough that Trump supporters exist within an alternate reality. I expect better from DU posters. But maybe I shouldn't. After all, I saw the denial of reality on display throughout the primary. People insisting that Clinton only led because of superdelegates or because of closed primaries while ignoring the impact of undemocratic caucuses (not to mention Clinton won a majority of the open primaries). People denying what so many of us knew by mid-March, which was that the race was essentially over. People claiming that Clinton and her surrogates were going around saying "it's her turn." People spreading the myth that "independents" are non-partisan, disaffected or wishy-washy, even though numerous surveys make clear that most independents are strongly partisan.

And now we hear people claim that Clinton didn't talk about economics even though that topic dominated her campaign. I've even seen posts claiming that she spent more time talking about "transgender bathrooms," which is an absurd right wing talking point used to inflame bigotry.

It's fine to like Sanders. It's fine to want a Democratic nominee who speaks forcefully against plutocracy. But it's not fine to deny reality in favor of your own alternate reality. Leave that BS to the Trump supporters.

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Considering the rise of far right nationalist parties in many other western countries mythology Dec 2016 #1
DU rec... SidDithers Dec 2016 #2
+1, if it was a bunch of racist Hispanic people I don't think the question would even come up !!! uponit7771 Dec 2016 #3
Good point. tenorly Dec 2016 #10
And this talk of the dem party catering to trump voters must be going beyond dem forums like this lunasun Dec 2016 #4
Good post, and it should also be expected that a certain R B Garr Dec 2016 #5
Yes. We do understand racists. treestar Dec 2016 #6
The GOP would cease to be a viable institution if not for bigotry. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #7
Yup, it's extra nauseating when Dems pretend the racism and bigotry pnwmom Dec 2016 #8
Especially when all of the evidence disputes the economy/anti-establishment narrative. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #9
No, social issues dominated her campaign & the majority of people who voted for Trump aren't racist. RBInMaine Dec 2016 #13
The actual evidence says different, and it's been posted many times already. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #15
No, it didn't. Her speeches were analyzed and her number one topic was jobs, pnwmom Dec 2016 #20
The majority who voted for Trump aren't racist atreides1 Dec 2016 #26
Trump voters voted for a racist True_Blue Dec 2016 #11
OK, Well I guess everyone who voted for Obama but went to Trump are just all racists. Sheesh. RBInMaine Dec 2016 #12
That's a tiny number of people, and I don't know if they're racist or not. DanTex Dec 2016 #14
Read this: Garrett78 Dec 2016 #16
What do you think White voters would do True_Blue Dec 2016 #17
Some of them are misogynists and others are anti-immigrant, pnwmom Dec 2016 #21
Catering to racists is just smarmy but nonsensical code for refusal to address working TheKentuckian Dec 2016 #18
"Favoring broad poverty"? Are you kidding? You seriously think the Dems favor broad poverty? DanTex Dec 2016 #19
Hillary's #1 topic in her speeches was jobs, and her #2 was the economy. pnwmom Dec 2016 #22
So okay... fuck the Trump voters. Now who is left? Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #23
Seriously... many were Obama voters in 2008 & 2012... Yurovsky Dec 2016 #24
yeah, I'm not what you would call a math expert Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #25
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