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Old 01-13-2017, 09:17 PM
 
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An Open Letter to the White Working Class: You Don't Get to Hide Your Racism Behind "Economic Concerns"




says that white working class are using "Economic insecurity" to hide their racism
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Old 01-13-2017, 09:30 PM
 
Location: deafened by howls of 'racism!!!'
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another 'racist!!'-shrieker. seen 'em a billion times already.
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Old 01-13-2017, 09:38 PM
 
Location: Pacific NW
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Liberals seem really determined to make sure no one outside of their tiny dense urban crapholes votes Democrat ever again.
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Old 01-13-2017, 10:01 PM
 
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Is this the Democrat's idea of growing the party?
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Old 01-13-2017, 10:15 PM
 
Location: Oakland, CA
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Liberals seem really determined to make sure no one outside of their tiny dense urban crapholes votes Democrat ever again.
Maybe you should face the facts. Per the Census 62% of Americans live in urban areas. The "urban crapholes" and their sphere of influence are the new normal.

U.S. Cities Home to 62.7% of Population but Comprise 3.5% of Land Area

The electoral college was designed to allow small states and rural counties to over influence the presidential election and that effect has only increased as our country's population consolidates to urban spaces.
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Old 01-13-2017, 10:21 PM
 
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Not even worthy of a thought
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Old 01-13-2017, 10:40 PM
 
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An Open Letter to the White Working Class: You Don't Get to Hide Your Racism Behind "Economic Concerns"




says that white working class are using "Economic insecurity" to hide their racism
Did this person miss the fact that many of these same white working class voters voted for a black man to the highest office in the land? Yeah, maybe it is just racism.
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Old 01-13-2017, 10:46 PM
 
Location: the very edge of the continent
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Maybe you should face the facts. Per the Census 62% of Americans live in urban areas. The "urban crapholes" and their sphere of influence are the new normal.
Yeah, that's why Hillary lost and Dems have increasingly been losing Senate and House seats, state governorships, and state legislatures. /sarcasm

Guess which party's platform is being increasingly rejected...
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Old 01-13-2017, 11:05 PM
 
Location: Oakland, CA
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Yeah, that's why Hillary lost and Dems have increasingly been losing Senate and House seats, state governorships, and state legislatures. /sarcasm

Guess which party's platform is being increasingly rejected...
How do you explain Clinton's lead in the popular vote. The people spoke, but we don't actually care what they say.

The system is rigged so that certain states, even with large populations are meaningless in the presidental elections. Large states like mine have no voice, and "swing" states have an outsided voice.
https://flowingdata.com/2016/12/15/electoral-college/

The electoral college has outlived its usefulness, if we want real democracy. But it is abundantly clear we don't. This means a republican voter in California is invisible. And a democratic voter in Arizona might as well ignore the whole thing.

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The people did speak though, most were too apathetic to bother to show up. That's the real message. Trump didn't win. Nobody cared enough to show up.
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Old 01-13-2017, 11:18 PM
 
Location: the very edge of the continent
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How do you explain Clinton's lead in the popular vote. The people spoke, but we don't actually care what they say.
How is it that you neither know nor understand that POTUS has been elected via the Electoral College for well over 200 years? Nothing new, it's in the Constitution.

And how is it "rigged" when states have Electors in proportion to their population?
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