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In reply to the discussion: Yo, brother Carville? Ain't no such thing as "too woke." [View all]oldsoftie
(12,583 posts)125. Here you go: 65-98% dont identify with that term
Depending on who is asking
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latinx
https://thinknowtweets.medium.com/progressive-latino-pollster-trust-me-latinos-do-not-identify-with-latinx-63229adebcea
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/17/latinx-not-preferred-term-among-hispanics-survey-says/
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Over-90-of-Hispanics-and-Latinos-don-t-like-to-15899232.php
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They do have the numbers in the states and that is a problem. While those of us on this board are
Demsrule86
Apr 2021
#21
I agree with your assessment of winning back states. We don't do that with internal squabbling.
ancianita
Apr 2021
#25
Sure gerrymandering is a fact of life. But South Carolina and other states are red period at the
Demsrule86
Apr 2021
#26
Carville is just plain scared if you ask me as I am. I live in Ohio. Now despite what you hear there
Demsrule86
Apr 2021
#188
I actually agree with you on Walker, especially if Manchin and Sinema block all or most of
Celerity
Apr 2021
#191
Great post. As I recall the same thing happened to the LGTBQ+ community during the fight for
PunkinPi
Apr 2021
#85
Wrong, be a melee mouth democrat who allows republican framing will lose us the house in 22
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#41
Fewer than 1 in 5 support 'defund the police' movement, USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds
LetMyPeopleVote
Apr 2021
#102
Need a poll on how it affected votes for down ballot candidates. P.S. There arent any cause it didnt
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#103
GOP Launches Ads Highlighting 'Defund The Police' To Target Vulnerable 2022 Dems
LetMyPeopleVote
Apr 2021
#105
Since when are GOP attacks on something we do or say the basis for not doing or saying it
StarfishSaver
Apr 2021
#113
Do you tire of being wrong? Have you ever worked on a campaign in the real world?
LetMyPeopleVote
Apr 2021
#136
Soooooooooo yeah, she would be the 'few' in the 'few to no one' like I stated in my post
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#170
Only if you use the racist definition of the word, if you use the black appropriated definition of
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#43
Woke ain't about Jesus level foreign policy talk. Woke is setting America's house straight first.
ancianita
Apr 2021
#17
No, you either support human rights or you dont. Regardless of WHERE the humans are.
oldsoftie
Apr 2021
#83
Doing the right thing for the wrong reason, whether it's corporate "wokeness" or voting, doesn't
ancianita
Apr 2021
#92
"Shhh ... you're making too much noise about your rights. You're getting in the way."
StarfishSaver
Apr 2021
#63
Yup, most of his comments are about how to kick Republicans in the nuts
BeyondGeography
Apr 2021
#66
And yet most of those commenting here are agreeing with and doubling down on his "woke" comment
StarfishSaver
Apr 2021
#67
How to read his whole interview is a fair party point. But that isn't the takeaway
ancianita
Apr 2021
#74
Do you really think an itty bitty Carville interview has this kind of impact?
BeyondGeography
Apr 2021
#77
I classify "defund the police" in the same group as "democratic socialsm".....
brooklynite
Apr 2021
#36
Can't believe 'defund', after all the polls and election results, is still being hung out
empedocles
Apr 2021
#60
I was talking about your misspelling of socialism then referring to the dictionary.
JanMichael
Apr 2021
#152
Cool. I saw Latinos on MSNBC say just the opposite. Has there been any formal polling?
ancianita
Apr 2021
#35
Of course I do. You don't want to, apparently. You gotta run? What's that about, huh?
ancianita
Apr 2021
#61
Yeah, if a democrat 04JohnKerry's something they never ran on they lose and they'll lose again
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#51
If you're having private one on one meetings with DCCC chairs you're probably not immediately impact
AZProgressive
Apr 2021
#173
Carville may have phased it wrong but in the end that is how Repugs win Congress...
Jon King
Apr 2021
#44
Yes. So if he wants to do some good, he needs to attack how Repugs talk. Not us.
ancianita
Apr 2021
#50
THIS !! 👉🏾 "admit to the kernel of racism that still exists within the party"
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#62
The message was framed by their fellow Democrats. Having to campaign against their republican....
George II
Apr 2021
#118
I am truly offended by posters attacking real democrats who are running campaigns in the real world
LetMyPeopleVote
Apr 2021
#137
Then it bad campaigning to allow an opponent to frame a candidate with something they're not
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#172
He could do that by talking directly to candidates and campaigns, rather than publicly castigating
StarfishSaver
Apr 2021
#131
You're describing a melee mouth candidate and yeah, we lose if we run people with no conviction
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#52
I read the whole interview and even in context, his comment about "wokeness" is ridiculous
StarfishSaver
Apr 2021
#76
no he's not, he's not even close. In groups usually try to deflect issue on outgroups with silliness
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#135
Again, you are refusing to tell us if you have worked on a campaign in the real world
LetMyPeopleVote
Apr 2021
#139
Continuing to post the same things over and over again, doesn't make it effective.
Caliman73
Apr 2021
#141
When I want an old White man's opinion of how people of color talk about race, I will ask for it.
Caliman73
Apr 2021
#144
How many races have you won? Have you worked on a race in the real world?
LetMyPeopleVote
Apr 2021
#151
Woke is consciousness of America's actual history of racism, sexism, pollution, and voting rights.
Marcuse
Apr 2021
#155
Awesome. And Blacks were woke long before this, even. Before the colonial period.
ancianita
Apr 2021
#157
+1, people on DU saying we can be too conscious of these things are crazy !!!
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#171
You know there's a whole thread of black people like me who says white people shouldn't
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#182
Do you have those non existent polls yet or are you going to keep doing this? No really I asked
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#184
Your lack of understanding as to how campaigns work in the real world is truly sad but amusing
LetMyPeopleVote
Apr 2021
#185
Attacking good members of the Democratic party for losing in 2020 is not a good look
LetMyPeopleVote
May 2021
#195
All that is still not empirical data, come on. It sounds like no amount of objective information is
uponit7771
May 2021
#196
It is so sad that people are defending that ignorant defund the police slogan
LetMyPeopleVote
May 2021
#192
And if we have no response to it then we are campaigning poorly, this time you they can't blame
uponit7771
May 2021
#194