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In reply to the discussion: Questions for Bernie supporters: NPR interview 'You shouldn't base your politics on your skin color' [View all]BainsBane
(57,757 posts)I vote based on fundamental principles of equality and justice. I also don't respond positively to RW buzz words and people that seek to recapture the precious Republican white male vote while dismissing the majority of Americans as not knowing how to vote. I find it a reactionary position, which of course it is, and that is precisely why it has resonance with people who long to recapture a time when their race and class prospered at the expense of the many.
Then the fact that people here who have been accusing Democrats of acting too much like the GOP repeat and justify arguments that seek to attract Republican white male voters at the expense of the non-straight white male majority that votes Democratic. Republicans have long used such arguments to dismiss the rights and concerns of the majority, and now people here reaffirm and defend those same arguments.