Cultural Bundling

[virginia mountainman]

3. Look at how millions and millions of peaceful..

Gun owners, whom never will harm anyone are treated when a nut case goes on a rampage..


It is a problem, a big one. All this extra baggage, has political consequences. All this retreat builds up to a point, that the other side is no longer even able to have a dialogue.

I mean think about it this way..

I am a resident, of southern appalachia, and a lifelong democrat, who has a long history (spanning almost 4 decades) of union organizing, meeting with, 1 on 1, and helping getting Democrats elected is now viewed by some in here as an extreme enemy, simply because (A) I am Southerner (B) resident of Appalachia (D) I support gun rights, it does not matter that I support practically all of the rest of the ideals, I have had very bad things said to me from "fellow" democrats because of this. Funny thing is, many of those are nobody's in our party, so I just chalk it up to them being one of the "useful idiots" that we can use to pull a lever on the day.

My views are the same now as they always have been, it was "some" people in our parties view has changed. For a while atleast, we are still a big tent. But those on the top better get a grip on this "cultural" BS, because an election is coming up. We have lost the South and Appalachia largely as a result of "Why would I vote for you? You look down at us."

As a party we better get a grip with this recent phenomena, or we will become a regional party.