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Turin_C3PO

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23. I won't do fine under him.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #22)

Thu Nov 24, 2016, 04:29 PM

Nov 2016

I'm a straight, white male but I'm worried sick about my insurance (medicaid) and the possibility of Republicans tampering with Social Security (I'm on disability).

I'm not sure anyone will do fine under Trump except upper-middle class and rich white males.

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The Concern Troll Brigade Has New Orders: "Identity Politics" Have to Go [View all] TygrBright Nov 2016 OP

Question Lithos Nov 2016 #1

To me, it *currently* means... TygrBright Nov 2016 #3

to me it means market segmentation... Lithos Nov 2016 #6

Just so. I alluded to that in the OP, somewhat. TygrBright Nov 2016 #7

Trump ran a white identity campaign. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2016 #17

Brilliantly said. sunweaver Nov 2016 #2

Thank you for the kind words! n/t TygrBright Nov 2016 #4

The "identity politics" BS is based in the assumption that whiteness and maleness are default. LeftyMom Nov 2016 #5

Yes, they leave that hanging out every time. n/t TygrBright Nov 2016 #8

FIXED DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2016 #18

Two time losers have old orders: continue false dichotomy between working class Whites and minority. ieoeja Nov 2016 #9

Very Astute Observation Me. Nov 2016 #10

The right-wing's favorite dirty hippie and ungrateful student tropes didn't come back on their own Sen. Walter Sobchak Nov 2016 #11

What you said Hekate Nov 2016 #14

So... the concern trolls were wrong to be concerned? Silly trolls. n/t lumberjack_jeff Nov 2016 #12

We aren't going to throw black folk, brown folk, Muslim folk, glbtq folk, et cetera under the bus. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2016 #19

You haven't been keeping up with current events. We're all under the bus. n/t lumberjack_jeff Nov 2016 #21

Straight white males will do fine under Drumpf. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2016 #22

I won't do fine under him. Turin_C3PO Nov 2016 #23

Well, we've just got to get with the program, and the program is that the default voter is... Hekate Nov 2016 #13

Except for the white working class. Iggo Nov 2016 #15

1000 smirkymonkey Nov 2016 #16

You noticed that too, huh? Tarheel_Dem Nov 2016 #20