Yes, We DO Think You ARE Stupid

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63. Exactly. It's cathartic, but hardly persuasive.

And, at least for the time being, electoral math requires the persuasion of at least some of these voters (some of whom voted for Obama, twice, in fact. They weren't so stupid then, I guess).

But this is part of the ongoing problem of people seeming to vote against their own best interests. A good deal of that can be laid at the feet of the right-wing echo chamber that is Fox News and right-wing radio. We simply have no counter to that, for the simple reason that progressive ideas which would help the most people are far more nuanced than can be stated in a sound bite.

I think we need to listen to Thomas Frank and George Lakoff. Both have good ideas about reframing issues and explanations for why Democrats lose. Yelling at those loser Trump voters does no good. And our elected officials do not do it because they represent even those who didn't vote for them. We can rant all we want here, but it won't actually solve the problem.