Stein, Sarandon, Cornel West and their ilk own this.

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176. Please don't be disingenuous.

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As you are aware, I was pointing out that you seem to have been a target of successful misinformation. Don't fucking accuse me of creating a straw man that you threw out there. This ain't my first rodeo, hon.

When someone doesn't have a place to pee, that's as important as economic issues. When a woman can't afford another child, and is forced to bear a child, that an economic issue. Is that clearer?

We don't get to 270 telling women, POC and LGBTQs that if an issue doesn't affect a white straight man, we're going to be "flexible" about it. That's going backwards - and it's based on a false narrative of what happened in the election that serves the political ambitions of a very few.

If Democrats abandon the vast majority of their base in some sort of misguided effort to appeal to the shrinking rust belt, no "revolution" will get us to 270. Deny that economic and social justice issues are absolutely intertwined - for the sake of the fragile white nationalist rust belt votes (who will stop listening and start screaming the minute you say "federal," god forbid "socialist&quot and you have not only lied, you have taken an axe to the arc of justice.

Fuck that and the horse it rode in on. Economic parity and universal health care coverage didn't eliminate misogyny, homophobia, xenophobia and nationalism in Europe, so forgive me if I don't buy that line of crap that says, "once white men are earning what they feel they should, they will magically be just fine with abortion, trans people using the bathroom, POC, and immigrants!"

I think that many self-labeled "true progressives" forget that the "halcyon days" of the American economy were built on keeping women and POC out of the good paying jobs. Forgive us if we are somewhat skeptical that simply trashing our social justice agenda in the hope of convincing some deep red Confederate flag waving bigots to elect a bunch of neosocialist politicians will bring economic juju to the US, with none of the discrimination.

What makes Dems strong is our social justice accomplishments - even if the fragile white straight male ego feels left behind. The rest of us have been dealing with economic disparity issues for decades, and are now saying "WTF?" NOW you think it's unacceptable?

Talk about privilege....