You Need To Stop

[summer_in_TX]

233. Good point!

That only makes people more stubborn and more determined to go their own way.

I strongly suspect that all the exclaiming I heard many Dems do offline among my friends and family, on the air, and online here and elsewhere, defining those who were voting for Trump as racists and deplorables, was also a factor in the election results. It's part of what those who aren't Dems hold against us. They consider us elitist and judgmental. That perception leads independents as well as Rs to dislike us – and our candidates too, all too often.

I've had a nagging sense about that ever since the election that it was a major problem for us - and I've heard comments in my community from some I know are Rs that have reinforced my suspicion.

Labeling, judging, naming and shaming…NO one likes being on the receiving end. I think we have a real problem in this department. It comes across as Dems feel like they are superior to everyone with a different opinion. In reaction, it seems to me that attitudes harden and they become less persuadable.