I don't know if I'm a devil or an angel around here right now.

[moriah]

45. The way you said it suggested you think Dem social issues are "petty vendettas".

That we advocate for minorities for a negative reason -- that we have a "petty social vendetta" that make us react with horror to see white supremacist rallies, not a genuine concern for this ideology gaining power.

I am going to take a slightly non-political example. I'm Pagan, and we have a pretty big tent insofar as who labels themselves such. There are people who legitimately worship Norse gods, and Asatru was NOT always a white supremacist trad. It certainly was heteronormative and embraced strong male deities, but Freya wasn't really someone to play with either even if she was benevolent -- she was both powerful in her own right and capable of war. It has now become completely full of people using it to religiously justify racism and promote white supremacy.

Since I don't follow that path but know people who do and are quite upset to see the swastika tats on people at gatherings, it's going to be up to them to fix the problem -- either the trad will split, or they'll get over this fad. But I am not concerned about this because I have a "petty social vendetta" against Asatru, but because it's dangerous to promote the idea that one "race" of human beings is superior to another.

If you're saying that white working class non-voters aren't guilty of having stayed home because they had a "petty social vendetta" against people of other races, that's one thing.

The way you came across suggested you saw liberal values we hold dear as a party as "petty social vendettas".

And if so, you are in the wrong place, buddy.