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TwilightZone

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8. It's also intended to create a false belief that her appeal is very limited.
Sat May 28, 2016, 10:24 AM
May 2016

"Hillary won the confederacy" is basically intended to mean "only black people vote for her". It's dog-whistle politics on the left, and it displays a fundamental misunderstanding of who Democrats (and people, in general) are and how widely they vary.

Sanders takes a one-size-fits-all approach and expects it to apply to everyone. Doesn't work, yet some of his surrogates dismiss anyone who doesn't "get" this as just too dumb to understand what's best for them.

Hillary, on the other hand, understands that variability and appeals to the widest spectrum of voters. She wants to represent all Democrats (and people, for that matter) and acts accordingly.

I find it a little ironic that Sanders supporters are continually accusing Hillary of elitism, while they defend (or just ignore) the clear signs of it in their own candidate. "It's just the south; it shouldn't count" couldn't be much more elitist.

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Massive K & R. So spot on. Surya Gayatri May 2016 #1
K&R! Haveadream May 2016 #2
It's a kind of "dog whistle", ain't it? Her Sister May 2016 #3
Black women are about the most reliable brer cat May 2016 #4
Said many times JustAnotherGen May 2016 #5
Good read here: savalez May 2016 #6
This is the first I've seen this JustAnotherGen May 2016 #9
I'll say. savalez May 2016 #11
That article is well done JustAnotherGen May 2016 #12
+1 fleabiscuit May 2016 #20
+2 savalez May 2016 #22
Holy crap... fleabiscuit May 2016 #19
They are no different from teabaggers. n/t savalez May 2016 #21
I love you guys! You're are one of the super major reasons we are WINNING! Cha May 2016 #7
It's also intended to create a false belief that her appeal is very limited. TwilightZone May 2016 #8
""It's just the south; it shouldn't count" couldn't be much more elitist." ...or RACIST! Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2016 #17
Because they don't recognize their own racism. nini May 2016 #10
Is it individual racism? JustAnotherGen May 2016 #13
both.... I think many people don't even realize they have racist tendencies nini May 2016 #14
With white progressives forjusticethunders May 2016 #23
'as opposed to something that we're entitled to as human beings.' nini May 2016 #24
PREACH!!! +1,000,000,000!!! Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2016 #27
Ermahgerd fleabiscuit May 2016 #15
I'm an ideologue for sure forjusticethunders May 2016 #25
This is something that I have always admired about the conservatives. They know how to prepare for Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2016 #28
^^^^^^^this this this forjusticethunders May 2016 #29
K&R!!!! ismnotwasm May 2016 #16
Yes, that was all very worth reading. K&R fleabiscuit May 2016 #18
Hey, some make smarer decisions. Thinkingabout May 2016 #26
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