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In reply to the discussion: I only get into trouble on DU when I try to get to what's real. [View all]TM99
(8,352 posts)But this is one of the reason I dislike posting here.
I just had a host tell me that expressing these thoughts in the Sanders forum is inappropriate (even though I have not) and better to post them here, and now you are telling me that having expressed it here I am insulting people. Mixed messages anyone?
No, black and latino voters are not a special group who are magically more well-informed as a monolithic whole than any other voting block including whites or Asians. Americans in general, no matter what their race or ethnicity, are incredibly ignorant of most political issues, are easily swayed by propaganda that comes from both parties, and yes, do vote against their best self interests.
You act like in this post that I am not a minority voter myself, and if you are white and posting this, you are perpetuating certain myths. My father's side of the family was no more well educated on political issues than my mother's, and I learned that sad fact quite young.