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Odin2005

(53,521 posts)
8. No, but I have heard plenty of stuff about how insular...
Sun Jan 24, 2016, 08:47 PM
Jan 2016

...the big East Coast cities can be. This is why you get so many big city Dems so mystified about why people out here in "flyover country" roll our eyes when they start ranting about how evil guns are, for example.

I think hate and rage is too strong of a word. Utter disgust, definitely. n/t Skwmom Jan 2016 #1
I had the same reaction farleftlib Jan 2016 #4
I live in NY, not a bubble. hrmjustin Jan 2016 #2
NY is a bubble, or at least NYC is. Odin2005 Jan 2016 #3
Have you been here? hrmjustin Jan 2016 #5
No, but I have heard plenty of stuff about how insular... Odin2005 Jan 2016 #8
So you judge us by what you "heard". hrmjustin Jan 2016 #9
They been listening to Ted Cruz n/t doc03 Jan 2016 #14
Lol yes. hrmjustin Jan 2016 #17
No. ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2016 #69
Have you ever met Bernie? You judge him freely and frequently without even knowing the man. Ed Suspicious Jan 2016 #36
No he hasn't come for tea time. hrmjustin Jan 2016 #40
Tea time? sulphurdunn Jan 2016 #76
I try! hrmjustin Jan 2016 #77
That is all one can do, really. sulphurdunn Jan 2016 #83
I love tea! mcar Jan 2016 #118
That makes no sense. You don't judge Hillary? Rose Siding Jan 2016 #82
Ed is using irony to point out hypocrisy...and doing a good job of it. Bubzer Jan 2016 #123
yup Skittles Jan 2016 #87
and some folks have the audacity to tell other folks that they live in a bubble, when by all still_one Jan 2016 #154
You've never been there but you "heard" the people there are in a bubble? Empowerer Jan 2016 #50
You need to schedule a trip to NYC GP6971 Jan 2016 #72
I was speaking more of their reputation for thinking they are the center of the world... Odin2005 Jan 2016 #78
"Simply everyone who is anyone is here!" Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #20
And? hrmjustin Jan 2016 #23
No, no bubbles here. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #38
I have been to NYC, and while I love it, SheilaT Jan 2016 #73
I've been there. MrChuck Jan 2016 #86
Since NYC has been Disneyfied RoccoR5955 Jan 2016 #109
I live in NY RoccoR5955 Jan 2016 #106
Do you people have any clue Cosmocat Jan 2016 #157
People here in Middle America being annoyed at Big City arrogance is "conservative", now? Odin2005 Jan 2016 #166
So, to be clear Cosmocat Jan 2016 #168
Those shock jocks repeat it because there is a ring of truth to it. Odin2005 Jan 2016 #169
Its bullshit Cosmocat Jan 2016 #170
Do you think the Populist Party 120 years ago was in a bubble? Odin2005 Jan 2016 #171
In all big cities, sulphurdunn Jan 2016 #74
Yes but most of NYC residents are not rich. hrmjustin Jan 2016 #80
And they don't live in bubbles. sulphurdunn Jan 2016 #88
Ok but most of us are all working stiffs. hrmjustin Jan 2016 #90
Wherever we live, sulphurdunn Jan 2016 #105
This interests me. phylny Jan 2016 #85
I was raised in a large west coast city. sulphurdunn Jan 2016 #102
I'm probably not far from you, phylny Jan 2016 #111
The one thing diversity and big cities do sulphurdunn Jan 2016 #116
Funny, I live there too zentrum Jan 2016 #100
I live in a wofking class neighborhood so i don't run into elites much. hrmjustin Jan 2016 #101
And do you travel around zentrum Jan 2016 #121
I go to church in the village so I am very aware of what the rich have done there. hrmjustin Jan 2016 #122
Then I'm baffled zentrum Jan 2016 #172
True. It's so many bubbles it qualifies as foam. Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2016 #108
LOL! TransitJohn Jan 2016 #115
Politicians who speak to "rage" are called ideologues. And yes, that's what Sanders is. KittyWampus Jan 2016 #6
Well said! hrmjustin Jan 2016 #7
And Hillary WILL survive the "right-wing attack machine"? Odin2005 Jan 2016 #12
Ya think a Socialist will n/t doc03 Jan 2016 #19
Yes, because he will offer a clear moral and policy alternative, Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #21
He has about as much chance getting any of his pie doc03 Jan 2016 #25
NO WE CAN'T! NO WE CAN'T! Odin2005 Jan 2016 #27
because obviously, Hillary cannot run on the issues. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #34
Uplifting, isn't it? John Poet Jan 2016 #81
And what's Hillary going to get passed with the GOP congress? More money for the drug war? Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #41
Pie in the sky you say? retrowire Jan 2016 #63
I bought a couple of tickets in the last big go-'round Android3.14 Jan 2016 #107
What is Hillary going to get Republicans to agree with her on? LondonReign2 Jan 2016 #156
Socialist is not a dirty word, anymore... Odin2005 Jan 2016 #26
She has for decades KittyWampus Jan 2016 #131
She already has for 2 decades redstateblues Jan 2016 #132
She already has - for at least 20 years. Lil Missy Jan 2016 #155
Instead of being despised now like h. nt artislife Jan 2016 #30
Hillary is despised NOW.... John Poet Jan 2016 #84
99% spot on Cosmocat Jan 2016 #158
everyone i know is for bernie or trump restorefreedom Jan 2016 #10
This is going to be the biggest election for a long time. Odin2005 Jan 2016 #18
definitely. popcorn makers, take notice! nt restorefreedom Jan 2016 #28
Presto Hot Air popper is on standby! Karma13612 Jan 2016 #71
yum....and go bernie! nt restorefreedom Jan 2016 #126
Every one you know? murielm99 Jan 2016 #103
hillary has a LOT less support restorefreedom Jan 2016 #127
You are pretty self-rightous.........Making up likes about Hillary and her supporters. Shame on you riversedge Jan 2016 #11
The only liar here is Hillary. Odin2005 Jan 2016 #13
You got alerted. Aerows Jan 2016 #47
Wow, some people have thin skins! Odin2005 Jan 2016 #52
I guess alerter doesn't know that Hillary IS a liar. hobbit709 Jan 2016 #56
True, that. ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2016 #70
It's hard to see the "little, insignificant" flyover people from midtown manhattan, dahh-ling. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #15
Somebody tell that to hrmjustin! Odin2005 Jan 2016 #22
Maybe you live in a bubble and NYC is more than Manhattan. hrmjustin Jan 2016 #31
America is not NYC. NYC is not America Health Wagon Jan 2016 #60
What are we then? hrmjustin Jan 2016 #62
That's your problem right there. Health Wagon Jan 2016 #66
We don't claim to be all that is America. hrmjustin Jan 2016 #67
NYC is not America? Skittles Jan 2016 #89
No no, I'm saying NYC is not just America. Health Wagon Jan 2016 #96
I don't think ANYONE said that Skittles Jan 2016 #124
could not be any more wrong taught_me_patience Jan 2016 #16
This sounds a lot like "OMG, we can't talk about class warfare, it's divisive!!!" Odin2005 Jan 2016 #24
Something uplifting like this perhaps? Fumesucker Jan 2016 #32
NO WE CAN'T grasswire Jan 2016 #55
I'm sure you don't see that the exact same argument can be made about Sanders supporters right? mythology Jan 2016 #29
The only people I know who like Hillary are... Odin2005 Jan 2016 #33
Baloney. That's apathy and ignorance. babylonsister Jan 2016 #42
Ah, the Pauline Kael effect (nt) Recursion Jan 2016 #65
This older middle class woman does not like Hillary. SheilaT Jan 2016 #75
This older, upper-middle-class woman supports phylny Jan 2016 #93
Condescending B.S. Beacool Jan 2016 #130
The truth hurts. Odin2005 Jan 2016 #137
The hate towards the "establishment" is not by Hillary or her supporters. Thinkingabout Jan 2016 #35
We are all in bubbles Kalidurga Jan 2016 #37
There is some truth in what you say. OrwellwasRight Jan 2016 #39
I live in Vermont handmade34 Jan 2016 #43
Exactly! n/t phylny Jan 2016 #94
I am voting Bernie Cosmocat Jan 2016 #159
I'm feeling another McGovern/Dukakis landslide if Sanders' supporters prevail. n/t Hoyt Jan 2016 #44
It is not 1972. Odin2005 Jan 2016 #46
It's 2016 and not much has changed. Your post does not support your argument. Hoyt Jan 2016 #51
The independents I know like Sanders more than they like Hillary. Odin2005 Jan 2016 #54
I'm feeling a Mondale disaster if Hillary is nominated... John Poet Jan 2016 #91
Do you judge people by their spouse, and what has Clinton been indicated for? Hoyt Jan 2016 #112
I would expect to hear a RW or Fox says things like that--not a DU member. Shameful riversedge Jan 2016 #125
I would expect to hear "Fox says" when Hillary talks John Poet Jan 2016 #139
Count on it redstateblues Jan 2016 #133
You desribed my whole 840high Jan 2016 #45
What I find interesting is the difference sadoldgirl Jan 2016 #48
The establishment doesn't get it because they imagine themselves so lovable. nt mhatrw Jan 2016 #49
They is Lovable don't cha'know, they try tell us everyday, read about it in their top dollar outlets nolabels Jan 2016 #64
they see themselves as our bosses and representatives--of ALL the people, from commoner randos MisterP Jan 2016 #79
Hello? MrWendel Jan 2016 #53
Supporters of Sanders are not low information. Why do you think they are so disgusted? n/t Skwmom Jan 2016 #57
You misread what I posted. Odin2005 Jan 2016 #58
You are right. I did. Sorry about that. n/t Skwmom Jan 2016 #148
Will you vote for Trump? Renew Deal Jan 2016 #59
Fuck no, of course not! Odin2005 Jan 2016 #61
The System IS Rigged gordyfl Jan 2016 #68
Glad to see that you identify your candidate with Trump Tarc Jan 2016 #92
Thanks for showing that you don't get it. Odin2005 Jan 2016 #95
Being angry isn't a quality that I look for in a president Tarc Jan 2016 #97
A bubble of money most likely. fbc Jan 2016 #98
The strongest bubble there is. Odin2005 Jan 2016 #99
It's more like a dank, dark cave than a bubble Proserpina Jan 2016 #104
Damn right they do. RoccoR5955 Jan 2016 #110
"Many are only concerned to get a female as president." Exactly! Odin2005 Jan 2016 #135
Hillary would THUMP TRUMP. You are saying things that are FLAWED on so many levels. RBInMaine Jan 2016 #113
I do not think that the word "hate" is too strong... SoapBox Jan 2016 #114
It is not just her supporters. The Ironworkers here in MN jwirr Jan 2016 #117
As a Minnesotan that is really disappointing. Odin2005 Jan 2016 #147
Yes, for me also. Friends said that you have to be at the jwirr Jan 2016 #162
I disagree that Trump could beat Hillary Jack Rabbit Jan 2016 #119
oh my god! The hate, and rage and anger over Hillary Clinton is very apparent here on du. Lil Missy Jan 2016 #120
The far right and far left EQUALLY live in their respective bubbles. Dawson Leery Jan 2016 #128
Bernie would be considered a centrist in Europe. Odin2005 Jan 2016 #136
exactly! and both ends are equally destructive. Lil Missy Jan 2016 #138
A drowning person will drag you down with them, not deliberately but out of desperation Fumesucker Jan 2016 #140
and none of that is in conflict with Hillary Clinton's goals for the nation. Lil Missy Jan 2016 #141
Hillary's idea of "dead broke" and actual dead broke are two entirely different things Fumesucker Jan 2016 #145
You make mountains out of molehills. Lil Missy Jan 2016 #149
It's not all relative Fumesucker Jan 2016 #151
I think that Sanders' supporters are the ones living in a bubble. Beacool Jan 2016 #129
+1 Dawson Leery Jan 2016 #134
I get the feeling they shuttle from climate controlled buildings raouldukelives Jan 2016 #142
Those in glass houses ... Cosmocat Jan 2016 #143
Well said Beaverhausen Jan 2016 #152
I think if Hillary is the nominee the only way she wins is with Republican votes. Vinca Jan 2016 #144
I think DC is the bubble. n/t Skwmom Jan 2016 #146
There are many bubbles people live in. MineralMan Jan 2016 #150
You got it all wrong Thenewire Jan 2016 #153
"Sanders is an extremist candidate" Are you fucking serious??? Odin2005 Jan 2016 #167
Trump and Sanders... I agree that some of their supporters ecstatic Jan 2016 #160
I lived in and around NYC for 65 years mikehiggins Jan 2016 #161
We really don't need any more inflammatory broad-brushing... Orsino Jan 2016 #163
It's interesting: the PC-obsessed crowd absolutely created Trump, and the 1% absolutely... MadDAsHell Jan 2016 #164
Who advised her that "Nope and No Change" Warren Stupidity Jan 2016 #165
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