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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I don't buy into the "Americans are angry" bullshit. [View all]cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)13. Wrong. They're angry because they're called racists for being angry.
They're angry because the "brand loyalty" and the "company loyalty" and the "union loyalty" they've been preached to about since they were ready to graduate from high school was tossed out the window by the very people who preached it to them.
They're angry because somewhere along the line the very people who preached to them for generations about "loyalty" suddenly flipped and told them if they weren't college educated, they weren't shit. They weren't college educated. They didn't prepare to send their KIDS to college.
Labor unions didn't protect this country like they promised they would.
You see it as white people vs the new reality. I see it as lies about what the future held.
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Wrong. They're angry because they're called racists for being angry.
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2016
#13
At some point the people slinging words like the ones you prefer need to analyze their motivation.
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2016
#19
You mean, like frequent dissing of individuals & groups of people just for being
Ghost Dog
Jul 2016
#58
Respectfully, I think you refer to racial discrimination rather than racism itself
Ghost Dog
Jul 2016
#68
Did you miss every night of the RNC where the blamed blacks and liberals for everything?
bettyellen
Jul 2016
#65
I watched last night w a lovely DUer that happens to be a dark skinned immigrant...
bettyellen
Jul 2016
#70
They're angry because all those loyalties did not save them from losing their unearned privilege.
Squinch
Jul 2016
#56
Sort of like the kid who always wants to be on top of the hill and has a tantrum if
Person 2713
Jul 2016
#54
Obama won with a positive campaign. Hillary can too. It's the best contrast with Trump. . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2016
#32
I'd be angry, too, if my party had decayed to the point of nominating... Trump.
Beartracks
Jul 2016
#34
Pollyanna checking in! Glad to hear you never get to see it and it's not directed at you must be
Person 2713
Jul 2016
#55