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2016 Postmortem

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)

17. The political spectrum is not black and white and not one dimensional

Reply to JaneyVee (Reply #15)

Sat Oct 10, 2015, 05:32 AM

Oct 2015

Trying to reduce voters to left or right is absurdly reductionist.

For instance we have a well known poster on DU who in 2008 thought Hillary Clinton was a Rovian liar who should never be a candidate in so many words and today thinks she is the best qualified candidate for President.

People are complicated and change their minds as we can see, often for reasons that they are unable to adequately explain as we have seen the last 24 hours.

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So Hillary is going after guns [View all] artislife Oct 2015 OP

If hundreds of BLACK gun rights supporters had demonstrated guillaumeb Oct 2015 #1

They wouldn't even need guns artislife Oct 2015 #4

About what I expected to see. guillaumeb Oct 2015 #8

Yes, 2nd amendment is for primarily white people artislife Oct 2015 #10

Have you seen the cell phone carriers that look like automatics? guillaumeb Oct 2015 #20

President Bush set up fenced in free speach zones. Agnosticsherbet Oct 2015 #11

and surrounded the "free speech" zones with police. guillaumeb Oct 2015 #21

I am completely missing whatever point is trying to be made....liberals should give up on gun Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #2

Don't worry your little head about this OP. artislife Oct 2015 #5

So, as I thought....no response because there was no point to defend to begin with! Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #6

That's despicable, President Obama went there to support the families not take away their precious. beam me up scottie Oct 2015 #3

They heard the president's speech the day of the college shooting yeoman6987 Oct 2015 #12

I didn't say they don't have the right, I said they were despicable and I stand by that. beam me up scottie Oct 2015 #13

Maybe but a few families joined them so maybe not all families wanted the president to visit yeoman6987 Oct 2015 #14

Some families were quite vocal 840high Oct 2015 #16

Roseburg is wingnut territory, not really the "left". JaneyVee Oct 2015 #7

Maybe my point isn't clear artislife Oct 2015 #9

She has consistently voted for gun control. JaneyVee Oct 2015 #15

The political spectrum is not black and white and not one dimensional Fumesucker Oct 2015 #17

My point is, is the notion that she may lose rightwing votes... JaneyVee Oct 2015 #18

Indeed...screw a few gun lover-NRA lover Fox brainwashed RW votes! Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #19