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Democratic Primaries

The Mouth

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23. Just mock them, call them 'deplorables'

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sun Dec 15, 2019, 02:53 PM

Dec 2019

and dismiss them as just a bunch of racist white supremacist nationalists who don't know what's good for them.

That's what worked so well for us in 2016!

Look at all the brilliant and empathic folks here who just say 'fuck anyone who voted for Trump last time, they are irredeemable, deplorable and too stupid to vote their own interest, dumb, heavily armed rednecks"

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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A few takeaways from the UK General Election that Democrats might want to consider going into 2020 [View all] Soph0571 Dec 2019 OP

Corbyn evertonfc Dec 2019 #1

You think Sanders is liked by the majority in our party? Amimnoch Dec 2019 #5

"I think there's a lot of parallels that can be drawn here" crazytown Dec 2019 #7

dunno evertonfc Dec 2019 #11

Well said Dem4Life1102 Dec 2019 #2

Bunk crazytown Dec 2019 #3

Great post OKNancy Dec 2019 #4

The Conservatives received just 43.6% of the Vote ritapria Dec 2019 #6

And yet the Tory's have a stonking majority Soph0571 Dec 2019 #9

Not the worst result in terms of % of the vote. crazytown Dec 2019 #10

I don't care what the % of the vote was, because it's not relevant brooklynite Dec 2019 #12

Scotland is relevant. crazytown Dec 2019 #14

I'm pointing out that, in both countries... brooklynite Dec 2019 #15

Ignoring what happened in Scotland is not a statistic. crazytown Dec 2019 #16

What happened in Scotland was that voters chose SNP over Scottish Labour brooklynite Dec 2019 #17

What is happening is Scotland crazytown Dec 2019 #18

The Labour Party hasn't been "far" left since Tony Blair. Farmer-Rick Dec 2019 #8

He ran on policy not brexit....and his policies were soundly rejected. Demsrule86 Dec 2019 #21

But did the voters believe him? His policy was Not rejected, Corbyn's trustworthiness was rejected. Farmer-Rick Dec 2019 #22

Yes they believed him...which is why he lost worse than any candidate since the 30's. Demsrule86 Dec 2019 #24

Incorrect. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2019 #13

Mahalo, Soph! I appreciate your thoughtful analysis.. Cha Dec 2019 #19

Thanks love Soph0571 Dec 2019 #20

Just mock them, call them 'deplorables' The Mouth Dec 2019 #23

You live in Britain and see how things are going daily, but, Blue_true Dec 2019 #25

"Most people are moderate - they forgot that' empedocles Dec 2019 #26

As an American expat living in the UK... BooScout Dec 2019 #27