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Jahlen's avatar

In turning their backs on the Southern segregationists in the '60s, the Dems were clearly on the side of right. However, they seem to have hung on to this to the point that they need to speak out loudly at every injustice to every marginalized group. And if the group isn't terribly marginalized, the Dems will try to make it so.

Was George Floyd's death horrible and should it have been addressed? Yes. Does generational poverty still exist and should it be addressed? Yes. But I think the majority of Blacks have more in common with the white middle class than they have with the deeply marginalized. The same can be said for Hispanics who have a similar history of injustice. I'm pretty sure that the middle class Blacks and Hispanics would prefer having their middle class issues addressed rather than being lumped in with the marginalized.

A good example of how the Dems misdirect their energy is with the trans people. As crude and simplistic as it may sound, the vast majority of the country thinks that checking inside your pants settles the issue and that pronouns are a passing fad. Yet unfairly or not, Dems have been branded with prioritizing the issue over the folks in the industrial Midwest who have seen their communities destroyed by changing economics. So when the Dems send out the cavalry to a misdirected pronoun and the cavalry zooms past Palestine, Ohio, what will the results be?

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Michael's avatar

How much money has flowed into those communities between Obama and Biden stimulus spending and the infrastructure bill?

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Jahlen's avatar

Also, "The illegals are coming" is easy to say. It's much harder to explain the cost benefits of a manufacturing plant that happen gradually over time.

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Jahlen's avatar

Lots and progress has definitely been made. But unfortunately, the Dems can't outshout the GOP.

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