Women don’t like conflict? Why do men assume they know everything about women. Yes we may not like it but we know how to confront it and make it better. So fuck off Adult Swim you are dead to me.

Trump won Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania by a razors edge. The communities my family reside in probably would have tipped it the other way if it wasn’t for that premium surprise.

I think polling just missed something that was lost in the Comey nonsense, and that is the projected rise in Obamacare. I have a lot of family in Michigan and Wisconsin. Anectdotal, but they were either going to stay home or vote Clinton. The second they saw the increases coming? Trump voters. Just like that. Never…

Trump followers hold racist (or racist-enabling, which is the same if not worse) opinions that SHOULD be shamed. Shamed so that they don’t continue to hold them. Shamed so that next time a person runs for office on a similar platform as Trump, they don’t even make it to the primaries.

Listen, I again ask, what makes flyover people more worthy of that coverage?

And look where you are now. Bye bye! lol

I am not elevating “the flyover states” above in depth dives in to the inner workings of people struggling to gain some economic independence there or above inner life for folks on reservations. The media treated Donald Trump and his supporters like a joke the entire time. Look at these goofy wackjobs! Haha! What will…

so move to new york city and live there and every now and then remember the horrible racist fucks from NEPA as they ABSOLUTELY CRUSH YOU at the polls because your vote is effectively nullified by living in New York.

Same for Wisconsin. Milwaukee had a sparse collection of Hillary signs. ten minutes outside the city it was giant Trump signs. I literally “saw the signs” yet still believed what I was being told from MSNBC to FOX, conservative talk radio to NPR. I made a point of reviewing both sides of the political news spectrum…

The media also needs more diverse white people.

you can pretend the people between the coasts don’t exist in a real way all you want. you can highlight their unquestionable flaws and shortcomings and idiocy and you can laugh about it. but they EXIST and they just elected donald trump to the most powerful position in the world. the sooner people in our hallowed…

I went to central PA for about a week and for me it was all of the homemade signs for Trump on farms, etc that showed the intensity of the sentiment. If you are going to take 4 hours and paint some nonsense on a barn or a storage tank you are serious and something is going on.

If people are going to lie, then why do any polls at all? There are going to be ideas that people disagree on and the no one is under any obligation to not call something racist because it may hurt their feelings and make them lie to pollsters.

But it also needs economic diversity, a diversity of background and class, and this has been a resolute blind spot.

Maybe he does. And I don’t mean to bring him down. But let’s keep in mind that we had about two years of takes, all of which were shockingly, disastrously wrong.

This is the best analysis I’ve read of what makes millions of Americans despise organizations like the NYT. They read pieces like that one about the Midwest that you linked and rightfully resent the shit out of it.

This article that was quote in Vox was interesting and it would explain a few things as to why white majority broke for Trump, even though they might think they’re not racist. So it’s not just flyover country.

Whew, boy! One thing I’ve learned from the internet is how much white people hate to be called racist. Boy, y’all (I’m assuming you’re white, Sean Brody) really hate that shit, huh? Your response to this well-written commentary is “stop making me feel racist and maybe then I’d tell you why I decided to vote for the…

I’ll second this comment. The intellectual honesty of your news room becomes a half measure when you don’t specifically look for a variety of world views. Gawker is a good example: they’ve employed the talents of many different people from many different backgrounds and areas of the country, yet they’ve almost…

She spent all her time and effort in Philadelphia, maybe she should have spent some time in Erie. Pennsylvania is a big state!