Sinc when? The comment section yesterday was filled with proclamations that it was probably some right-wing white-guy with guns. You can read them.

Yes, the people Trump flipped in traditionally blue states that definitely voted for Obama twice did so because they hate black people?

But why are people who are voting for jobs and the economy voting for Trump?

Marginalizing people who did not go to college is not going to help the Democratic party, either.

Agreed. Intellectual arguments don’t matter to a person who’s struggling and didn’t go to college. These people aren’t too stupid to understand (they’re actually fairly smart) but they don’t have the luxury to think about it -- they just want change for the better for them asap. The struggling people who do have time…

I said it with regards to Brexit and it’s just as true here. Whether or not you can beat back the arguments intellectually is beside the point, the reality is those results are a symptom of larger issues within the country. That they make zero fucking sense doesn’t matter when the Centre-Left’s response is “Nah dudes,…

Gotta say... this gif is not making me want to like whatever it is you wrote.

I think it was the white guy who said it in this story.

thank you. this hits the nail on the head.

Agreed. The irony is palpable: using the word “redneck” to describe the people Jost is talking about demonstrates his point exactly. Until the Dems can figure out how to engage the demographic that that slur refers to instead of continue to degrade it, we’re well and thoroughly screwed.

“Bush doesn’t care about black people.” -Kanye West, 2005.

Somebody else made the observation that there was an EXCEPTIONAL amount of voter disenfrachisement this past election - something like 300,00 votes were lost in Michigan alone.

I respectfully disagree. Hillary was the elected messenger of the Left’s message, she had 55% of the votes in the primaries. The Left needs to decide wtf its doing because there is a younger, jaded cohort of Democrats that want it to swing more left. And this cohort is threatening to withhold its vote or turn…

Yeah, this is what blows my mind. Obama literally did this twice, and it worked. He got all classes behind him. And yet these DNC liberal goons are appopleptic at the thought of repeating that success.

I like when people say “populism is the danger” since its one step away from “democracy is the danger.” Hard to persuade people to vote for you when you will openly admit you don’t trust them.

Keep vilifying white men and see if they ever vote Democrat again.

I keep repeating this to no avail. But will try again.

Eh, I’ve been around. I was browbeaten into submission during the primaries, fought the good fight for Clinton in the general, worried about each mistake and called them out in turn, but ultimately stayed loyal to the party. Of course, if you even thought about voting for a socialist in the primaries, you’re among…

NO ONE is saying to completely abandon minority concerns and only cater to white people. No one is saying that. What needs to happen is maybe stop using identity politics as a fucking bludgeon against white people, and maybe try and convince people that equality for minority groups actually benefits us all in the…

Here’s our plan, from what I can tell: