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In reply to the discussion: Being liberal on social issues yet subscribing to a corporate controlled economic vision [View all]Uncle Joe
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Being liberal on social issues yet subscribing to a corporate controlled economic vision [View all]
cali
Sep 2013
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The left must bring back an explicit platform of economic justice to win back working-class whites
meow2u3
Sep 2013
#7
Oh right. Because social issues -- gay rights, women's rights, etc. -- have nothing to do with
pnwmom
Sep 2013
#17
Psst...did you forget about a man who stood up for union rights AND civil rights?
alp227
Sep 2013
#48
I Believe He Was Shot, Sir --- Early Summer Of '68, If Recollection Serves
The Magistrate
Sep 2013
#66
Yep. Social issues are important but not a substitute for economic fairness. nt
GoneFishin
Sep 2013
#49
I agree they "walk hand in hand." So why put one of the "hands" on the back burner? n/y
pnwmom
Sep 2013
#52
Women are the majority of the population, and when you toss in gay people and minorities,
pnwmom
Sep 2013
#68
OK - you know what - I'm sorry. I guess I'm just an insensitive bad person for not
el_bryanto
Sep 2013
#73
And I agree with all that - political issues aren't an either/or thing for me.
el_bryanto
Sep 2013
#81
+1 the idea that social issues are frivolous and unimportant is an idea only
LiberalLoner
Sep 2013
#64
dope-smoking Republicans (they believe that laissez-faire PREVENTS monopoly, so...)
MisterP
Sep 2013
#69
I blame working class whites because they succumbed to Reaganomics and bought into the idea
Liberal_Stalwart71
Sep 2013
#12
Not all of them. Some of them voted in the 2008 Democratic primaries and supported Hillary Clinton
Liberal_Stalwart71
Sep 2013
#28
Yes, that too. Tom Frank's "What's the Matter With Kansas" should be required reading!
Liberal_Stalwart71
Sep 2013
#23
Where's the evidence that working class whites, as a group, "succumbed to Reaganomics?"
YoungDemCA
Sep 2013
#77
Where did I assert that working class whites are a monolith? I didn't. But to deny that the Democrat
Liberal_Stalwart71
Sep 2013
#92
Of course you can't believe that I'm that naive. You are just nitpicking, trying to pick a fight.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Sep 2013
#98
I have a hard time believing that after reading your first post. It is exactly what you posted.
Taitertots
Sep 2013
#111
Please. Give it up. No one else had an issue with my post but you. You have a problem because
Liberal_Stalwart71
Sep 2013
#113
The economy IS a social issue which is why when conservative claim they are losing on social issues
Johonny
Sep 2013
#14
Economic justice, social justice, neither will happen until we address the Root Cause of why
Dustlawyer
Sep 2013
#25
Really, the party that wrote federal jobs bills, veterans jobs bills, anti outsourcing bills,
JaneyVee
Sep 2013
#31
The pending TPP is not an "anti outsourcing bill". It is not a "veterans job bill;" it fact it
AnotherMcIntosh
Sep 2013
#36
You're right, THOSE bills were blocked by the opposition party...over and over again.
JaneyVee
Sep 2013
#40
Author and like minded thinkers always give Repubs a pass. It's like reading the Green party TOS.
great white snark
Sep 2013
#67
You're right. You've convinced me. We need more lip service from politicians.
AnotherMcIntosh
Sep 2013
#87
However more socially liberal nations seem to do better economically overall
Fumesucker
Sep 2013
#104
A good course in political history will show that Liberalism and Capitalism (Adam Smith)
Agnosticsherbet
Sep 2013
#46
You could say that, but when the Democratic Party allowed black people into the party
Agnosticsherbet
Sep 2013
#88
Every paper in America has a Business Section but there's no Labor Section....
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2013
#51