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In reply to the discussion: White Men Rule [View all]eek MD
(391 posts)In other words, If a white male in this society fails to achieve success, it's because he is either lazy or a complete buffoon. Or, in even grittier terms.... White men aren't deserving of what they have achieved. After all, white men have it easy compared to everyone else, right? We should feel shame and guilt that we're not even poorer than we already are because so many others are more deserving and strive so much harder....
It sometimes seems as if the "base" of the democratic party seems to say anything in its power to drive middle-class white males into political apathy....and then somehow acts shocked when they see white men shifting allegiances to the republicans. It's not (always) because white men are bigoted blowhards that they vote republican (although that's sometimes the case). Often, it's simply because of the way that many democrats go out of their way to demonize, shame, and belittle them.