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In reply to the discussion: Why the fuck do we have Democrats trying to get us to sympathize with deplorables? [View all]bravenak
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Why the fuck do we have Democrats trying to get us to sympathize with deplorables? [View all]
bravenak
Feb 2017
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Some of them were bothered by that but still thought him preferable to Hillary becasue, you know,
Amaryllis
Feb 2017
#70
People like her are the ones taken in by fake news (the real fake news, not what T calls fake news).
Amaryllis
Feb 2017
#186
I know. Just ignore us who already are on the same side as them in order to please our oppressors
bravenak
Feb 2017
#13
I doubt there were hundreds of thousands of Hitler voters gassed at Auschwitz.
thucythucy
Feb 2017
#105
It's either Truth And Reconciliation committees or Nuremberg like trials.
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2017
#240
I would tell you what i think of your personal attacks but I don't want my post hidden.
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2017
#243
Why the fuck is trying to figure out how to manipulate people using progaganda
KittyWampus
Feb 2017
#17
And you've absolutely been influenced to choose, buy or reject something based on marketing
KittyWampus
Feb 2017
#56
i'm saying a lot of them were comfortable with racism to begin with
La Lioness Priyanka
Feb 2017
#30
and a certain percentage could have been manipulated in a different direction.
KittyWampus
Feb 2017
#44
if Hillary has called for a ban on refugees she might have got a few if those votes
JI7
Feb 2017
#59
No one said ANYTHING about abandoning our core values. That is a straw man.
KittyWampus
Feb 2017
#93
Wrong. You totally don't understand that it's about HOW you market a message.
KittyWampus
Feb 2017
#88
You are wrong. It's Science. Here's lots of links to SCIENCE for you to either ignore
KittyWampus
Feb 2017
#75
Fear based messaging can be effective but I've never been impressed with those studies ..
JHan
Feb 2017
#123
Thanks for the link. What do you think of Lakoff? My point is about marketing, symbolism
KittyWampus
Feb 2017
#139
I've seen quite a few Democrats on Hayes, Maddow & O'Donnell's shows standing up and speaking out.
KittyWampus
Feb 2017
#176
I just posted LOTS of links to Science backing me up. So you can either read up on facts
KittyWampus
Feb 2017
#82
Nothing to explain why my black self should participate in this bullshit, right?
bravenak
Feb 2017
#83
In this bullshit fake ass marketing ploy where we try for votes we cannot get and piss my black ass
bravenak
Feb 2017
#107
Oh, give me a break. The non-stop rage at what happened in November is counterproductive.
Chemisse
Feb 2017
#217
I just posted lots of links to scientific studies for you to scoff at. See above for SCIENCE.
KittyWampus
Feb 2017
#78
I'm black. Why the fuck should I sympathize with folks who voted for a guy who think I'm lazy?
bravenak
Feb 2017
#45
Those several hundred thousand can fuck off too along with Uncle Ben Carson and the firehair Hitler
bravenak
Feb 2017
#184
To me it's like a slave sympathizing with their master. Fuck that. They can burn
bravenak
Feb 2017
#46
Damn straight! We can pull enough voters who did not vote and regret their choice
bravenak
Feb 2017
#57
If they change that is up to them. Coddling a message for them is a repulsive idea.
BeckyDem
Feb 2017
#62
I think your first mistake is assuming that actual Democrats do such a thing...
NurseJackie
Feb 2017
#79
I sure as eff do not sympathize with racists, sexists, anti-Semites, xenophobes and ...
etherealtruth
Feb 2017
#91
What do you think we did when white folks would not hire us to work the mines?
bravenak
Feb 2017
#166
Me? Of course not. I'm too young and not stupid enough to move to KY to be a coal miner
bravenak
Feb 2017
#173
it's honestly time to accept that the concept of "work" is going away.
forjusticethunders
Feb 2017
#203
When we vote for it instead of thinking we can build a wall to keep the future out.
forjusticethunders
Feb 2017
#220
In the mean time the industry barely exists ... if the jobs were there the miners would not be
etherealtruth
Feb 2017
#138
I'll vote for programs to help Americans, but that doesn't mean they get my sympathy, too.
WinkyDink
Feb 2017
#106
Know the Enemy, even when they are not the enemy because they are American Citizens. . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2017
#113
From my perspective I think an important question is how did Nelson Mendela, Ghandi,
senaca
Feb 2017
#116
Yes. We need spines and to stop trying to understand. We cant. We never will. Not like them.
bravenak
Feb 2017
#133
Damn straight. No quarter for Trumpsters and no quarter for 3rd party voters. nt
msanthrope
Feb 2017
#141
Perhaps for the same reason people continue to read your posts after you called DUers racist
mythology
Feb 2017
#154
The weak must be voted out!We want good reps who stand up for our rights and the Constitution
judesedit
Feb 2017
#207
