Two men and why they vote Republican (Photo)

[stevenleser]

[kysrsoze]

1. yeah, that's pretty much it. nice illustration.

[Poll_Blind]

2. SO true! K&R! nt

PB

[seabeyond]

3. so, when white men say they do not hold privilege, .... it is about class

look at that man that at the determent to himself, lives his privilege, regardless of class.

[Lizzie Poppet]

4. "Privilege" implies benefit.

What actual, substantive benefit does the guy on the left derive from being white?

[orwell]

5. Not getting shot...

...while carrying Skittles and iced tea?

[Jamaal510]

14. Also

not being accused of being a foreigner if he becomes president.

[left coaster]

36. Oh, and he's a male, so he isn't being told what he can and cannot do with his own body.

You know, like what's happening to women. Regardless of our color.

[ZombieHorde]

16. When he gets a job, no thinks it is because of affirmative action.

When he gets a job, he may get paid more than a woman.

When he goes shopping, he isn't followed.

When he travels down the road, he doesn't suspicious.

[stevenleser]

6. I think the photo makes the opposite argument.

I think the wealth privilege of the man on the right enables him to not only live an opulent lifestyle, it enables him and those like him to use the political and media infrastructure of the country to fool non-wealthy people into voting against their own interests.

But I want to make sure my position is clear, Gender, Orientation, Race and various other factors are all powerful impacts on a persons privilege or lack thereof. However, I believe that wealth is more powerful still.

[seabeyond]

13. then, you would be arguing your own photo

because of his racism, sexism and homophobia he votes repug. and how do you believe these people are able to sit in those positions? thru the feel of superiority. and where do they get that feel? the patriarchy. and what does the patriarchy create for white man? privilege.

[stevenleser]

19. Nope, it does not require privilege to be a bigot. Absolutely not. (Edited...)

The entire point of the person on the left is that his opinion is irrational in every way. He is not making those statements in some sort of enlightened state of recognizing his privilege.

There is no possibly way that " 'gays' are ruining his life" or women, minorities, etc. He has been duped by the man on the right and others like him to believe that.

[tex-wyo-dem]

37. Exactly...

The guy on the left lives in a state of ignorance with a complete lack of a greater world view. His thinking is narrow-minded, provincial, etc and he feels he is absolutely right and everyone else who doesn't think like he does is not only wrong, but un-American, a socialist or communist (the same thing as a liberal), a threat to his "liberty". He also equates "liberty" as the "free" market system, free of big government intervention/regulations. Gays are a threat to his "traditional American values", illegals are a threat to his job and blacks are a threat to his safety.

The guy on the right knows exactly how the guy on the left thinks and uses it to get millions just like him to elect people who will turn his one bag-o-cash into 20.

The guy on the left doesn't realize that the guy on the right is fucking him over blind while using him to work against his own interests.

The guy on the right is very happy about being able to dupe dupes and make tons of $$$ in the process. He doesn't give a shit about gays, illegals, blacks or even the good ole U.S. Of A. The only thing he cares about is profit.

[freshwest]

31. Agreed, it cuts across all physical differences. The wealthy, despite the reputation of promoting

Hatred among the various qualities of human beings, are not confined by those prejudices and illusions. Thus it is the responsibility of those lower down to discard them.

[Whisp]

7. this is right on the money!

[CakeGrrl]

8. Nails it.

[hifiguy]

9. How true, how true. nt

[bullwinkle428]

10. Fox News : Rich people paying middle-class people to tell poor people

to hate minorities! (credit to John Fugelsang)

[Ken Burch]

11. On one level, this is sort of funny...on another, it may actually hurt our work

In order to truly flip this country, we've got to find some way to break through the false consciousness that drives people like the guy in the overalls.

This kind of humor works on the assumption that there's no chance of that and that those people should be treated like they're dead losses.

Do we really have the luxury of going there?

[Zalatix]

15. I am not so sure about that.

I think it suggests that we cut off the propaganda from guy on the right, and that could solve the problem.

[Egalitarian Thug]

27. Thankfully we don't, because he will never, ever under any circumstances vote for

any candidate or party that fails to pander to his unassailable ignorance and superstition. I say thankfully because their numbers are dwindling to insignificance.

They know they are ignorant, they know that they are simply mules to be worked to death by their "betters" and they are proud of it.

[KG]

12. i'd speculate the on the right doesn't vote all, and cares not which party is in power.

[PassingFair]

17. Four S's

Selfish
Superstitious
Stupid
Scared


Any of the above will produce a Republican vote.

[treestar]

18. That about says it

I know so many of the type on the left. They're white. That's what they got. They want to keep that.

[Dragonfli]

20. That IS pretty good /nt

[Pilotguy]

21. Brilliant!!!

[samplegirl]

22. Talk about the Truth...

This nails it!

[meeksgeek]

23. I am a white male

and I am neither of those two stereotypes.

[Electric Monk]

24. Do you vote Republican?

[stevenleser]

25. That's good. And? nt

[LeftishBrit]

32. I don't think anyone was implying that all white males resemble these stereotypes

I think it was about wealthy Republicans using divide-and-rule tactics to get some working-class people to vote against their own interests.

[Skittles]

34. if you are voting repuke

and are not in the top .001 % financially, you're an idiot

[Incitatus]

41. Your response indicates that you vote Republican, so your time here is obviously limited.

So please tell us, why do you vote for them. Take this one chance, if your reasons are just, maybe you will convince at least one person. What your your problems with the Democrats and why are Republicans better? Avoid ad hominem attacks and your post might last a while.

[Fumesucker]

26. And everyone that looks like that thinks that way..

You can tell how someone votes by looking at their race and apparent class.

Right?

[xtraxritical]

40. Fumesucker is right, what's race got to do with it?

To many reverse racists here.

[Fumesucker]

43. I see it more as prejudice and bigotry than racism..

Thinking that you can tell everything about someone by their physical appearance isn't necessarily racism but it's certainly prejudice and could well be bigotry.

[RKP5637]

28. That picture sums it up well! n/t

[craigmatic]

29. Issues like racism and gay bashing are a motherfucker because if they didn't exist as wedge

issues this country wouldn't just be democratic but full blown socialist as well.

[stevenleser]

30. Not sure if I agree. If you erase homophobia from the Republican agenda, I think some LGBT would be

Republicans, perhaps more than some. As a group, LGBT folks earn more and have more disposable income than straights, that makes them a better target for GOP tax policies. Hard to say for sure, but it seems likely. I think that explains Log Cabins.

[ErikJ]

33. From "Age of Ignorance"

Review:
......In the past, if someone knew nothing and talked nonsense, no one paid any attention to
him. No more. Now such people are courted and flattered by conservative politicians and
ideologues as “Real Americans” defending their country against big government and
educated liberal elites. The press interviews them and reports their opinions seriously
without pointing out the imbecility of what they believe. The hucksters, who manipulate
them for the powerful financial interests, know that they can be made to believe anything,
because, to the ignorant and the bigoted, lies always sound better than truth:
Christians are persecuted in this country.
The government is coming to get your guns.
Obama is a Muslim.
Global Warming is a hoax.
The president is forcing open homosexuality on the military.
Schools push a left-wing agenda.
Social Security is an entitlement, no different from welfare.
Obama hates white people.
The life on earth is 10,000 years old and so is the universe.
The safety net contributes to poverty.
The government is taking money from you and giving it to sex-crazed college women
to pay for their birth control.

[stevenleser]

35. Can I steal most or all of this for a Facebook post? nt

[rhett o rick]

38. I have always said that the Republican Party is made up of the rich and the gullible. nm

[Quixote1818]

39. PERFECT! Big K and R. nt

[Uncle Joe]

42. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, stevenleser.

[4lbs]

44. The one on the left looks like John Goodman.

Hmm...

[Glaisne]

45. To add to the list:

Teachers, College Professors, Public Workers, Unions, Union Members, Secularists, Atheists and the omnipresent elitist Liberal Media!!.

[nolabear]

46. As Pogo would say, Perzackly.

[andym]

47. Need to add "Big government" and "stealing my freedom" to the guy on the left

those are the most abused conservative talking points.

[Tarheel_Dem]

48. K&R