2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Elizabeth Warren is being swarmed for not endorsing Bernie Sanders [View all]Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)I do in fact think that the majority of AA voters who support Hillary are not acting in their best interests ; it's no different, IMO, from holding the same opinion of working-class people who vote GOP. However it's not my call to make for them. Nor would I say something like that to someone (AA Democrat or working-class GOP'er alike), unless it was a friend of mine with whom frank exchanges of views would be expected and not considered presumptuous or rude (and frankly, the sort of people I select as friends tend to have no problem telling me I'm full of shit!).
I think a lot of it boils down to how political disagreement is expressed. When there is personal respect and civility, it's valuable to discuss political disagreements, if only to better understand the other person's reasoning. When you can do that, there's less temptation to attribute their disagreement to stupidity or vested interest. When it's sniping better suited to 4chan...not so much.
But politics is the most contentious of subjects (save perhaps for religion), and I'm far, far from perfect in this regard. I'm, um...kind of a bitch, frankly.