Posted on 04/22/2016 9:53:33 AM PDT by dennisw
1)When poor working class whites were supporting liberal Democrats, liberalism was confined to economics. There was no abortion, no "gay rights," no transgender nonsense, and no confusion about bathrooms. Liberals, including the writer, continue to pretend that what they are pushing these days is the pure continuation of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, "neither omitting anything therefrom nor adding anything thereto."
2)They never seem to notice that this "they're all stupid" critique never ever seems to be applied to their icons du jour, eg, Blacks, Hispanics, moslems, etc. Poor Blacks are mirror images of poor whites (especially Southern whites), but their ignorance, religiosity, and bad grammar are actually publicly celebrated by the same smug over-educated elites who jump on every mispronunciation by a poor white. These particular ignoramuses are somehow regarded as honorary Profound Left Wing Intellectuals. And I can assure you that that is noticed and resented. (Especially when smug liberals who make fun of white Fundamentalists make a point of going to Black Fundamentalist churches and having orgasms about the "quaint, non-western culture" they find there.)
Does anyone have the slightest doubt about what this writer's answer would be to the question "would you accept socialism with social conservatism?" This despite the fact that this is precisely the nature of the Stalinist dictatorships they apologized for for decades.)
Almost more amazing than this being Vox is that this FR thread is free of primary sniping and contains thoughtful responses. This thread could have existed 10 or 15 years ago. It seems out of place today.
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Abandon us?
No problem we’ll just import all the ‘voters’ we need as invaders. Between that and the K-16 indoctrination of the gullible children of current citizens, we’ll never have to worry about being out of power.
Emmett Rensin (born January 20, 1990) is an American essayist, best known for his book Twitterature World's Greatest Books in 20 tweets, co-written by Alexander Aciman.[1] He currently serves as a contributor to the Los Angeles Times Opinion Blog,[2] USA Today,[3] Salon,[4] the New Republic,[5] and the Los Angeles Review of Books.[6] In 2012, he was a founding member of Chicago's First Floor Theater, which won the Chicago Reader's Best of 2013 Poll for "Best New Theater Company".[7] He is a graduate of The University of Chicago.
I'd have characterized the author as an "old-time liberal" -- given his labor union focus and insights regarding modern liberals -- but he turns out to be a young'un hisself.
This essay will not gain Mr. Rensin any popularity among his contemporaries, that's for sure.
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