| Baby. It's all over. The swamp is draining. Hold on to something g if you can. |
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Education wasn't the primary division. This election broke down by race and gender in a divisional gap never before seen in the US. Education, income and religion only comes in on a third pass within sub groups.
This election was a referendum on race and sexism. It reflected the deep seated racial and gender biases that cross cut across groups. It revealed that many Americans are not as tolerant as we thought we were and that sexism is prevalent. Both democrats and republicans have long misunderstood that sexism is just as prevalent within women as it is with men. Women from evangelical household who accept that women should be subordinate to men fight even harder than men against equality in the workplace for women. Women who depend on their husbands financially are just if not more angry if their husband doesn't get a promotion because a women or minority takes the job. They aren't oppressed or unhappy as they chose this lifestyle but they view women in leadership roles who advocate for women's equality in the workplace 's a threat to their own security. Many liberals were shocked that the religious voters supported Trump -a man who proudly embraced his serial adultery, multiple marriages/divorces, chasing women, grabbing pussy etc. What liberals failed to see is that in evangelical communities women are often blamed for men;s sins. If a man cheats -its the wife's fault for not adequately meeting his needs. Men can be sinners and forgiven but its always Eve who tempted him in the first place. HRC never cheated but her husband did. In their eyes she is more guilty for Bill's affairs than he is because the women is the one at fault. The unifying factor in this election was cultural backlash. For many white men -educated or not and white women - 8 years of a black president followed by 4 years of woman was too much. |
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No, it's not. But I'm glad you're enjoying your Hope and Change. Better late than never. |
Not so sure about that. According to Nate Silver, "Clinton won all 18 states where an above average share of the population has advanced degrees. She lost 29 of the other 32." The smart, educated-beyond-just-a-BS crowd voted Clinton. |
Let's get ready to pay $6/pound for tomatoes, if Americans are picking them at $12/hr, that's what it's gonna cost and we should all support and budget $1200/month for groceries. I am willing and ready, are you? |
| OP and others who feel this: don't you worry about what this extreme greed and selfishness says about you? I really believe that it's toxic to live that way. |
Dear god, lady. Please retreat to your safe space. |
They already knew. That's precisely why they voted for Trump, to force you to listen even if you don't give a sh*t. |
OP here, it just says that I am willing to embrace the Conservative way of thinking that apparently prevails in this country: me first. |
You were always a Republican. It just took a long time for you to realize it. |
I don't understand how you could vote for Sanders or Clinton and then say this. It's a total 180. |
There is plenty of racism toward working class white people on this thread, but I doubt that is what PP is talking about. |
Yes, I think that is what first PP is pointing to. And I agree, it's an appalling thread with name-calling, language, and especially with explicit and implicit racism. |
Oh boohoo, poor white males being oppressed. STFU, you are whiny babies just like the president you elected. And he'll give you some good reasons to whine soon enough |