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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]January 6th is everything to me[/quote]

I was traumatized by that and can't fathom how the Republicans rationalize it.[/quote]

The most common class signaling we do is to pretend that we “can’t even fathom” what middle class voters are thinking.  HOW can they possibly disagree with us richer, more educated, more moral people on climate, migrants, trans, whatever.  If we’ve never even been able to UNDERSTAND, what middle class people even THINK, well, that show that we really are more fancy.  They may look like is, but we’re definitely NOT like them!  No Trump, no gold buildings, Nd no McDonalds for us![/quote]

That works in reverse too. Where are the MAGAs reaching out to understand what Democrats want?

…Oh, that’s right.  They don’t care.  Because, according to your calculus, simply being in power is proof that you are correct and morally superior.[/quote]

You’re confused.  Republicans know what hardcore Dems want.  We broadcast it all over the media.  And middle class voters din’t have status anxiety the way we do.  They already know we’re more affluent.  But we want to prove to each other, to our upper middle class peers, that we are NOTHNG like the mere middle class.

It’s just signaling.  We know the middle class doesn’t care about climate like we do, doesn’t care about trans like we (say we) do, etc.  We just play dumb sometimes among each other as a way to strike a pose.[/quote]

Everything you’ve just said is completely wrong.  Republicans and RW media outlets lie and distort all the time. They mischaracterize Democrats.  They demonize Democrats.  They have no idea what Democrats stand for, or they pretend not to, because the Dem positions on things like health care, the environment, and worker’s rights are in fact more popular with voters than useless grievance politics.  Their tactic is to drown out Dem messaging with a lot of culture war noise and take control of the narrative. It feels good to blame everything on immigrants, but it doesn’t lower the price of groceries or make your drinking water safer.

You’re doing the same thing right now: caricaturing Democrats as effete out of touch upper class snobs constantly “signaling” to each other about trans people.  You love that term, signaling, as if you don’t believe Democrats are real people with thoughtful opinions based on a lifetime of observing how the world works.  It’s incredibly condescending and dishonest to pretend to speak for people when you clearly have no idea what you’re talking about.
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