Anonymous
Post 02/07/2020 12:52     Subject: Re:What can bring the country together?
Less paying attention to media, more actually speaking and interacting with people different than you in various ways.

Taking pride in America WHILE recognizing its flaws and imperfections.

Anonymous
Post 02/07/2020 12:49     Subject: What can bring the country together?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have been traveling to the Midwest for years to visit family. The divide happened a long time ago. Before Obama was elected. I put the blame on right wing radio and entertainment outlets like Fox News, Breitbart, Glenn Beck, and Alex Jones. The entertainment they push is anger and outrage, bigotry and sexism. I watched my dad get sucked into that world but he died in 2013. Folks are reeling in this country due to huge economic shifts that are occurring in economic/labor market, much like the industrial revolution. If you think back to that time in history and the profound changes that occurred, it makes sense.

The only thing that is going to change is the younger generations will be able to cope more with the new economic/labor environment and the ones in the thick of the change will die off.


That’s part of it but the liberal side is equally ridiculous. The liberal pocketbook seems to have no end and yet the younger generation feels poorer even if they aren’t because they need more things to live. Frugalness is not respected anymore. They also support much more extreme causes than they used to. Since when were liberals only on the side of pro choice if they supported abortion on demand up until the delivery date? Are there also liberal shows that are causing these extreme views?


This is a good example of what pp was talking about re Fox News and other right-wing media. PP has made a number of incorrect statements about people on the left, most likely Fed to him by right-wing media. Assisting the right-wing media is pp’s unwillingness and/or inability to think critically about the things he hears from that right-wing media.


Agree 1000%. But PP will never in a million years admit it.
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2020 12:47     Subject: Re:What can bring the country together?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Nothing until White Christian identity politics fades as the central force in politics.


This!


+1


+2

Anonymous
Post 02/07/2020 12:15     Subject: Re:What can bring the country together?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Nothing until White Christian identity politics fades as the central force in politics.


This!


+1
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2020 12:07     Subject: What can bring the country together?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Moving past Id politics


Never. That's the most politicians bread and butter.


FIFY
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2020 12:06     Subject: What can bring the country together?
The redirection of foreign aid to the MTA to free the New York City subway fare. More non-citizens would benefit from fare elimination than by anything the State Department has come up with. Have you seen the ballsy FTP mob?

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=protest+at+grand+central+today&ru=%2fvideos%2fsearch%3fq%3dprotest%2bat%2bgrand%2bcentral%2btoday%26FORM%3dVDRESM&view=detail&mid=EA66400DFBF762BE7BFEEA66400DFBF762BE7BFE&rvsmid=1190ACE3A79122212B821190ACE3A79122212B82&FORM=VDQVAP
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2020 11:34     Subject: What can bring the country together?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It won't happen OP. I am white but many whites want to hold on to the last vestiges of supremacy and power.


It’s terrifying for some people to look around and for the first time, see through the eyes of a minority, where people do not look like you. It makes them feel afraid, and unsafe. Like people are going to mistreat them the way they mistreated so many others. I’m speaking specifically about the type of person you’re mentioning, not painting with a broad brush over an entire race.


I'm a minority and don't feel mistreated. Individuals can be a-holes but they come in all colors, not just white. Currently the only party that actively promotes racist policies against people of my ethnic group are Democrats through their support of Affirmative Action. But I am not terrified of Democrats as a whole or individual Demorats. I know their position is based on ignorance.


I’m a minority too. Maybe you missed my point. Whites have never been a minority. It’s scary to some of them.
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2020 11:26     Subject: What can bring the country together?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It won't happen OP. I am white but many whites want to hold on to the last vestiges of supremacy and power.


It’s terrifying for some people to look around and for the first time, see through the eyes of a minority, where people do not look like you. It makes them feel afraid, and unsafe. Like people are going to mistreat them the way they mistreated so many others. I’m speaking specifically about the type of person you’re mentioning, not painting with a broad brush over an entire race.


I'm a minority and don't feel mistreated. Individuals can be a-holes but they come in all colors, not just white. Currently the only party that actively promotes racist policies against people of my ethnic group are Democrats through their support of Affirmative Action. But I am not terrified of Democrats as a whole or individual Demorats. I know their position is based on ignorance.
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2020 11:23     Subject: What can bring the country together?
Anonymous wrote:It won't happen OP. I am white but many whites want to hold on to the last vestiges of supremacy and power.


It’s terrifying for some people to look around and for the first time, see through the eyes of a minority, where people do not look like you. It makes them feel afraid, and unsafe. Like people are going to mistreat them the way they mistreated so many others. I’m speaking specifically about the type of person you’re mentioning, not painting with a broad brush over an entire race.
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2020 11:21     Subject: What can bring the country together?
Anonymous wrote:He won't try to bring the country together, because otherwise we would not win. His base thrives on fear and anger. He will keep doubling down on this crap.

If you try to polish a turd all you'll do is get sh#t on your hands.


Sad truth.
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2020 11:15     Subject: Re:What can bring the country together?
Anonymous wrote:Nothing until White Christian identity politics fades as the central force in politics.


This!
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2020 11:15     Subject: What can bring the country together?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Moving past Id politics


Never. That's the democrats bread and butter.

What is “identity politics”? Do you define it as anything other than traditional politics, which centers white Christians?
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2020 11:05     Subject: What can bring the country together?
Anonymous wrote:Moving past Id politics


Never. That's the democrats bread and butter.
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2020 11:04     Subject: What can bring the country together?
Anonymous wrote:Serious question. I am so exhausted by the vitriol. Are we going to get past this time in our country? If so, what gets us there? If not, how long can we survive like this?


You don't just shit on people for decades and then decide to bring them together when it's no longer convenient for you.
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2020 11:02     Subject: Re:What can bring the country together?
Nothing until White Christian identity politics fades as the central force in politics.