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AltaGuy · 11-14-2016, 08:16 PM

I don't think racists or bigots voted in Trump, and I'm a left-side-of-center guy. I do think a bunch of rural and poorish Americans voted against their best interests, which unfortunately aligned with that large segment of Americans who are in that fact-less Fox news land and are Republicans forever based on guns and abortions.

In my opinion, the view espoused in this thread that the far left (Black Lives Matter, LGBQT, whomever we want to use as an example of "regressive" leftism) is to blame for swing voters voting Trump is laughable.

The candidate was Hillary Clinton, not Bernie Sanders. Hillary Clinton is an elitist snob without any real cause aside from power and opportunity. The far left was screwed by the DNC and HRC faction. But we have a discussion going on here about how identity politics and tribalism and the far left is the issue? HRC is none of those things. She isn't an activist or a SJW or a regressive leftist.

Frankly, it just seems like the usual posters are beating the usual drums. But it has very little to do with what actually transpired imo.

11-14-2016, 08:16 PM	#1773
AltaGuy AltaGuy has a magnetic personality and exudes positive energy, which is infectious to those around him. He has an unparalleled ability to communicate with people, whether he is speaking to a room of three or an arena of 30,000. Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: At le pub... Exp:	I don't think racists or bigots voted in Trump, and I'm a left-side-of-center guy. I do think a bunch of rural and poorish Americans voted against their best interests, which unfortunately aligned with that large segment of Americans who are in that fact-less Fox news land and are Republicans forever based on guns and abortions. In my opinion, the view espoused in this thread that the far left (Black Lives Matter, LGBQT, whomever we want to use as an example of "regressive" leftism) is to blame for swing voters voting Trump is laughable. The candidate was Hillary Clinton, not Bernie Sanders. Hillary Clinton is an elitist snob without any real cause aside from power and opportunity. The far left was screwed by the DNC and HRC faction. But we have a discussion going on here about how identity politics and tribalism and the far left is the issue? HRC is none of those things. She isn't an activist or a SJW or a regressive leftist. Frankly, it just seems like the usual posters are beating the usual drums. But it has very little to do with what actually transpired imo.