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Originally Posted by rubecube
I've actually said a couple times in the last couple of months that I agree with you on this topic. You can't just dismiss all of these folks as racist, bigoted morons, because the demographic evidence doesn't support it, and it's ineffective anyways.
This is what I posted last week and I still stand by it:
That said, I also don't think educated "elites" should abandon the positions that are important to them either just to win votes. That's exactly how the overton window has shifted so far right in the U.S. since the Reagan years.
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Most important two sentences in this discussion. The last few years has been nothing but
1. The left needs to respect the right/alt right views and their people or they'll never change, and;
2. The left needs to change their goals and ideals and give to the right in order to bring the sides together, otherwise they're adding to the division.