You are entitled to your feelings [View all]
On occasions I read the advice columns when the writer asks: am I wrong to feel that way?
The reply is that this is not right or wrong, If this is the way they feel then the partner (often) has to respect this.
I was thinking about this reading the condescending reactions to a rural Minnesota woman about why she switched from Obama to Trump. One reason, besides the deteriorating economic conditions, was the way Democrats have been looking down on Trump supporters.
DUers would not take this and responded with.. well, looking down.
On these pages I have often encountered similar attitudes. I would post about the need to approach rural voters and many reactions would be “f**k rural voters.”
Rural voters have contributed to our loss. Rural areas have suffered economically but, apparently we have not offered ways to help. Not even Whiny type platitudes of bringing the jobs back.
Some here continue to claim that we were cheated, that racism and misogyny were behind the loss, continue to find reasons. I am not going to argue about this. Clearly Democratic leaders think that changes are needed and are working on them.
And I appreciate the need to vent on these pages. But I hope that at some point we can be part of the next steps, to find the causes of the loss and to come with new approaches.
OK, start shooting (metaphorically)
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