TIME: Meet the rust belt voters who voted for Trump

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63. Still stand behind my comment

I think that most people here on DU got that when people were saying BLM, they were meaning that to protect everyone's civil rights, we have to start with those being affected them most. The information challenged do not get the inclusive message, and only hear the "or" exclusive case.

I would argue this is one of the motives of the non-news click-bait websites and low-fact based broadcasting done by Fox who do their best to make it only a Black (or identity-based) issue rather than something that affects all of us in some capacity.

I think in the end, this comes down to the following pragmatic difference. These people are still reachable in some capacity - it just takes the right message. They mean well even if they chose to live a life of ignorance.

Or more simply - there is no motivation among low-information people, you may hear parroting, but no understanding On the flip side, there is motivation among those who are racists/bigots with a high degree of motivation.

And yes, I chose to not stereotype people which I think many are doing here when they unilaterally slam people.

For the record, I'm a Texas Progressive/Populist (a real Populist, not like Trump), and it burns me whenever people generically and stereotypical slam Texas or other red states in the same way that they are slamming the people in the Rust belt.

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