I'm not sure who is more smug: Sean Hannity or Rachel Maddow. But, I know which of them consistently punches up, and which one punches down, and that is far mor

I'm not sure who is more smug: Sean Hannity or Rachel Maddow. But, I know which of them consistently punches up, and which one punches down, and that is far more important to me. As for the current state of political discourse I think you can draw a pretty convincing line from the dawn of right-wing talk radio, though Fox News et al, all the way to pretty much what we have now. But that doesn't matter too much anymore and what's done is done. The political climate is polarized and that is the arena in which liberals have to compete to have their voices heard and their ideas implemented. So, that said, liberal Democrats probably should not worry too much about hurting the feelings of white racist reactionaries as they go about building a coalition that can win more national elections. In fact, I'm not sure any wing of the Democratic party should do that. White nationalists already have a party that is happy to accommodate them, and trying to beat that is probably just going to alienate everyone else.