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Yes, Democratic Party, please keep insulting working-class American citizens by calling them vile names. The Republican Party will be happy to receive their vot

Yes, Democratic Party, please keep insulting working-class American citizens by calling them vile names. The Republican Party will be happy to receive their votes.

deelowe 10y ago
First, I'm a conservative though I lean heavily towards libertarian. That said, who called anyone names? Would you have felt more comfortable with my statement if I had substituted xenophobia for brown people? I don't think racism is as huge a factor as simple scapegoating and opportunism by politicians. The public is being misled and comments like the parent's ignore the very real impact automation is having on society.
- rhapsodic 10y ago
  > That said, who called anyone names? You said: > while millions of blue collar workers take to blaming brown people for job losses Which is effectively calling millions of blue collar workers racist. That is a vile and disgusting and baseless insult which is right out of the playbook of the Democratic party, whether you're a Democrat or not. And it's also signalling your own virtue to the world. By decrying the racism in others, you're announcing to the world how properly non-racist you are. This has started to backfire on the Democratic party. Their hectoring and name-calling is not nearly as effective as it used to be. If it were, Clinton would have won in a landslide, because that's the main way she argued against the need to control the US's borders. I really hope they keep it up though.
  - TheAdamAndChe 10y ago
    It also really dismisses the effect of illegal immigration on lower-class labor work and acts like they're crazy for even suggesting it. 10 million immigrants is a lot of people, and if a lot of them are doing lower class work, that suppresses wages for American workers.
dang 10y ago
Please don't use HN for partisan battle. It's not good if an account veers into using this site primarily for politics. We eventually have to ban those (regardless of what their politics actually are) because it's destructive of the things HN is really for.

Yes, Democratic Party, please keep insulting working-class American citizens by calling them vile names. The Republican Party will be happy to receive their votes.

deelowe 10y ago

First, I'm a conservative though I lean heavily towards libertarian. That said, who called anyone names? Would you have felt more comfortable with my statement if I had substituted xenophobia for brown people? I don't think racism is as huge a factor as simple scapegoating and opportunism by politicians. The public is being misled and comments like the parent's ignore the very real impact automation is having on society.

rhapsodic 10y ago
> That said, who called anyone names? You said: > while millions of blue collar workers take to blaming brown people for job losses Which is effectively calling millions of blue collar workers racist. That is a vile and disgusting and baseless insult which is right out of the playbook of the Democratic party, whether you're a Democrat or not. And it's also signalling your own virtue to the world. By decrying the racism in others, you're announcing to the world how properly non-racist you are. This has started to backfire on the Democratic party. Their hectoring and name-calling is not nearly as effective as it used to be. If it were, Clinton would have won in a landslide, because that's the main way she argued against the need to control the US's borders. I really hope they keep it up though.
- TheAdamAndChe 10y ago
  It also really dismisses the effect of illegal immigration on lower-class labor work and acts like they're crazy for even suggesting it. 10 million immigrants is a lot of people, and if a lot of them are doing lower class work, that suppresses wages for American workers.

dang 10y ago

Please don't use HN for partisan battle. It's not good if an account veers into using this site primarily for politics. We eventually have to ban those (regardless of what their politics actually are) because it's destructive of the things HN is really for.