DemocratSinceBirth (75,465 posts)
The truth is the Deplorables hate us. We can not run from it !
Why Rural America Voted for Trump
Knoxville, Iowa — One recent morning, I sat near two young men at a coffee shop here whom I’ve known since they were little boys. Now about 18, they pushed away from the table, and one said: “Let’s go to work. Let the liberals sleep in.” The other nodded.
They’re hard workers. As a kid, one washed dishes, took orders and swept the floor at a restaurant. Every summer, the other picked sweet corn by hand at dawn for a farm stand and for grocery stores, and then went to work all day on his parents’ farm. Now one is a welder, and the other is in his first year at a state university on an academic scholarship. They are conservative, believe in hard work, family, the military and cops, and they know that abortion and socialism are evil, that Jesus Christ is our savior, and that Donald J. Trump will be good for America.
They are part of a growing movement in rural America that immerses many young people in a culture — not just conservative news outlets but also home and church environments — that emphasizes contemporary conservative values. It views liberals as loathsome, misinformed and weak, even dangerous.
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While many blame poor decisions by Mrs. Clinton for her loss, in an environment like this, the Democratic candidate probably didn’t matter. And the Democratic Party may not for generations to come. The Republican brand is strong in rural America — perhaps even strong enough to withstand a disastrous Trump presidency.
Rural conservatives feel that their world is under siege, and that Democrats are an enemy to be feared and loathed. Given the philosophical premises Mr. Watts presented as the difference between Democrats and Republicans, reconciliation seems a long way off.
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You had your chance, Proglodytes, but you insisted on pushing too far.
You had your legal abortion but you insisted we pay for it.
You had your gay marriage but you demanded we bake your cakes.
You had your indiscriminate sex but you compelled us to buy your birth control.
You had your clean water laws but you made standing water on a homestead grounds for seizing land and destroying family homes.
You weren't content with being free to do what you wanted, you demanded that we worship what you worship and when we declined you demanded your religion of self-indulgence be turned into law and all unbelievers brought to heel.
Now the backlash cometh.
We will abolish your religious laws.
If we feel magnanimous we will not abolish your religion.
Perhaps you should work towards getting on our good side.
DemocratSinceBirth (75,465 posts)
4. "Rural conservatives feel that their world is under siege, and that Democrats are an enemy..."
"Rural conservatives feel that their world is under siege, and that Democrats are an enemy to be feared and loathed", not Putin or the Russians , for instance.
Your ability to hide behind that lie fades with each passing day.
Chasstev365 (1,956 posts)
3. Yes, I'm sure many young Germans loved the Fatherland in the 30's as much as tbe love "Merica"
It seems to me you will never change their minds on the social issues, but we might be able to show them in time how they are being ****ed economically.
We don't take economics lessons from the cheerleaders of Cuba and Venezuela.
And thanks for admitting you don't love America, you only love power.
Horse with no Name (31,780 posts)
5. This. This is where I live.
We won't change them. They are indoctrinated.
Why are those you accuse of being easily led not being led by you?
tanyev (25,287 posts)
6. I don't care much for them either, but I still want them to have health insurance,
Social Security, and food stamps if they need them. They, on the other hand, are happily getting ready to cut off their own noses in order to spite us.
Die broke, infected and starving, leech.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028433388
