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I wonder if this is uniquely American or if peer western countries -- KCHoo 03/23/2017 09:18AM Check out the graphic in the linked article -- Joey Wahoo 03/23/2017 12:35PM Thanks. I missed the link. Really a remarkable story. -- KCHoo 03/23/2017 1:00PM Here's a piece from today's WaPo on the subject -- Joey Wahoo 03/24/2017 12:12PM Honestly, much of it comes down to better medical ethics in other countries -- WahooRQ 03/23/2017 1:07PM I am probably over-extrapolating, but in my circle of friends, -- HoosWillWin 03/23/2017 07:31AM I'm an older white guy and I've gotten progressively more angry since -- Seattle .Hoo 03/23/2017 10:11AM I think the rise of hate/fear-mongering outlets like Rush Limbaugh and Fox -- JSHoo 03/23/2017 09:31AM Please explain how this is different than perpetuating blatant economic -- CharlestonSC 03/23/2017 11:20AM Who or what do you think is "perpetuating blatant economic falsehoods"? -- JSHoo 03/23/2017 1:00PM I'm also interested in the ginned up economic falsehoods. ** -- hoodeyo 03/23/2017 2:28PM Well, Trump did a lot of that too. -- WahooRQ 03/23/2017 11:56AM There's a difference between making sure the underpinnings of society and -- CharlestonSC 03/23/2017 2:50PM And how about blaming it on the "political elites" or "the regulation" or -- WahooRQ 03/23/2017 2:55PM "Elites" yes .... when you start talking about "Regulation" if you're just -- CharlestonSC 03/23/2017 3:26PM Everyone has their own boogeyman ** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 03/23/2017 3:07PM Even the racist, misogynistic rednecks who voted for Trump, right? :) -- WahooRQ 03/23/2017 3:08PM Yep, and especially the elitist pricks that drive Audi's ; ). -- Cold Hoober Hoo 03/23/2017 4:54PM I would argue that class warfare democrats participate in is ginning up -- TomKazanski 03/23/2017 11:51AM Yea fear mongering (aka The democrat party centerpiece) is rush and fox -- TomKazanski 03/23/2017 10:49AM I agree. These guys believe some crazy stuff, and have no -- HoosWillWin 03/23/2017 10:20AM Maybe the Dems don't know how to connect with -- Capital City Hoo 03/23/2017 11:29AM I agree. The two concepts are not mutually exclusive. Honestly, -- HoosWillWin 03/23/2017 11:41AM I think there is a deeper issue here... we like to talk about people -- Capital City Hoo 03/23/2017 1:36PM The democrat party believes in the almighty govt. even with a track record -- TomKazanski 03/23/2017 10:50AM Symptoms, not causes ** -- Beerman 03/23/2017 10:19AM They were angry during the Clinton and Bush W years? ** -- psychobilly 03/23/2017 09:02AM Maybe, but it has become to where they can barely speak -- HoosWillWin 03/23/2017 10:25AM You want to see anger just look at the posts from your pals on the left -- TomKazanski 03/23/2017 11:38AM Increasingly, yes, probably. -- hoolstoptheheels 03/23/2017 09:13AM No I don't think you are over-extrapolating. -- hoolstoptheheels 03/23/2017 09:02AM Agreed. I wish there were more easy solutions. ** -- HoosWillWin 03/23/2017 10:27AM It's not a movement. It's a protest. -- Beerman 03/23/2017 10:25AM And that differs from most movements how? -- hoolstoptheheels 03/23/2017 10:41AM Tomayto, Tomahto :) -- Beerman 03/23/2017 10:53AM As I alluded to yesterday, I think this changes when people see what a shit -- Seattle .Hoo 03/23/2017 10:19AM I'm not so sure. I believe they will defend him and scapegoat the -- southdenverhoo 03/23/2017 10:49AM For a little while that will certainly be true. But the GOP is showing -- Seattle .Hoo 03/23/2017 11:26AM Knowledge economy presents some un-PC questions ... it doesn't take a lot -- CharlestonSC 03/23/2017 09:50AM How many rural white people voted for Obama or John Kerry? ** -- WahooRQ 03/23/2017 09:13AM I didn't really respond to your question. -- hoolstoptheheels 03/23/2017 09:24AM Exactly. What changed? Trump gave them a movement. -- hoolstoptheheels 03/23/2017 09:20AM Romney and McCain dominated the rural white vote too. -- WahooRQ 03/23/2017 09:36AM I should introduce you to my sister. You guys agree on this. -- hoolstoptheheels 03/23/2017 09:54AM It's also important to look not just at the general election -- Joey Wahoo 03/23/2017 12:41PM Ted Cruz did very well with rural voters in the GOP primaries. -- WahooRQ 03/23/2017 1:04PM Agreed. But at the time I never imagined it would translate -- hoolstoptheheels 03/23/2017 12:48PM Here is a hispanic woman (I think) who regrets voting for Trump now -- KCHoo 03/23/2017 1:42PM Good point. Here's the most interesting piece I read on the situation -- Joey Wahoo 03/23/2017 1:02PM Thanks, Hool. I more or less agree with you. -- WahooRQ 03/23/2017 10:44AM Maybe my disagreement is more about semantics than anything else. -- hoolstoptheheels 03/23/2017 12:41PM I agree. I still think Trump is mostly the result of a white demographic -- Seattle .Hoo 03/23/2017 11:34AM If hillary had received the same african american numbers or close to them -- KCHoo 03/23/2017 11:44AM Right but failure to capture 90.9% of a demographic is not -- southdenverhoo 03/23/2017 9:43PM Very true. But it would not have captured the Senate I don't believe. The -- Seattle .Hoo 03/23/2017 11:51AM I think that is correct. Certainly the state houses are very repub. ** -- KCHoo 03/23/2017 12:03PM The Republicans really got their shit together after Obama in 2008. -- WahooRQ 03/23/2017 12:13PM Folks like the Koch brothers recognized the value in that ** -- KCHoo 03/23/2017 12:20PM Both literally and figuratively, yes they did. ** -- WahooRQ 03/23/2017 1:10PM Rural-Urban Divide -- Joey Wahoo 03/23/2017 06:24AM I think this divide is under-explored and undervalued as a reason things .. -- HowieT3 03/23/2017 08:47AM It does, has, and always will. It's cultural more than anything. -- WahooRQ 03/23/2017 09:12AM Those disability rates in Appalachian coal country are very sad ** -- Tuckahokie 03/23/2017 07:19AM
