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[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

I agree with all of this, but did it grow from the original "are the dumb equally represented" argument? Because I think a lot of what you point to as Dem talking points may not be real motivators for a big chunk of the base. I'd say that the R's have moved to having talking points aimed at moving the dumb, whereas the Dems aim at higher thoughts, assuming their dumb will be there anyway.

I think people on the left who aren't educated still have a level of compassion that will never be found on the right (at least politically). Democrats know that their people will be there because the types of policy they propose is based on a level of compassion that gets booed at Republican rallies. So, whether or not a supporter is dumb or uneducated, they can understand a policy that protects people. There are exceptions of course (see black churches being homophobic as fuck), but designing policy based on depriving things to other people isn't really a Democratic phenomenon.*

TM

*Obviously the next step in the argument is the makers v. takers point. But that doesn't really speak to all of the "takers" on the right who have redefined themselves as "makers" solely based on the historical status they are currently so terrified of losing.