Ah, thank you. That explained it quite well.
While we're dealing with perceptions, maybe there should be a "Democrats for Fudge" line of merchandise, working off of the equally non-inclusive
perceptions of Democrats favoring government expansion at any cost, being willing to do anything to get into/keep office (notably truer in the case of the
Clintons than in the majority of Democrats), and taking advice from people who don't have the best interest of the people in mind (Really, how can the Dems
work with anti-Semite and anti-white leaders like Jesse Jackson and Louis Farrakhan, and still be called 'tolerant'?).
Sorry for the rant, but as a libertarian, I identify most with the Republicans. I come from a family of Republicans, and that perception of racist, anti-white
elitism certainly doesn't apply to anything I've seen, heard, or discussed. It's been a major irritation to me for years, especially since I
can't understand where it came from- I see most of the policies that the left calls 'elitist' as populist, instead.
I won't go any deeper into it, as this is not the Politics board, except to say that none of this was meant with any hatred or vitriol. I tried to
restrain myself to a level of civility equal with the rest of the discussion, and a level of truthfulness equal with that all-too-common perception of the
Republican agenda. If I've failed to do so, delete my post, but I just had to respond to that idea.
Thanks for being polite and non-dogmatic with your phrasing of the explanation, by the way.
My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.
I've been writing a bit.
While we're dealing with perceptions, maybe there should be a "Democrats for Fudge" line of merchandise, working off of the equally non-inclusive
perceptions of Democrats favoring government expansion at any cost, being willing to do anything to get into/keep office (notably truer in the case of the
Clintons than in the majority of Democrats), and taking advice from people who don't have the best interest of the people in mind (Really, how can the Dems
work with anti-Semite and anti-white leaders like Jesse Jackson and Louis Farrakhan, and still be called 'tolerant'?).
Sorry for the rant, but as a libertarian, I identify most with the Republicans. I come from a family of Republicans, and that perception of racist, anti-white
elitism certainly doesn't apply to anything I've seen, heard, or discussed. It's been a major irritation to me for years, especially since I
can't understand where it came from- I see most of the policies that the left calls 'elitist' as populist, instead.
I won't go any deeper into it, as this is not the Politics board, except to say that none of this was meant with any hatred or vitriol. I tried to
restrain myself to a level of civility equal with the rest of the discussion, and a level of truthfulness equal with that all-too-common perception of the
Republican agenda. If I've failed to do so, delete my post, but I just had to respond to that idea.
Thanks for being polite and non-dogmatic with your phrasing of the explanation, by the way.
My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.
I've been writing a bit.