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In reply to the discussion: Spin Off: I don't understand why folks question dedication to the Clinton's [View all]wildeyed
(11,243 posts)this year? Looks like it will swing the Dem nomination. It has been important to Dems in the GE since after Voting Rights, but it is getting close to the time when we don't need the white swing voters to beat the ex-Dixiecrats anymore. The balance is beginning to shift.
I am just talking out loud.... but it kind of make sense.
So some of it may be rage as they watch their privilege melt away. To me, that also indicates a lack of self-confidence in their ability to negotiate the change, and a lack of optimism too. They are afraid, I think.
And then there is a simple lack of courtesy and common sense. When someone tells me they have decide already or they don't wish to say who they will vote for... well there it is. The polite thing to do is to accept that answer. And the worst thing to do is to attack the person, their candidate or their sanity (duh).
Much of it is a simple issue of manners, IMO. When you are white, it is hard not to be clueless about certain aspects of race and culture, even if you mean well. But it is easy to be polite. And being polite involves listening when others talk, at least part of the time, particularly if you are new and not the expert on the issues being discussed.
This is a group dedicated to the discussion of African American Issues. And of course the primary has a place in that discussion. But if that is the ONLY thing you want to discuss, you have not been here before to talk about other things, and particularly if you are white, then, I dunno, but that just seems rude to me.
It is funny too, about who the regulars in this forum are actually voting for. I am not that concerned one way or the other, but my impression is that is VERY split. There is plenty nasty said about Clinton too. But when people come screaming in here to defend St. Sanders from some real or imagined slight, they just multiply the number of negative posts about him. Oh well. That is the common sense part, or lack there of....