Reply #84: Could there be a third group? [View All]

[LisaLynne]

I'm probably over-simplifying it, but there are a lot of people who vote Republican around me who do so, although they would never admit it out loud, for racist/sexist/heterosexist/etc-ist reasons. They don't like civil rights. They are white, heterosexual men who who buy into the "macho" definition of manhood and don't want anybody to take that away from them. What about that group? It seems like a fairly large demographic here, but I don't think that would hold true all over the country ...so maybe they can be ignored? I mean, they're probably not going to change their minds or be reachable. Am I being too defeatist?

Other than that, I whole-heartedly agree with your post. We can't just keep thinking of them as stupid and evil. There are good people who just don't have the time to stay involved and informed and people who have just been plain old duped.