(04-11-2018 11:43 AM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(04-11-2018 10:48 AM)JustAnotherAustinOwlStill Wrote:  Splitting this off into a separate post – I’ve said this before, and I only become more convinced of it over time, but it seems like taking offense at perceived slights from “elites” has become a defining characteristic of today’s Republican party. To the point that it’s just plain weird, and seemingly more important than policy.

Taking offense at perceived slights from "others", to a point that is weird and more important than policy, is indeed a (perhaps the) defining characteristic of contemporary identity politics. I will leave it to you to assess which party, if either, has hitched its wagon more to that star.

I know which one I bet he will say is "worse".

Is it more of a reach to think Hillary is talking about "you" when she says "deplorables" or when Obama talks about bitter clingers, than to think Trump hates Mexicans because he says "they are all rapists" when talking about illegals? I guess everybody stretches in the direction they want to go to. I didn't take Trump's statement to be racist, but those that want to take it that way, do, and then present it as "proof". Was Hillary talking about me? Was Obama? I think they were both talking about some stereotype they hold in their mind about people in the flyover states. Since I am between coasts, that's me. And it would probably be JAAO, until they found out he is a dyed in the wool democrat they can count on. Then he would be a jolly good fellow.