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kleinbl00  ·  2946 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: In which Ross Douthat uses just war criteria to argue against Trump

It's not that you're wrong, it's that the scorn isn't helpful. Fundamentally, you're talking about people who did what they were told for 30 years and are now fucked. And it's not like the Democrats told them not to buy F-350s and jet skis, they just looked down their noses from behind the wheels of their Volvos and BMWs. And it's not like both sides didn't benefit, but only one side is promising to put a bunch of coal miners out of business.

And you don't have to be a coal miner to sympathize with coal miners.

See, in your voice there's this coastal elitist "Fuck the Rednecks" flavor that everyone can taste. And the problem is most of the coastal elitists agree with you and why not? The other side got to where they were by being on the wrong TEAM.

But we kinda need to start recruiting. Know what I mean? And kicking sand in their faces when they're down is not helping.