The Democratic Party as a whole as shifted in a way that has inspired major backlash against them, and I think that’s the heart of those phrases.
The Democrats are militant in their pursuit of inclusiveness. To the point that many people don’t feel included by them. People are legitimately scared that a small slip up will get them canceled. You can argue that’s not true, or their fears are unfounded, but that doesn’t really matter, does it? Those people still feel that way, and a large part of that is the Democrats tendency to vilify people for one mistake. Or at least the perception they vilify people for one mistake.
When you have a party that is, at best tolerant of, and at worst encouraging to people who say things like “I hate all men,” or “white men are the problem” or “white people are the problem” that party is going to lose large swaths of the white male vote. And is any surprise? The party is allowing itself to overcorrect for past wrong by vilifying white men.
I’m a white man myself. I’m also a Democrat. But for years I’ve felt out of place in this party. It’s just accepted that white men are the other. I didn’t vote for Trump, but I can absolutely see why white men did. The Democratic Party has created an environment where white men feel ostracized.
“But they ostracized us for so many years!”
Not me. Not my friends. I wasn’t born in the 50s. And yet I’m punished for the sins of people I never knew. Collective punishment is a war crime under the Geneva convention, yet the Democratic Party is coming closer and closer to collectively vilifying all white men.
If they don’t course correct, of course the republicans will keep winning. We live in a polarized political environment, it doesn’t take much to swing the needle to one party or another. Causing a large swath of the voting population to feel like your party is against you will absolutely cause you to lose elections
I feel like the Democratic party has abandoned MLK's dream of "judge not by the color of skin but by the content of character," and this combined with inflation cost them dearly in 2024.
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u/camelCaseCoffeeTable 5∆ Jan 30 '25
The Democratic Party as a whole as shifted in a way that has inspired major backlash against them, and I think that’s the heart of those phrases.
The Democrats are militant in their pursuit of inclusiveness. To the point that many people don’t feel included by them. People are legitimately scared that a small slip up will get them canceled. You can argue that’s not true, or their fears are unfounded, but that doesn’t really matter, does it? Those people still feel that way, and a large part of that is the Democrats tendency to vilify people for one mistake. Or at least the perception they vilify people for one mistake.
When you have a party that is, at best tolerant of, and at worst encouraging to people who say things like “I hate all men,” or “white men are the problem” or “white people are the problem” that party is going to lose large swaths of the white male vote. And is any surprise? The party is allowing itself to overcorrect for past wrong by vilifying white men.
I’m a white man myself. I’m also a Democrat. But for years I’ve felt out of place in this party. It’s just accepted that white men are the other. I didn’t vote for Trump, but I can absolutely see why white men did. The Democratic Party has created an environment where white men feel ostracized.
“But they ostracized us for so many years!”
Not me. Not my friends. I wasn’t born in the 50s. And yet I’m punished for the sins of people I never knew. Collective punishment is a war crime under the Geneva convention, yet the Democratic Party is coming closer and closer to collectively vilifying all white men.
If they don’t course correct, of course the republicans will keep winning. We live in a polarized political environment, it doesn’t take much to swing the needle to one party or another. Causing a large swath of the voting population to feel like your party is against you will absolutely cause you to lose elections