If anyone cares to look back to the dark days in November 2016, you will remember something that still really sticks in my craw about a lot of my fellow white Democrats.
Many of us immediately adopted the “Battered Woman Syndrome” of a certain kind of Democrat. It was always “our fault.” We did not “reach out” to Trump voters enough.
Obama had failed by being too “Neoliberal” or “Corporatist” or perversely not being “moderate” enough.
People rushed for their copies of Lakoff to see how we could better “frame” issues to Trump voters. Again, it was never the Trump voter’s fault. He or she was a “good person” suffering from “Economic Anxiety.” Racism was a minor issue.
Well, at this point mountains of evidence and poli sci lit. shows that “Economic Anxiety” is like “States’ Rights” in the 20th century. It is a polite way to say the “N word.”
Here is the latest evidence of “Economic Anxiety” from the GOP:
Nearly half of white Republicans say it bothers them to hear people speaking foreign languages
My question is will we ever get a mea culpa from the people that were pushing this narrative? I mean the white Democrats that wanted to make excuses for their friends, families, and co-workers?
Democrats need to stand up and defeat the White Nationalist Party (Republicans). Stop making excuses for them. When someone shows you what they are, believe them.