(UPDATED) The ugly side of the Sanders revolution finally comes to light.

[RandySF]

Last edited Sun May 15, 2016, 10:19 AM - Edit history (1)

We've finally bottomed out.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1016&pid=156444

UPDATE: The saddest thing of all is that one of the nastier comments survived a jury vote by 5-2.

[Cha]

1. JHC.. the whining is unbearable. And, what is this "we"?

They've bottomed out... but not really. I'm betting they haven't reached it yet.

[Agnosticsherbet]

2. Did anyone read the article, which refers to "Sanders campaign zombie"

"But it isn’t just the Sanders campaign zombie that liberal pundits are desperately trying to stamp out. It’s the white working class itself."

This article is disdainful of the Sanders Campaign.

It also admits that the Clinton has won.

"With Clinton’s nomination a lock, liberals have become even more furious and dismissive of white workers."

The accusations of "White Bashing" have a real ring of 'privilege to them.

[MFM008]

4. yes I did.

[BootinUp]

5. The article could have been written

by some DU'er. Same stuff I read here at DU. Author is a Socialist.

The problem with the analysis is that I have never seen any evidence that there was enough of a leftist white vote to carry a National election with a Bernie type platform. But what do I know?

[BootinUp]

3. I think it was inevitable.

[ismnotwasm]

6. Well THAT was a nasty read

Disjointed, semi-hysterical, fact-free, anti-capitalist woo, attempting--yet again--to deny social justice issues. Only THIS time claiming that working whites are victims of a deliberate effort to lesson the impact of their voices, that racism is not a deciding factor in why these voters are largely republican voters, despite emerging liberal views on social human rights issues such as abortion.

I am not surprise that the piece was posted, who posted it, nor surprised that it's supported without question or reflection.

For another analysis of this demographic;

These results are suggestive, and they fit into a broader academic literature. In a recent National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, Ilyana Kuziemko and Ebonya Washington find that racism can explain almost all of the decline of Southern white support for Democrats between 1958 and 2000. Larry Bartels performed a similar (although far more detailed) analysis in a 2006 paper criticizing Frank and found similarly, that working class voters were closer to Republicans on economic and racial issues, but agreed with Democrats on abortion and women’s role in the family. In his masterful work, “Why Americans Hate Welfare,” Martin Gilens finds that opposition to welfare is driven by racial stereotypes about blacks. In a seminal book, “Race and the Decline of Class in American Politics,” Robert Huckfeldt and Carol Weitzel Kohfeld show that the more a state-level Democratic party relies on Black votes, the less likely low income whites in the states were to vote Democratic. Ian Haney-Lopez argues that Republican politicians have consciously played up racial tensions and animosity to peel white votes away from the Democratic party.

http://www.salon.com/2015/11/29/the_truth_about_the_white_working_class_why_its_really_allergic_to_voting_for_democrats/

[BootinUp]

7. +1

[JustAnotherGen]

9. You don't say!

working class voters were closer to Republicans on economic and racial issues, but agreed with Democrats on abortion and women’s role in the family.

So it's the social issues? Who knew DU?

[Starry Messenger]

10. +1

[JustAnotherGen]

8. I have no doubt

A New Improved New Deal will mean seizing my home and throwing the mortgage rep who brought the loan over the finish line into jail.

New and improved red lining.
Jail the bankers nonsense.

[Squinch]

11. Yep. The asses are all hanging out for all to see in that one. And they don't even know the

back of the gown is open. You'd think they'd feel the breeze, but no.

[workinclasszero]

12. "And the gratuitous White-Bashing by Clinton Apologists on this site.."

OMG, you have got to be kidding me?

The transformation of Sanders campaign into the tea party left is now complete! Disgusting!