Is "traditional, blue collar, working class" a codeword for racists?

[George_Bonanza]

Is it?

[pinto]

1. No.

[ClericJohnPreston]

50. No

It is the code name for CORE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AND VOTERS.....something Obama wouldn't know anything about!

[LostinVA]

2. No -- why?

[Arkansas Granny]

3. No.

[Prefer]

4. blue gives it away

it is a racist code phrase for blue people.

[MethuenProgressive]

5. Alert: Flame bait, race baiting

[spotbird]

6. Without a doubt. nt

[LostinVA]

24. No, it's not

[MrCoffee]

7. I thought it was code for "Union"

Which, in turn, is code for "Commie"

[sandnsea]

12. Commies for Hillary

I KNEW IT!!!

:rofl:

I keed, I keed

[GrantDem]

8. No... n/t

[PretzelWarrior]

9. no. sometimes a cigar is just a cigar

and sometimes it's a small prop in a Clinton/Lewinsky morality play.

[billbuckhead]

10. Archie Bunkers

[avaistheone1]

44. That's not fair or true.

[tammywammy]

11. No

[Donk Yore]

13. What caused this question to be asked?

For the record, my belief is strongly no.

[LucyParsons]

14. No, to me it's code word for "likely to be minorities or disadvantaged whites" !

Or, like someone else has said, code for "union".

[Yossariant]

15. Obama is ugly.

:wtf:

[HughLefty1]

16. So...

I guess everyone who doesn't vote for Obama is now classified as a 'racist?'
Interesting.

[Yossariant]

26. Hell, yes! That's what they've been saying since NH.

[EFerrari]

17. Why do you ask? n/t

[Cleita]

18. No,

but NASCAR fan is. Not my code word incidentally. I'm just sayin'.

[ecstatic]

19. I thought redneck was? nt

:shrug:

[rucky]

20. In Dayton, it means you're black. n/t

[William769]

21. And what is the code word for the Southern States with the AA vote?

[TheWraith]

22. No. NT

[kelligesq]

23. I dont think so - people who work with their hands, factory, union that type of thing is blue collar

[StevieM]

25. No! It simply means that Hillary is winning the beer drinker and Barak is winning

the wine drinkers. There are plenty of wine drinkers who are racist and plenty of beer drinkers who are not racist.

[kelligesq]

32. that's kinda dumb

[StevieM]

47. What did I say that was dumb (seriously....I wasn't trying to be contentious)

I was just saying that you have racism--and lack of racism--in all groups.

As for the "beer drinkers vs. wine drinkers," I'm just saying what many analysts have been pointing out. Hilary is winning in more blue-collar areas, whereas Barak is winning with the more suburban white-collar voters. I honestly wasn't trying to bash anyone or imply that there was something right or wrong with any of the supporters for either candidate.

Steve

[karlrschneider]

27. Only to morons.

...

[Hoof Hearted]

28. I'm blue collar and working class so you might want to back the fuck off

if that's what you're trying to imply.



Edited to add my photo of the night. Because I like it.

[Annces]

29. It is as opposed to college education, higher income

It is the Democratic base.

[kelligesq]

33. You can still have a college education and have a blue collar job-maybe you work as a mechanic -

[Annces]

46. Yes, I know I was being extremely simplistic

[lumberjack_jeff]

30. Is "rebellious, white collar, leisure class" a codeword for good people? n/t

[kelligesq]

37. now this is getting to be baiting - white collar usually means office job

[lumberjack_jeff]

40. "Getting to be"? n/t

[shayes51]

31. Absolutely not!

[UALRBSofL]

38. Blue-collar worker is an idiom

referring to a member of the working class who performs manual labor and earns an hourly wage. Blue-collar workers are distinguished from Tertiary sector of industry service workers and from white-collar workers, whose jobs are not considered manual labor. However, some service workers are also often referred to as blue-collar workers. Traditionally, white-collar workers earn a monthly or annual salary rather than an hourly wage, although paying white-collar workers by the hour is an increasing practice, especially among independent tech contractors. Blue-collar work may be skilled or unskilled, and may involve manufacturing, mining, building and construction trades, law enforcement, mechanical work, maintenance, repair and operations maintenance or technical installations. The white-collar worker, by contrast, performs non-manual labor often in an office; and the service industry worker performs labor involving customer interaction, entertainment, retail and outside sales, and the like. Some service industry workers differ as they perform tasks that are mostly unskilled in the service sector. Boston is a blue collar town (Neal is right).

Just wanted to reemphasize from above: Boston is a blue collar town.

Source: Wikipedia

[kelligesq]

41. Ahem - that's what I said with less words :)

[jlake]

34. No. Why do you ask?

[Wetzelbill]

35. not really

Especially not in the Dem party. But among the working class racism is more predominant than in say a more highly educated demographic. That's not to say they are all racists or anything, it just exists a little more. Same way that you could say racism is more predominant in the South, but being a Southerner alone doesn't exactly make somebody a racist.

[McCamy Taylor]

36. No, it's code for "one paycheck from poor"

which is the result of 8 years of Dumbya

[kelligesq]

39. hee hee - good one McCamy

[UALRBSofL]

45. Got that right Mcamy

:)

[ginchinchili]

42. Any Caucasian who doesn't vote for Obama is racist, right?

Isn't that what you really mean?

[BootinUp]

43. No I really don't think so. nt

[adabfree]

48. NO..I know minorities that fit in that category

[OHdem10]

49. No, Blue Collar refers to working class as opposed to

White Collar Workers.

Blue Collars often in the past associated Unions Workers
and Base of the Denocratic Party.