[Peace-discuss] Affection for the poorly educated

[Mildred O'brien]

I don't equate anti-intellectualism with the "uneducated" (sans university diploma), as some of the worst offenders in the former rank among uneducated PhDs. Midge -----Original Message-----
From: David Green via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
To: C G Estabrook <cgestabrook at gmail.com>
Cc: Ron Szoke <r-szoke at illinois.edu>; Peace Discuss <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>; peace-discuss <peace-discusss at lists.chambana.net>
Sent: Thu, Aug 29, 2019 12:44 pm
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Affection for the poorly educated

As I've pointed out on numerous occasion on News from Neptune, the goal of NYT writers like Edsall and David Leonhardt is to employ as much "social science" analysis as they can in order to support the establishment neoliberal Democrats (Biden; if he doesn't work then Harris; if she doesn't work, then Buttigeg).
Their arguments, as in this case from Edsall, feature stereotypical caricatures of allegedly racist white voters, and elitist assumptions about "the value of a higher education ("anti-racist" training) for allegedly non-racist white voters. Interestingly, this tactic is also employed by Anthony DiMaggio on Counterpunch, as he has done since Trump's election:
https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/08/21/fascist-nation-the-alt-right-menace-persists-despite-setbacks-2/  

On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 11:32 AM C G Estabrook via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

David is quite right. And an honest appeal like that would resonate with many of those eligible voters (54%?) who did vote. 

People are not fools, in spite of the efforts of the greatest propaganda system in history.   —CGE


> On Aug 29, 2019, at 10:08 AM, David Johnson via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
> 
> Interesting article Ron,
> 
> However the last paragraph states that the Democrat’s best hope to defeat Trump and the Republicans is to appeal to the 7 % of the electorate who are uncertain about the issue of race.
> That is nonsense !
> 
> The best chance for the Democrats to defeat Trump is to appeal to the 46 %  of eligible voters who refused to vote for either Clinton or Trump in 2016. 3 % voted for third parties ( Greens and Libertarians ) and the other 43 % didn’t vote at all.
> 
> The best way for the Democrats to get a large percentage of this 46 % of the electorate is to advocate and campaign on issues that will improve their lives – Medicare for All, Free post high school education, $ 15.00 per hour minimum wage, and an end to regime change wars . These are all issues that have the support of the majority of Americans as indicated by many polls. In particular Medicare for All where 52 % of Republican voters support it.
> 
> This is just one more typical neo-liberal article to try and ignore the ECONOMIC reasons –issues, of how an orange haired reality TV host buffoon was able to beat Clinton.
> The neo-liberal articles try to say again and again that it was racism that got Trump elected, since they no longer have a leg to stand on with the discredited and ridiculous evidence free conspiracy theory that the Russians stole the election.
> 
> Denial, Denial, Denial !
> 
> The reason of course the majority of Democratic party candidates will not attempt to advocate for issues that would improve the lives of the  vast majority of the American people is because their CORPORATE DONORS don’t want it. And the DNC / DCCC will try and destroy any Dem candidate that does advocate for these issues. Like Sanders, AOC, Omar, Talibi , and Gabbard.
> “ It’s all about the Benjamins baby “ – Ihlan Omar.
> 
> David J.  
> 
> 
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