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In reply to the discussion: I realize I may get some flack for this, but here goes. [View all]yellow dahlia
(2,613 posts)15. I understand your point.
I do not disagree with the need to respond to this existential threat.
I am vocabulary obsessed. I would choose a better word.
I take issue with two aspects of the statement - the limitations of the word "brawler" and the limitations of the phrase "working class".
I will call em like I see em. (Not the way I usually speak.) I do not want the Dems to make more mistakes. I do not want them to correct based on flawed analysis.
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"Ocasio-Cortez said, we need to be a party of brawlers for the working class."
yellow dahlia
Jan 2025
#8
I'll agree. The word "brawlers" means a lot of things n I'm not getting hung up on a word. Her intent is more important
Deuxcents
Jan 2025
#12
Working class for populists means rural white men in swing states who used to have good union manufacturing jobs
betsuni
Jan 2025
#39