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Lulu KC

(8,168 posts)
26. How I'm reading it
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 11:09 PM
Jan 2025

I'm taking "brawlers" figuratively, but I think she (and others) are mentioning specifically the working class as campaign audience targets because we have lost them, even though we are on their side. They will be hurt by DT but they either don't vote (for whatever reason) or think DT is their friend. This is a critical audience to lose and it's so unjustified.

OTOH, this is making me think what IS the working class now? It's a phrase we throw around, but at this point in time, what does it mean? It used to conjure up union members, but now many white collar workers have unions. (Teachers, many government employees, etc.) Does it mean "blue collar?" With the way manufacturing has changed in the global economy, not as many people who are working in the U.S. are working in factories, which is the source of the expression "blue collar," right? Does it mean the underpaid service workers who are certainly working--yes, that part I get.

Lots to think about, but I don't think she's saying to leave anybody out, just to regain a segment we have lost so very unfairly.

Thanks for sharing this. Good food for thought.

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It appears to me gab13by13 Jan 2025 #1
I totally disagree! tableturner Jan 2025 #2
A. I did not say I think Dems aren't doing enough. yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #13
you're right in a lot of what you say here. stopdiggin Jan 2025 #3
What "brawler" means in AOC's context.... tableturner Jan 2025 #7
I understand your point. yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #15
Did you see my correction on my OP? yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #27
and I agree with about 95% of what you had to say stopdiggin Jan 2025 #34
The word choice is probably intended to evoke commitment. Frasier Balzov Jan 2025 #4
IMHO, you missed her point. Phoenix61 Jan 2025 #5
I agree...SCREW decorum! That's how the GOP kicks our asses! tableturner Jan 2025 #10
I think the push back regarding the EO's in the past couple of days yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #16
I needed to make a correction in my OP. yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #18
I believe you might be wrongly hung up on the "middle class" thing. Think. Again. Jan 2025 #6
"Ocasio-Cortez said, we need to be a party of brawlers for the working class." yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #8
Cut and pasted from your OP above... Think. Again. Jan 2025 #11
Your OP states it differently. Sailingfish Jan 2025 #14
I have since realized that it wa indeed the phrase - "working class". yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #20
Thanks. No apologies needed at all. Sailingfish Jan 2025 #25
Thank you for your gracious reply. yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #31
Cheers Sailingfish Jan 2025 #38
Thanks for clearing that up! Sorry about the confusion. Think. Again. Jan 2025 #35
My apologies. There was a typo in my OP. yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #19
My take SilasSouleII Jan 2025 #9
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
The phrase used by AOC was actually "working class. yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #23
the middle class made this country? try again. NoRethugFriends Jan 2025 #37
The Revolutionary War ... Xoan Jan 2025 #17
Freedom riders. CoopersDad Jan 2025 #22
Here is a more full transcript of the exchange. Context matters. CoopersDad Jan 2025 #21
She used that phrase in more than one interview. yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #24
and that is actually WAY more disappointing stopdiggin Jan 2025 #36
How I'm reading it Lulu KC Jan 2025 #26
Thank you for your input and thoughts. yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #29
The notion that Democrats need to be brawlers is spot on, gab13by13 Jan 2025 #28
I think the push back regarding the EO's in the past couple of days yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #30
I like anyone that names themselves after a flower. Brogrizzly Jan 2025 #32
Thank you. yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #33
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #47
Working class for populists means rural white men in swing states who used to have good union manufacturing jobs betsuni Jan 2025 #39
Right. The Biden/Harris administration implemented policies yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #48
I don't know. Elessar Zappa Jan 2025 #40
What if we are all of the above (or many of the above) - TBF Jan 2025 #41
I think you may not understand the purpose of my post. yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #42
So, would you prefer a polite and timid Bettie Jan 2025 #43
I never said anything about polite and timid response. And I never said yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #44
I feel like your concerns have some merit, however I wouldn't fret over attention to the working class emphasis.so long msfiddlestix Jan 2025 #45
I agree with you that Democrats shouldn't be narrowing their representation to particular groups. Paladin Jan 2025 #46
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