someone else said "economic anxiety" jokes are the liberal version of "religion of peace" jokes and i get the same vibe too
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Salient difference between global religion of 1.6 billion people & racist political movement led by one man.
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except "economic anxiety" refers to all people who have financial problems, not just trumpkins.
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I don't see people making "economic anxiety" jibe against Sanders supporters.
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yeah because the primary is over. They definitely tried to paint sanders supporters as racist
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here's an example:https://twitter.com/delmoi/status/776560080091160576 …
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specifically talking abt: sanders supporters, not just trump:pic.twitter.com/mmBy0UhTNM
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I just feel like that's a minor part of discourse, most "economic anxiety" talk is about Trump.
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it's just like, why not simply say "Trump's base is in fact middle class" as that Guardian piece did?
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I've tried as often as I can to point out Trump supporters are wealthier than Clinton/Sanders people
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exactly, the poorer white people are, the more they support the democrats, but by pushing this -
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narrative, it provides an internal justification for economic policies that hurt poor/wc. Just the
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