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1/08/2003 08:16:00 PM | Karsten Barde Right On, Michelle M.Chui wrote: What's sad is that we rich, elitist, ivory tower liberals -- and even progressives ;) -- don't think we have to bother to convince low income voters, either... What needs to change is that we need to learn how to talk the talk and walk the walk -- and rather than just working on some snobbish level for policies that we in our removed worlds think is good for to common proletariat, actually teach folks how to educate themselves about issues and organize their vote. They're not going to try unless they believe it is possible. Kudos to Michelle for pointing out a pervasive--but not unresolvable--problem. Even the cynical jokes we make are representative of more fundamentally dangerous assumptions. When Republicans win, our first inclination must not be to despise the Americans who vote for them but to seek to understand them. With repugnance at "bicoastal elitism" gaining increasing prominence among voters in the heartland, we must put down our bullhorns and start listening to each other. Our heady ideals and rhetoric about "democratic pluralism" are meaningless if we don't apply them to the might-as-well-be-a-foreign-country cultures found "down home." One reason Minnesota politics are so fascinating to watch, for example, is the mixture of liberalism-labor-farm traditions. So put on your Wranglers, pop open a Bud Light and turn up the Tim McGraw. I wouldn't suggest reading any Tim LaHaye, though. We have to draw the line somewhere. :) perma link |
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