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Cirsium

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42. Blaming the elites

Tue Nov 18, 2025, 12:40 PM

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Yes, I blame the people in power for the problems caused by the people in power. Others want to blame the people without power.

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CNN: Staggering Poll Numbers from Latino Voters on Trump [View all] writes3000 22 hrs ago OP

K&R spanone 22 hrs ago #1

President Gavin Newsom will hopefully FILL our prisons with prosecuted ICE agents. nt Exp 22 hrs ago #2

Live and learn little dudes, you were told. republianmushroom 21 hrs ago #3

They're in the FINDING OUT stage Martin Eden 21 hrs ago #4

K&R for, their self-care hit a snag in real time back then. UTUSN 21 hrs ago #5

That's Good they're finally seeing Cha 21 hrs ago #6

They used to. Things changed, inside & out - the times, Catholicism, under-awareness, focus on UTUSN 15 hrs ago #33

Yes they did. I was a little Cha 15 hrs ago #34

They are prime for charisma and heart: JFK, RFK, the CLINTONs. UTUSN 14 hrs ago #35

Mahalo for All Those Historical Anecdotes, Cha 14 hrs ago #38

How they turned toward him in the first place is beyond me. Scrivener7 21 hrs ago #7

Misogyny is pretty universal jfz9580m 21 hrs ago #9

I teach in a heavily Hispanic school district in West Michigan and I democratsruletheday 20 hrs ago #12

This is something white liberals jfz9580m 19 hrs ago #21

White liberals figured out the Republican message a long time ago. OAITW r.2.0 17 hrs ago #27

Charisma, maxsolomon 20 hrs ago #14

I hear you about abortion, but charisma? No. Appeal to misogyny and racism more likely. Scrivener7 20 hrs ago #15

Because we find MFer an abhorrent human, many at DU cannot recognize he has Dark Charisma. maxsolomon 19 hrs ago #18

I think we are talking about the same thing, but you are calling it charisma and I am Scrivener7 19 hrs ago #20

I don't think that's Charisma. maxsolomon 19 hrs ago #22

Celebrity Machismo..."El Principe" haele 2 hrs ago #43

i.e, a fundamental form of misogyny Scrivener7 2 hrs ago #46

In many cases that Dark Charisma just comes from being being the Alpha thought crime 2 hrs ago #44

I don't understand how it could possibly be charisma dickthegrouch 3 hrs ago #41

Crawling back, minus their faces..... Coventina 21 hrs ago #8

What happened to that song Keepthesoulalive 20 hrs ago #10

Latinos have a lot to make up for, if you ask me. ffr 20 hrs ago #11

The ones that fled Castro were diehard anti-communists and natural Republican targets. OAITW r.2.0 17 hrs ago #28

Yup orangecrush 20 hrs ago #13

They may recognize the mistake now Red Mountain 20 hrs ago #16

Too bad it's too late. nt Susan Calvin 20 hrs ago #17

Sooo....what you're saying is that if we did a better job with our allies, Trump would have gotten stomped? Moostache 19 hrs ago #19

Terrible thread Cirsium 19 hrs ago #23

Take your bothsiderism outta here! Coventina 19 hrs ago #24

Nonsense Cirsium 19 hrs ago #25

This is about voting for Trump Coventina 19 hrs ago #26

You make my point Cirsium 16 hrs ago #31

If you don't think polls of population groups on specifc issues are valid topics Coventina 16 hrs ago #32

I didn't say that Cirsium 14 hrs ago #37

Blaming "the elites" is also an illiberal talking point. Coventina 13 hrs ago #39

Blaming the elites Cirsium 3 hrs ago #42

I am nonwhite jfz9580m 13 hrs ago #40

I agree Cirsium 2 hrs ago #45

Interesting stats. Harry Enten should do weather though. Bristlecone 17 hrs ago #29

I get it. His presentation style is a bit unusual for sure. writes3000 16 hrs ago #30

He's neurodivergent róisín_dubh 14 hrs ago #36