Sydney Sweeney does an ad for jeans, media throws a hissy fit

[Chrkeller]

curl-6 said:

Chrkeller said:

The other thing, not directed at you, I find funny is how the left (in general) doesn't think their attitude is a problem.  Most middle Americans are well aware the left looks down on them.  The left is referred to "elitist" for a reason.  Why would middle Americans support a party that thinks they are deplorable, trash, stupid, etc?  The answer is, they wouldn't....  and didn't.  This thread is a great example.  Very condescending and rude to 50% of the US population.  I can assume you threads like this just make current conservatives more unwilling to vote differently.  Bill Maher has a lot of good videos talking about this impact.  

Yeah I've noticed this a lot too.

Among the louder elements of the left at least, there's always the sense that leftist ideology is perfect and beyond reproach and that anyone who doesn't agree with it is just a filthy ignorant subhuman fascist who can't be reasoned with.

This attitude alienates broad swathes of folks from groups like working class white people and straight men and drives them into the arms of the right, who then win them over by promising them "we don't hate you like the left does."

This is why the alt right has flourished in recent years, and if it's ever going to be defeated, this needs to change.

Very well articulated Curl.  This is exactly what is happening all across the country.  

I know absolutely brilliant people who voted republican last election.  People who run circles around many folks here.  But many liberals will insist those people have to be "dumb" because they can't fathom a world where someone might not agree with their platform.  Thr left have created this attitude "if you don't agree, you are beneath me."  Well the message has been received and middle America has responded with "go **** yourself" attitude of their own.