Intolerance and tribalism has been increasing on Dailykos for several years but I never thought we would descend to eliminationist rhetoric. Resisting Trump and his white nationalist Republican base has stressed all of us, but I never thought we would start sounding like white nationalists. I thought we were all better than this. www.dailykos.com/...
At what point do you then give up on them entirely and concentrate solely on resettling them in deep red states while rescuing the dems trapped in their Jesusland hellholes?
At what point does one have to start talking about rounding them all up and sending them to camps? Because they are bound and determined to keep right on shitting in the pool just to piss off liberals and progressives.
At what point does the left decide to actively abandon these kochsuckers to the fate they desire for EVERYONE?
Because saving them from themselves seems like expensive, thankless and likely pointless work.
Tuesday’s elections showed that Democrats are winning. Virginia, a swing state, sent a strong message to America against the Trump inspired white nationalist the hatred in Charlottesville. An amazingly diverse group of Democrats won. Diversity, inclusion, decency and hope beat white nationalism, fear and hate. We are winning when Jennifer Rubin speaks of the Republican party’s descent into moral nihilism in Alabama.
The cover photo to this story comes from Bladenboro, a small town in eastern North Carolina. It was once a solid, if not vibrant, working class town built around a textile mill. The mill was shut down and the jobs went to Asia. The town is now a hollowed out shell of what it once was. You might call it a “Jesusland hellhole”.
Even in this small town abandoned by corporate America and Washington, DC hope rises in bold yellow. Hog farming and meat packing has become the dominant source of revenue in this part of North Carolina. In the strong anti-union state of North Carolina, in one of the reddest parts of the state, meat packing is now unionized. Workers have better pay and working conditions and those workers are spending more money in local stores and eateries. Times are tough in eastern North Carolina, but the tide has turned because a broad coalition of labor, social justice and religious activists have fought together for workers rights. These workers are male and female, black and white, Latino and native American. Most of them get hope from believing in Jesus. Reverend Barber, the leader of the Moral Monday movement who has preached for economic and social justice has won over hearts and minds in conservative eastern North Carolina.
Working together with activists has changed Reverend Barber and his religious community. He once was anti-LGBT but working with LGBT activists opened his heart. He came to see that the struggle for justice of LGBT people was like the struggle for justice of African Americans. No one is hopeless except the person who has a hard heart and a closed mind. The south will rise again under black, brown and female leadership. It will open under new management. That is why the white nationalists are striking like snakes. They know they will be replaced.
Please, friends, let’s all march together.