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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe stark, glaring difference between the RNC & DNC audiences
I know its not an original thought, but I'm always amazed at the images of the crowds at the republican and Democratic conventions, and it gets pointed out every four years. When you look at the DNC audience, you see what America really looks like when you walk down a crowded street in any major city, people of EVERY persuasion, color, age, religion, and when you look at the RNC crowd, you see only ONE kind of American.
I remember years ago the RNC had almost exclusively black entertainers on the stage, AND NONE in the audience, this too made a bizarre visual spectacle.
Its as plain as black and white, literally. No matter how hard the gop tries, the RNC always looks the same, going back 40 years or more, the only black face you see there is Michael Steele, the highly paid black representative of the republican party.
And its not just a visual difference in audiences, the RNC crowd is always hostile, angry, and hateful. All they do is whine and bitch about liberals and they offer nothing constructive, only blame and bitter division.
Just put the two images together for objective comparison: the RNC and the DNC audiences, which one 'looks like America'? I know which audience I want to belong to, the one that welcomes ALL people, of EVERY persuasion, race, creed, religion, and socio-economic class, not just the pale hateful ones.
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Philosoraptor
(15,019 posts)apnu
(8,758 posts)I think your term you'd understand is "zot"
Erose999
(5,624 posts)haha
badtoworse
(5,957 posts)You won't make many friends here ( or last long) if you keep using that tone.
abolugi
(417 posts)You have no powers here!!!
oldhippydude
(2,514 posts)enjoy your stay.. it's rare that we get somone expressing thmeselves with such ignorance on thier first post
Horse with no Name
(33,956 posts)Yeah I am going to mourn over that...
but I am hungry for some pizza first!
DLine
(397 posts)And conservatives think the only way to fix it is to give power back to the party most responsible for the policies that created it.
apnu
(8,758 posts)RC
(25,592 posts)You get the fundamental religions, racism, bigotry, binary thinking from the Right. The "us verses them" mentality that fosters conflict and wars. The "either you are with us or you are part of the problem and must be dealt with". Lock-step follow the leader or you are helping the other side.
Sound familiar? It should, you can see a little too much of that kind of thinking right here on DU.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)As Lindsey Graham pointed out, there just aren't enough angry white men left, but that's pretty much all the GOP's got. Maybe some of the willfully uninformed, too.
Don't think we haven't noticed the Republicans tanking the economy on purpose, by the way.
God bless the Obamas.
bongbong
(5,436 posts)The hate- and fear-filled type.
Monk06
(7,675 posts)male voter predominantly from the 50 to 80 year old demographic. Having said that they are not doing well with retired people on social security so may lose a significant portion of that vote.
They consist of that portion of white middle and upper class society who view themselves as just plain better than everyone else.