The Populist rhetoric in President Obama's 2011 campaign for re-election

[BrotherIvan]

4. Many DU "democrats" are either not interested in or understand how ecomonics effects everyone

One active poster stated the TPP would be good for workers because there might be some protections in it...somewhere. Totally ignorant of what it would do to the workers of this country. But was very active in the thread, calling everyone an Obama hater.

Another very active poster thinks economics has nothing to do with racism/classism and we're all just a bunch of selfish elitists because we talk about it.

There are some posters who actually state, "Oh you just hate 1%ers." Their only explanation is hippie punching and spitting on OWS.

So when there is an economic or policy discussion, if cheerleader centrists even bother to comment, which is rare, it's pretty obvious that they don't have enough information to form a substantive opinion or they really only care about memes and pictures.

I think the new meme against Warren, that she is very open about economic issues but doesn't talk much yet about social issues is what has so many spooked. Their value systems are opposite of this and therefore they don't get the enthusiastic support of some here.

But it is important and we shouldn't stop talking about it. Because economic issues effect minorities and women the hardest and keeps them overworked, underpaid and powerless. Because if someone doesn't fix it, this country will see a permanent restructuring and we might not be able to fix it in our lifetimes or our grandchildren's lifetimes. Because you can't please people all of the time but you can keep your integrity and work for what you believe.