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<blockquote data-quote="refineryworker05" data-source="post: 4726711" data-attributes="member: 66082">This is partly wrong.&nbsp; The people protesting police violence aren&#039;t doing it because they don&#039;t trust republicans. that doesn&#039;t motivate their political action.&nbsp; The people pushing for the $15 dollar minimum wage, or a public health insurance option or medicare for all, or a green new deal, aren&#039;t pursuing those goals because they don&#039;t trust republicansYes republican voters are deeply motivated by hatred/fear/distrust of other Americans and that hatred/fear/distrust guides them not to really care about policy and to want the republican party to constantly give them fear based stories about the all powerful left out to destroy them and America, but democratic constituencies want their political issues addressed.&nbsp; I can assure you the people I know you are working on homelessness or who want black children to get equal educational opportunities as other Americans, who want black business owners to get access to capital, or to reform the criminal justice system aren&#039;t motivated to pursue those goals because they don&#039;t trust republicans.&nbsp; They actually care about those policy outcomes.You just hit on a key difference that I have articulated between republican and democratic voters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="refineryworker05, post: 4726711, member: 66082"] This is partly wrong. The people protesting police violence aren't doing it because they don't trust republicans. that doesn't motivate their political action. The people pushing for the $15 dollar minimum wage, or a public health insurance option or medicare for all, or a green new deal, aren't pursuing those goals because they don't trust republicans Yes republican voters are deeply motivated by hatred/fear/distrust of other Americans and that hatred/fear/distrust guides them not to really care about policy and to want the republican party to constantly give them fear based stories about the all powerful left out to destroy them and America, but democratic constituencies want their political issues addressed. I can assure you the people I know you are working on homelessness or who want black children to get equal educational opportunities as other Americans, who want black business owners to get access to capital, or to reform the criminal justice system aren't motivated to pursue those goals because they don't trust republicans. They actually care about those policy outcomes. You just hit on a key difference that I have articulated between republican and democratic voters. [/QUOTE]

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