Noah Berlatsky on to the corporate media slam vs. Democrats as condescending to rural voters:
"People talk as if Democrats have some constitutional difficulty winning rural voters, even though it’s clear that Democrats just have trouble winning white rural voters. And they lose with white rural voters becasue (again) the GOP is the party of white supremacy, and white supremacy appeals disproportionately, and powerfully, to white people."
@geonz In a nation whose original sin is – yep, racism – it makes sense that the answer to a lot of the questions about what afflicts us at a foundational level is – yep, racism. Of course, many of us have never wanted to face how powerfully racist assumptions sway and frame out thinking and determine our voting choices.