I think that this could be a fun way of showcasing the actual diversity of the country (not the phony corporate diversity where everyone has to be heterogenous on the outside but homogenous on the inside). America is full of colorful people if you actually get out there and go looking for them. I mean, how many white liberals in a Blue-Team city and/or state would ever imagine a Hispanic/Latino man in a Red-Team city and/or state going deer and boar hunting with his mom? Their image is probably either an androgynous "Latinx" activist (note: here in Florida I work with a bunch of Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Colombians, Venezuelans, etc.) and every time I've introduced that term to them they've literally lol'd) who's just a tanner version of themselves or an immigrant utterly dehumanized by capitalist exploitation and nativist/xenophobic discrimination.
It must come as a shock to some people that people actually vote based on their perceived self interest, like a job. The Democratic cognoscenti are so focused on categorizing people by race, gender, etc. that they are blinded by the actual individual.
Playing a race card with Hispanics is incredibly ill-informed. Hispanics are of European, indigenous, African descent plus all the above. Hell, many Hispanics have been in Texas perhaps longer than the Mayflower descendants. Lumping them in a grievance racial cause is clueless. Poverty issues, sure for some. Immigration, for some, but definitely not all as many look at uncontrolled immigration as a disaster. It just shows how clueless and lazy the press is.
Hunting hogs is what you might call a true sport. In deer hunting, you may come home empty-handed, and sometimes you get shot accidentally by your buddy, but the deer never wins. If you get caught unawares by a hog, you can bleed to death.
Good shining a light with this series on just one reason of many that idpol is dumb. I've never known anyone who spoke like the politicians that claim to represent their minority group. In my personal experience, most minorities are too busy working and getting shit done to worry about bullshit like labels and pronouns. I suspect most of the time they correctly perceive people who push that type of agenda as trying to distract them from economy and Class issues.
Jobs. The people in Texas feed their family with the oil industry. They see the Green New Deal promising to end oil but bring them other jobs. They probably believe only half of that - the first part - based upon experience. "Hey, let me take something important away from you but I promise I'll give you back something later."
The thing about Green Energy is that you can do it in lots of places, and the jobs will be created in those places. The thing about the oil industry is you can only do it where the oil is, so those jobs stay put. Most of these Trump voters aren't stupid, they just see through the current Dem leadership.
Perhaps if the Dem's had a history of following through on their promises, they'd be able to sell these plans. Unfortunately we all have to deal with the legacy of Clinton and Obama's economic and trade (and war, and human rights, and...) failures.
We need a better DNC if we're ever going to get anything done.
The oil! I got stuck on thinking Pennsylvania and fracking. I forgot about some people in Texas depending on the industry. I wonder why it mattered to Texans and didn't seem to be reflected at all in the Pennsylvania results?
Hunting wild hogs is a lot more dangerous than hunting deer. FWIW, I thought tapas were an Iberian peninsula thing, not a Tejano thing. Mr. Gonzalez is good people.
Good feature, good format. Could have even used one or two more questions, as the transition from "hey, how are ya" to "answer the political question, which is why I'm talking to you in the first place" is jarring. Anyway, I always enjoy learning about people that have lived vastly different lives than mine. I'll look forward to this column!
Pigs are smarter, and more affectionate, I'm pretty certain, that many of the humans who pursue them, trap them, and bash their skulls in. The deer by my pond are gentle, the definition of grace, and smart. They've a family, as many of us do. What a comment that in 2020, hurting animals makes someone more relatable, one of the guys. Pfft.
My goal isn't to change your opinion. I said the materials wouldn't change your mind. It was to not wrong information stand in a public forum. I'm pretty satisfied I did that. Animals can't talk; God knows I can.
Compassion makes people more relatable. I'm a country gal, living near the woods to enjoy nature. I've seen the suffering hunting causes. The orphans left without their moms. The bloody entrails left behind. Most of my neighbors hate this time of year. If there's an issue, let's solve it without stalking, maiming, and killing. Simple.
This dude makes me feel really fucking lazy.
I think that this could be a fun way of showcasing the actual diversity of the country (not the phony corporate diversity where everyone has to be heterogenous on the outside but homogenous on the inside). America is full of colorful people if you actually get out there and go looking for them. I mean, how many white liberals in a Blue-Team city and/or state would ever imagine a Hispanic/Latino man in a Red-Team city and/or state going deer and boar hunting with his mom? Their image is probably either an androgynous "Latinx" activist (note: here in Florida I work with a bunch of Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Colombians, Venezuelans, etc.) and every time I've introduced that term to them they've literally lol'd) who's just a tanner version of themselves or an immigrant utterly dehumanized by capitalist exploitation and nativist/xenophobic discrimination.
It must come as a shock to some people that people actually vote based on their perceived self interest, like a job. The Democratic cognoscenti are so focused on categorizing people by race, gender, etc. that they are blinded by the actual individual.
Playing a race card with Hispanics is incredibly ill-informed. Hispanics are of European, indigenous, African descent plus all the above. Hell, many Hispanics have been in Texas perhaps longer than the Mayflower descendants. Lumping them in a grievance racial cause is clueless. Poverty issues, sure for some. Immigration, for some, but definitely not all as many look at uncontrolled immigration as a disaster. It just shows how clueless and lazy the press is.
Hunting hogs is what you might call a true sport. In deer hunting, you may come home empty-handed, and sometimes you get shot accidentally by your buddy, but the deer never wins. If you get caught unawares by a hog, you can bleed to death.
Good shining a light with this series on just one reason of many that idpol is dumb. I've never known anyone who spoke like the politicians that claim to represent their minority group. In my personal experience, most minorities are too busy working and getting shit done to worry about bullshit like labels and pronouns. I suspect most of the time they correctly perceive people who push that type of agenda as trying to distract them from economy and Class issues.
Jobs. The people in Texas feed their family with the oil industry. They see the Green New Deal promising to end oil but bring them other jobs. They probably believe only half of that - the first part - based upon experience. "Hey, let me take something important away from you but I promise I'll give you back something later."
The thing about Green Energy is that you can do it in lots of places, and the jobs will be created in those places. The thing about the oil industry is you can only do it where the oil is, so those jobs stay put. Most of these Trump voters aren't stupid, they just see through the current Dem leadership.
Perhaps if the Dem's had a history of following through on their promises, they'd be able to sell these plans. Unfortunately we all have to deal with the legacy of Clinton and Obama's economic and trade (and war, and human rights, and...) failures.
We need a better DNC if we're ever going to get anything done.
It's hard to make someone understand something when their salary demands entirely on not understanding something _ Upton Sinclair
The oil! I got stuck on thinking Pennsylvania and fracking. I forgot about some people in Texas depending on the industry. I wonder why it mattered to Texans and didn't seem to be reflected at all in the Pennsylvania results?
Hunting wild hogs is a lot more dangerous than hunting deer. FWIW, I thought tapas were an Iberian peninsula thing, not a Tejano thing. Mr. Gonzalez is good people.
Good feature, good format. Could have even used one or two more questions, as the transition from "hey, how are ya" to "answer the political question, which is why I'm talking to you in the first place" is jarring. Anyway, I always enjoy learning about people that have lived vastly different lives than mine. I'll look forward to this column!
Pigs are smarter, and more affectionate, I'm pretty certain, that many of the humans who pursue them, trap them, and bash their skulls in. The deer by my pond are gentle, the definition of grace, and smart. They've a family, as many of us do. What a comment that in 2020, hurting animals makes someone more relatable, one of the guys. Pfft.
My goal isn't to change your opinion. I said the materials wouldn't change your mind. It was to not wrong information stand in a public forum. I'm pretty satisfied I did that. Animals can't talk; God knows I can.
Compassion makes people more relatable. I'm a country gal, living near the woods to enjoy nature. I've seen the suffering hunting causes. The orphans left without their moms. The bloody entrails left behind. Most of my neighbors hate this time of year. If there's an issue, let's solve it without stalking, maiming, and killing. Simple.