Actually he's done her a favor. When you label someone, the meme becomes reality. Crooked Hillary, Lyin' Ted, Liddle Marco, Low Energy Jeb - all cemented in the public's mind that these people were what Trump said they were. But he made a mistake with Warren, because now she is Pocahontas.
More than that, it would turn the slur into an asset. It might prove to be the one lie Trump told that leads to his downfall!crescent said:
I have to agree with that. Somehow, we now live in a bizarro world wherein documented proof that Warren is actually descended from Pocohantas could turn a candidacy that is (undeservedly) tanked into one that is (also undeservedly) resurrected.
It's about time we got some more Native Americans in Congress. This one happens to be a privileged white person, but who cares about a bit of European heritage when we're serving social justice up in this?
Don't look at me. Mister Ramjets here is the one saying she really is Pocahontas after all. I'm just riffing on his theme.
It's not like Obama was raised in the American South, a fourth generation heir of a legacy of slavery, segregation, and discrimination.
As a 'privileged white person' myself, I take offense to your insinuation. Why should a person's skin color or status be a factor in whether they can legitimately fight for social justice?
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I suspect I'm not going to get much agreement on this, but my take is that the Democrats at the moment have a similar vulnerability to the evangelical right 20 years ago. There is a claim of moral superiority, a priggishness. Pricking that by showing she claimed her race was Native American is powerful for the same reason that revelations about evangelicals getting caught with rent boys was powerful. Few who laughed at the evangelicals really cared that they were gay, it was the hypocrisy that was so delicious. The same now with Warren.
I agree with you that that might have been a better strategy. I nearly mentioned in my last post that I am currently reading a book on negotiations (not by Trump) that recommends getting these kinds of things out there yourself. She has made it important. It's the same with the evangelicals, half of what made them look like hypocrites was how they dealt with the revelation. Hard to get the toothpaste back in the tube at this point.
No, disagree on the retaliation. Warren is doing what is the very best response, and you will see all the Dems doing now: Ignoring the orange prick entirely and going to the people directly. Because any retaliation would be just giving him attention, which he desperately seeks all the time.
