My Official Response To The Haters (re: Hillary)

[Stringbean]

Aaaaand now we’re back to invective, folks!

[Procrustus]

@Stringbean

In my re-posting of the OP this link was lost which shows how painful the Great Recession has been to Asian-American households as compared to the relatively minor impact on white American households.

The economic argument I am presenting is that Hillary’s pollyanna portrayal of minority lifestyle in the video is intentionally avoiding the reality of life for most minorities. She is presenting the “fairy tales,” knowing that a more accurate reflection of minority lifestyles doesn’t benefit her. She sees her victory paved on a road of demographic pandering with as little do to with Hillary-as-a-person as possible. Acknowledging that life sucks for most minorities reflects poorly on the Obama era, to which she is closely associated. This is, of course, an unfair association, but if she wishes to court the same voters that Obama did, showing them how shitty life under Obama has been is not exactly a winning strategy. She must maintain the uplifting optimism of the Obama campaigns.

This sentiment is precisely what was discussed in the New York Times article I extensively quoted. They mention how these (my words) demographic fairy tales are “pure Obama” and are quite distinct from the Hillary-centric campaign she ran in 2008.

Ultimately, I am just presenting my analysis of the video and what her campaign intends to do. “Demographic warfare” was very strong wording, and as such was inappropriate as a pure reaction to the video itself. I believe, in time, we will see the warfare unfold. That was a prediction on my part, and not a fair reflection of the insular content of the video. I firmly stand by the “fairy tale”-ism, but an explicit call to arms it was not. I believe the Hillary staff views this campaign as demographic warfare. But they certainly couldn’t expressly say or show it. That’s why digging deeper on these political ads is fun; the outer-crust must be punctured to get to the core.

Thank you for posting this. I now finally understand what you are saying and am more comfortable completely disagreeing with you.

Given the fact that the Obama Presidency Has mostly been marked by stready and ultimately strong economic recovery, I don’t see why you’re troubled with an ad showing people not homeless or eating old socks. It’s not like she portrayed everyone as sipping white wine in penthouse apartments or yachting to the islands for the weekend.

[iiandyiiii]

@Stringbean

The economic argument I am presenting is that Hillary’s pollyanna portrayal of minority lifestyle in the video is intentionally avoiding the reality of life for most minorities.

What would the “reality of life” have shown? What in her video is incompatible with the “reality of life” of minorities? Do real minorities not smile and hug their significant others? Do they not have fun time with their families? Do they not work? Do they not talk about their goals and struggles?

Which parts of the video were not “reality” for minorities (in minutes and seconds)?

[RTFirefly]

@andros

She posted a video with happy non-white people on it. BURN THE WITCH!

She turned me into a newt!

[tomndebb]

@Stringbean

Aaaaand now we’re back to invective, folks!

You opened this thread in The BBQ Pit.
You have resolutely failed to explain your actual language, (“warfare”), in your earlier thread, occasionally trying to change the subject, but always failing to explain your actual claim.
You have certainly invited and earned any invective that comes your way in this thread.

[andros]

@Stringbean

Aaaaand now we’re back to invective, folks!

We never left, Spanky. You have no moral high ground here, so don’t even try to pretend you do. You don’t get to jump into the air like a Jack Russell and claim you’re out of the muck. You started this shit, you’re wallowing in it. Cope.

And you might as well own that my summary is pretty fucking accurate. You’re so dead set on hating Clinton that there is literally no way she can run any ad, make any statement, that will not serve as evidence of her awfulness. She shows happy people, she’s ignoring the problems that sad people face. She shows sad people, she’s running down all the happy ones. She shows white people, she’s pandering. She shows brown people, she’s pandering. Why can’t you just accept that you hate the bitch, for no real reason, and stop trying to blow smoke about it?

@RTFirefly

She turned me into a newt!

Aw Rufus, you’ll always get better.

[Bryan_Ekers]

@Stringbean

Aaaaand now we’re back to invective, folks!

You thought you deserved otherwise? Ambitious.