# Sneering progressives are driving young white men into the arms of the GOP **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 4, 2018, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneering-progressives-are-driving-young-white-men-into-the-arms-of-the-gop/813566 "2018-05-04T09:14:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 50
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneering-progressives-are-driving-young-white-men-into-the-arms-of-the-gop/813566/982 "2018-05-16T16:09:51Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > But if she wants to get on partner track at a high powered law firm, or become a tenured professor at a prestigious university, or nab a highly paid position at a think tank and make periodic TV appearances, the world is her oyster. You don’t know the first thing about what it takes to become a partner at a big law firm. It’s almost like you’re overconfidently explaining something even though you don’t actually know much about that thing. If only there was a word for this… ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneering-progressives-are-driving-young-white-men-into-the-arms-of-the-gop/813566/983 "2018-05-16T16:24:00Z")
So you’re saying she doesn’t have what it takes? Ouch, harsh. ---
**Author:** ![Airbeck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/airbeck/32/6574_2.png) [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneering-progressives-are-driving-young-white-men-into-the-arms-of-the-gop/813566/984 "2018-05-16T17:02:01Z")
Why do you start with “so you’re saying” when the actual words he said are right there. Are those words not good enough? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneering-progressives-are-driving-young-white-men-into-the-arms-of-the-gop/813566/985 "2018-05-16T17:37:45Z")
Hmm. Move or clove, move or close. It’s getting a bit personal and attacky. Off to the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneering-progressives-are-driving-young-white-men-into-the-arms-of-the-gop/813566/986 "2018-05-16T17:53:24Z")
Adieu, Elections. I shan’t be back your way. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneering-progressives-are-driving-young-white-men-into-the-arms-of-the-gop/813566/987 "2018-05-16T18:17:09Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Hmm. Move or clove, move or close. > > It’s getting a bit personal and attacky. > > Off to the Pit. I dont think threads should ever be moved to the Pit. That means that posters who hate and avoid the PIT will be dragged there against their will be to attacked. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneering-progressives-are-driving-young-white-men-into-the-arms-of-the-gop/813566/988 "2018-05-16T18:19:11Z")
Who says anyone has to follow it there? ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneering-progressives-are-driving-young-white-men-into-the-arms-of-the-gop/813566/989 "2018-05-16T18:19:56Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Hmm. Move or clove, move or close. > > It’s getting a bit personal and attacky. > > Off to the Pit. Perhaps Jonathan got distracted. In any event, this thread seems to have petered out from the topic at hand and given there is a long running thread with Slacker already in the Pit about similar topics that this thread has drifted towards, I’m just going to close it. [/moderating] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneering-progressives-are-driving-young-white-men-into-the-arms-of-the-gop/813566.md?page=49)