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It occurred to me that we’ve been talking about two different things, and I’m not sure they’ve been explicitly separated.
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Calls to try to understand the [not explicitly hateful] reasons people voted for him are valid. We (and DNC) need to understand their anger.
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This is not in opposition to the other important project: fighting the very real threat of an authoritarian, racist president.
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That may not have been voters’ intent, but it’s what we got. Fighting hate/not normalizing can run parallel to trying to understand voters.