But if a party dilutes their message by embracing conspiracy theories, outlandish lies, bigotry, and authoritarian rhetoric, then what the hell? How is political discussion supposed to be in good faith anymore? If people want to talk to me about trade, they can talk to me about trade on whatever platform they want. I listen to them all the time. If they want to talk to me about how voting machines are rigged by Hugo Chavez, then they're probably not going to say, "oh, your right" when I show them facts that say otherwise.
Move down the hierarchy of needs a bit and listen to what people are discussing. It's not trade policy.
Props to the food banks and other organizations that did so much with so little.
Even if you don’t agree with that statement, are you honestly okay with our voting technology being outsourced and owned by a Venezuelan company?
I think there’s some sort of “orange man bad” blindness that is getting people to accept things they otherwise would never tolerate.
We're supposed to believe this was a coherent protest for populism and not just sour grapes flamed by the president?
The national flag of Great Britain?
Blue-collar America (manufacturing, middle class) used to be a pretty stalwart blue supporting constituency. Now this group is welcoming populism and is pretty red. We've seen not just jobs but entire INDUSTRIES shipped abroad to the lowest bidder (it's cheaper to make something with slave labor, of course).
You might not care to "listen" but I think they have something interesting to talk about.