To win on social issues, the Left has to develop the cultural competence to connect progressive goals with working-class priorities. The gay marriage fight offers a formula for appealing to ordinary Americans’ values without giving up on social progress.
I didn’t mention Frederick Douglas because I know who I’m replying to and how to stay on topic.
And I know who I am responding to.
It was funny watching you tie yourself in knots, and satisfying to see you admit that you have nothing useful to say.
Now that you’ve exhausted yourself, I’ll leave.
I was kinda hoping you’d find a way to pretend you’d been more oppressed than Douglas, but I guess even you have some selfawareness.