I kinda disagree. Professionals "work" but also feel elite from the working class.

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I kinda disagree. Professionals "work" but also feel elite from the working class.

Author: Curly1918 (15871 Posts - Joined: Aug 30, 2017)

Posted at 2:37 pm on Sep 30, 2024

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I live in Northville Michigan, an upscale community filled with hard working professionals (engineers, auto execs, lawyers and doctors) and we see a lot more Harris than Trump signs.

But venture just a mile outside into the countryside where the rural and working class live and it's overwhelmingly Trump country.

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Replies to: "I kinda disagree. Professionals "work" but also feel elite from the working class."

CNN: Republicans represent the working class. Dems are the party of the elite. [NT] [LINK] - Cole - 1:02pm 9/30/24 (40) [View All]
- Elon, J-Dumbo, Donnie, and Petey Thiel. Just some working stiff loving bros. [NT] - Frank L - 5:24pm 9/30/24
- I’d frame it as Republicans represent people who work for a living. - LanceManion - 2:15pm 9/30/24
  - That's exactly the way to say it. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 7:31pm 9/30/24
  - Well said. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 6:58pm 9/30/24
  - Someone said: if you have agency in your work you tend to be conservative. - iairishcheeks - 3:07pm 9/30/24
    - I think this is right. People with agency know they are best suited to make decisions not a - LanceManion - 4:17pm 9/30/24
      - Oh please. I’ve owned my business for over 30 years. That’s just malarkey. - Frank L - 6:03pm 9/30/24
        Well that makes you a good, bad example of what a business owner generally thinks. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 7:33pm 9/30/24
        At least I am one as opposed to all of the slaves of corporate America who claim they have agency - Frank L - 7:54pm 9/30/24
        
        Then you are the only business person I know who wants higher labor costs and more regs. [NT] - LanceManion - 6:26pm 9/30/24
        Higher labor costs? What are you smoking? We’ve been eliminating clerical work as much as possible. - Frank L - 6:32pm 9/30/24
        Someone’s an angry elf. [NT] - LanceManion - 7:00pm 9/30/24
        Supposedly owns a business, posts here 24/7. - PaND - 7:30pm 9/30/24
    - The two of you are so full of bull manure it stinks through the internet. [NT] - jimbasil - 3:23pm 9/30/24
      - Yup as they work down on the farm in their overalls. Please. [NT] - Frank L - 5:26pm 9/30/24
  - I kinda disagree. Professionals "work" but also feel elite from the working class. - Curly1918 - 2:37pm 9/30/24
    - Most, but not all feel that way. [NT] - Frank L - 6:06pm 9/30/24
    - We spend a lot of time traveling thru Northville for sports at CC. You may be right - LanceManion - 4:16pm 9/30/24
      - I feel that many Northville residents are just uncomfortable with Trump's personality. - Curly1918 - 5:02pm 9/30/24
        Agree on all counts. If you are ever bored and want to watch som HS FB, my son plays at FGR. - LanceManion - 5:23pm 9/30/24
        Give me a date and time and location and I'll try to make it. - Curly1918 - 5:41pm 9/30/24
        That was/is Mormon country. 10/11 FGR is home at 4 against Liggett. - LanceManion - 6:21pm 9/30/24
        I work til 6 during the week. Maybe we can catch an ND game some weekend when U of M iis away. [NT] - Curly1918 - 1:07pm 10/1/24
- Is this solely due to Trump? Or is it (and he) just a reaction to Dem policies? - Curly1918 - 1:26pm 9/30/24
- Historical facts tell a different story...here's just one... [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 1:15pm 9/30/24
  - That's the point, historically the Democrats were the working party, now it's the Republicans. I - THEISMANCARR - 7:37pm 9/30/24
  - Not too many "working class" folks can afford to live on your left coast. [LINK] - Curly1918 - 2:20pm 9/30/24
    - Many Republicans live in comparably priced dwellings there as well, especially in Orange County's - TyroneIrish - 7:13pm 9/30/24
  - Yeah, well. Historically the Dems are the party of slavery, Jim Crow, and clan members. - Iggle - 1:25pm 9/30/24
    - No more historically true than the GOP traditionally being the party of the coal mine and steel - Frank L - 6:27pm 9/30/24
    - On the issue of slavery, Jim Crow and the KKK, that all changed when the GOP enacted its - TyroneIrish - 1:45pm 9/30/24
      - Nice try again. Republicans freed the slaves and fought to the death to ensure it. - jakers - 2:56pm 9/30/24
        It's not a "Try"...it's a fact...see the attached Wiki Summary with 206 references, numerous [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 7:06pm 9/30/24
        Republicans freed the slaves. You people are racists. [NT] - jakers - 8:58pm 9/30/24
        Come join the rest of us living in the 'Here and Now' ;-)...The GOP for the last 60 years has been - TyroneIrish - 12:51am 10/1/24
        Agreed: You people destroyed that entire community 60 years ago. [NT] - jakers - 4:43pm 10/1/24
        
        Not a fact, also not relevant. - PaND - 7:32pm 9/30/24
        
        So called “radical Republicans” did. Conservative R’s not so much. They weren’t that big on equality - Frank L - 6:36pm 9/30/24
      - It did not, the Democrat party will always be the party of Slavery. - PaND - 2:42pm 9/30/24
- I have been saying that to everyone and no one wants to listen. It is fact. It did not used - THEISMANCARR - 1:13pm 9/30/24