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In reply to the discussion: A shout out to "social issues" [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)she said she wants to be the champion for "everyday Americans"
Not "a select group" of everyday Americans. Presumably ALL of us.
Also, the OP is wrong - the following are NOT social issues
Social Security
Unemployment
Assistance for the poor
Higher education
K-12 Education
Global Climate Change
The Environment
Federally funded research: NIH, NSF, NEH, and NEA
Disaster preparedness (remember Katrina?)
Some regulation of Wall Street vs. Complete deregulation
Job training and infrastructure projects vs. even greater tax cuts for the rich
Those are more economic than social.
The defining characteristic of a social issue is that it divides America into groups that matter - like women, or people of color, and groups that don't - like men, or white people.
Granted those who are in the "people that matter" category are mostly fine with this, and ready to scold the people that don't matter for only caring about themself. But so it goes.
And social issues seem to rule - even here, or maybe especially here.