I&#x27;m not sure who is more smug: Sean Hannity or Rachel Maddow. But, I know which of them consistently punches up, and which one punches down, and that is far more important to me. As for the current state of political discourse I think you can draw a pretty convincing line from the dawn of right-wing talk radio, though Fox News et al, all the way to pretty much what we have now. But that doesn&#x27;t matter too much anymore and what&#x27;s done is done. The political climate is polarized and that is the arena in which liberals have to compete to have their voices heard and their ideas implemented.<p>So, that said, liberal Democrats probably should not worry too much about hurting the feelings of white racist reactionaries as they go about building a coalition that can win more national elections. In fact, I&#x27;m not sure any wing of the Democratic party should do that. White nationalists already have a party that is happy to accommodate them, and trying to beat that is probably just going to alienate everyone else.