Debating these minute differences sounds like Manufacturing Consent to me.
Obama is far from a saint, and every US President has the same blood of Empire on their hands.
But this is rich from a guy who bailed after it was pointed out that Trump literally has no platform, only offers racism, sexism, xenophobia, hate and authoritarianism, and that maybe we shouldn’t be trying to court the opinions of people who support those things.
I’m sure all the people in Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana will surely be lining up to vote for whatever out of touch liberal you are supporting instead of the person who actually engages with them.*
In this hypothetical, Trump was the person who actually engaged with them, and he won in 2016 because of that outreach.
I’m sure that buffoon really engaged them with his fucking unhinged rants and making fun of disabled people. His voters have been very honest about who they are, and it’s not our fault you’re not listening and instead arguing we should be engaging with authoritarians.
Sounds like Manufacturing Consent to me, from someone happy to debate the minute differences when it suits them.