Considering the right uses social issues as wedge issues and uses that wedge to have people vote against their own interests, I’m not sure what you’re suggesting as a solution.

Xenophobia and Islamophobia are used to justify wars that disproportionately negatively affect working class people. They also are used to justify anti immigrant sentiment that decreases our tax base and increases our food costs.

Anti lgbt rhetoric is used to stoke hatred against people who support women’s liberation which helps working class men and women more than upper class men and women. Caring about safety doesn’t make you “gay” or a “pussy”, it makes you someone in solidarity with your fellow workers.

“No war but class war” only works if both sides understand that and they don’t. The studies show that. They would rather vote against their class interests than vote for someone who doesn’t hate the right people.

We need to continue to stamp out hate so it cannot be used to divide us. If people could move beyond racism and their phobias they could see the way they are being manipulated.