Like every Dem, I have endless gripes about Dem messaging, but we have a genuine, longstanding problem of people literally not believing what Republicans are doing. They don't even believe what Republicans say they'll do!
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Robert Black
This is also why a lot of people have trouble parsing the stuff Musk or whoever is doing to the federal government
"Why would you do this? It only hurts people, with no conceivable benefit to anyone!" yes that's why, they like hurting people as an end in itself
"Why would you do this? It only hurts people, with no conceivable benefit to anyone!" yes that's why, they like hurting people as an end in itself
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It's the racism (and sexism).
More convenient to blame one black woman than MILLIONS of white voters.
That's EXACTLY why we're here.
They saw Trump 1, including ~ 1 million dead and decided it wasn't so bad.
So they bought tickets for Trump 2.
How come voters aren't responsible for their OWN actions?
But I agree it's not the messaging.
“If it was still dangerous, they’d tell us, right? If they’re lying then I’ve endangered myself and a bunch of people I care about. So the people who think it’s still dangerous must be the ones who are wrong.”
'The Harris is for they/them' message would only have worked in a mean country that allowed same sex marriage to be demonized.
Using "woke" is the same as using "politically correct". Just a right wing southern stratergy method for saying Black without actually saying it.
Just stop using it.
Plus, the MAGAs have created such an environment of BS that nobody believes anything
https://www.newsweek.com/map-reveals-us-adult-literacy-rates-state-2010175
(Those who weren’t convinced to actually vote red were at least lulled into thinking there wasn’t enough of a “threat” to warrant voting blue.)
These ancient Dems can’t stop talking about how these aren’t “real Republicans” and how “they’ll come to their senses” which absolves them of any culpability or even agency in all this. Obama said shit like this 15 years ago!
but the asymmetry between people believing “Democrats import immigrants as a cynical ploy to pad their vote totals and impose Marxism”
and disregarding “Republicans want to ban abortion and slash social security”
really is stark
To maga, there are immigrants to hate and get angry about.
Taking away women’s choice and SS may suck, but immigrants!!!
all democratic messaging frames must account for which produces more rage in the non-evolved amygdala brained magahole.
And ppl who consume “alternative media” think George Soros pays people to make hurricanes
The problem is voters treat every election as Verizon vs. AT&T, and assume they’re mostly the same and everything else is a sales pitch.
The problem with campaigning against fascism with a cynical and naive population is that telling the truth makes you look crazy, and reining in your message makes you disingenuous.
Our coverage of politics is reduced down to sportscenter.
We don’t get to see a message, we see pundits critique and debate that message, and that’s if it’s even allowed on air.
Dems lost because people who were completely tuned out were Trump +12.
But we are, until we do something about it.
They just didn't care.
But they believe Republicans will do those things to OTHER socio-economic-racial castes/classes.
These voters are genuinely surprised and confused then they realize THEY are on the menu as well.
I’m not savvy enough to know what they need to be but having propaganda labeled “news” is not good.
Like @petebuttigieg.bsky.social almost a “fireside chat” style. We are missing consistent and clear communication.
This disbelief is a symptom of both the Dems indolence and poor communication