Mockler: What kind of messaging techniques do you use when you’re talking to Republicans?
Buttigieg: You meet somebody, you talk to them and you see that the person you’re talking to is not some raging asshole, it’s a fellow American who has a different view of things…
Buttigieg: You meet somebody, you talk to them and you see that the person you’re talking to is not some raging asshole, it’s a fellow American who has a different view of things…
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“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/hate-on-the-ticket-trump-chooses-anti-lgbtq-maga-acolyte-jd-vance-for-vp-slot
It’s just hard.
I've noticed however that logic and reason are accepted in mutual conversations, but... The votes don't change with the hearts And minds? It's a real problem
DNC is going to hump Buttigieg's leg and continue to reject what democracy and the Democratic Party need--passion! People that see these outrageous violations of our freedom and gets ANGRY!
DNC is a failure that keeps failing
I’ve seen LOADS of calls on the internet calling for public executions of civil servants & sitting members of congress
Trump pulled the curtain back (so at least we can give him that). We are surrounded by disease
Pete B. is a good guy but not what we need for the situation we are in. Trump and his minions will need to be locked up.
I get a lot of questions, interesting comments and no one really rude. But it gets a conversation started
I 🩷 Pete (not drunk🤪Pete)
If we elect Pete or another "my friends on the other side of the isle" Democrat the next Republican will be worse than Trump.
MAGA Republicans will need to be locked up, Pete won't do it.
Also, fuck, no, nobody wants Castros.
It's the bigot's mantle.
The smug, smiling asshole who is rigidly assured of the sinful nature of your beliefs and the holiness of theirs.
Just sayin'.
Different opinion one thing. Out and out cruelty hate lies criminality another thing entirely.
Best advice ever a friend gave me: sometimes a person is just an asshole.
Sometimes a political party is full of assholes. Fuck republicans.
only those two choices.
In fact, it might be refreshing for them to run as a true team, promising to function as co-executives who consult with each other on decisions to prevent
(gestures broadly) THIS, ever again.
NO WAY are Americans mature & secure enough to eject a woman of color &’a gay man.
They are too STUPIDLY afraid of “the other.”
>shrug<
We’ve got loads who’d do a far better job than the current openly bribing shit show
But we insist on making it a sick and fairly ineffective game that people play for years & never win
This business about how racists and nazis and Proud Boys and Oath Keepers are not really raging assholes, and we're all part of the Great Big American Quilt in the end and kumbaya!.. is exactly how we got where we are.
We didn't take the right seriously. And now? Concentration camps.
The evidence: disagree with them, holding an evidence folder.
You won’t get a “Huh, maybe I was misinformed.”
You’re more likely to get screamed at, and if you don’t back down, worse.
Whereas non-maga people may have a thin veneer of asshole covering a compassionate core
The next Democratic POTUS will need to lock up Trump and lots of his administration and leaders of the Republican party.
The lie proves Pete would be another Biden, which would set up the country for another Trump (but worse).
"Immigrants are filthy leeches who should be run out of our country. Queers are an abomination. Women should stay home and raise kids. Andrew Tate's right, there's nothing wrong with a little date rape. I don't care about your kid getting shot, I need an AR-15."
Raging asshole.
This is may or may not be his real feelings on the matter, but we're pretty sure we do not share "values" with MAGA
No, that imaginary Republican is an asshole who DOES NOT want the same society. That’s where the conversation should start. FFS!
Those with the red hats ARE ALWAYS RAGING ASSHOLES.
A “different view” of racism?
A “different view” of right & wrong?
A “different view” of our Constitution?
Yeah - sorry - that’s non negotiable in 2025.
A MAGA? No. The red hat covers a head full of hate and horseshit.
But their party was stolen by racists and fascists. The party they once supported doesn't exist. And I won't stop talking, listening, and trying to convince them.
No, it doesn't make him right-wing.
For starters...
Indeed. I remember an article about these pro-choice women in Texas who think that "Trump is a pig" but also stated that he'd be better for the country than Biden.
As much as they may hate Trump, they will never vote for a Dem.
Which different view?
Sure the median voter who doesn't have a clue is not some raging asshole, but republicans, that takes a different kind of association that makes you that way.
And, I’m related to several.
Normalize "asshole"
Woild blow most of their fucking minds
They would convince him to "look forward and not back" and after everything he tries to do gets stalled and blocked the next Republican POTUS would be worse than Trump.
Just like they did with Clinton, Obama and Biden.
That cycle has to end.
He’s a bit egotistical but he’s brilliant and capable
Americans couldn’t elect a qualified woman. Do you honestly think morons here will look past his sexuality? He’s more “man” than these fake alphas, but they can’t get past it