Independants are being put off by, let's say for example, trans-people because the only voices that mention them are Republican media, not because they are fundamentally bigoted.
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If you build a counter narrative, you can convince them that they aren't monsters and that's easier to do because that's the truth. But if you don't you leave room for Reps to keep using them as a Boogeyman to divide the workers. Defending minorities is not a cost to bear, it's a winning strategy.
Defending minorities is only a winning strategy when it gets you enough votes to win elections. The problem is that minorities, by definition, don't have enough votes.
Defending labor rights is wildly popular among both sides' voters.
Okay. One last time and then I give up. You defend minorities because, otherwise, non-minorities will vote conservative out of fear of them. That's my argument. You haven't answered it yet.
OK. I think your argument depends on A) a reductionist view of the average voter as being inherently a little xenophobic, and B) the inability of D's to win an argument. I don't think you have any evidence to show that prioritizing minority support actually wins elections. You just want it to be so
I would say compare and contrast the election of Andy Beshear in a red state with the non-election of Kamala Harris. Clearly, abandoning minorities doesn’t work, so why not try full-throated support and see how it works for a few cycles?
As for Andy Beshear, I'm like 80% aligned with his ideas, but he is focused on winning a specific voter base, and I am focused on broader strategy across the national stage. Where minorities are a strong electorate, it makes sense to center them. But nationally, they are not
IMO Kamala's loss is more attributable to being VP during an admin when inflation hit 10%. That's a global trend: insiders and incumbents lost big. Biden was a centrist D, Kamala was a centrist D, people didn't want more.
My argument for prioritizing labor vs minorities is in other threads here
That's one way that things can happen. And that's what's happened recently, because the D's have a weak message and little unity as a party.
My point here is about revitalizing a new Democratic party, with a new direction, under a vision that actually has a chance of uniting left, right, and center
Whatever... No need to keep arguing, we're getting nowhere. I'll leave it with one last point : a reason why we should loudly defend minority rights, regardless of political strategy, is because it's the right thing to do. In the end, that's what matters.
The only word I take issue with is "loudly," because the implication is that that one issue needs to take precedence. Minority rights need to be a part of the convo, but leading with them turns off voters who are being manipulated to feel disenfranchised by them. Actions speak louder than words
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Defending labor rights is wildly popular among both sides' voters.
My argument for prioritizing labor vs minorities is in other threads here
My point here is about revitalizing a new Democratic party, with a new direction, under a vision that actually has a chance of uniting left, right, and center