The argument is just… what does moderation even mean? Be crueler to people who can’t punch back? That’s both cowardly loser shit and will also actively repel most people. They’re speaking in vagaries to mask that there are no real ideas, just the Racism Dial.
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Pete Buttigieg example.
Use “moderate” when touting 60%+ popular policies and “protecting all God’s children.”
-Middle class tax cuts
-Safe schools
-Protecting retirement
-secure border
-more jobs/better pay
https://bsky.app/profile/fleerultra.bsky.social/post/3lp2nbp47js23
I don’t think all those folks are asking for moderate policy. They’re asking for progressive economic policy, whether they call it that or not.
And if people are offended that I would call their "views" inhumane, then I invite them to line up, take a number, and kiss my ass.
"Of COURSE I don't PERSONALLY have anything against it, some of my best friends etc ... but do you WANT Republicans to win?! Shut UP about equal treatment under the law!"
The GOP has consistently run on Christian identity politics my whole life and is actively pivoting to add white nationalism to that.
It's all bullshit and you bought it lmao
Trans ppl are under attack b/c of their identity. Black ppl are being called DEI hire and getting fired and their books/history getting banned. If advocating for their rights is “identity politics”, we need more of it.
Abandon them & you lose.
Perhaps education is the latter but it’s plausibly just a casualty of the former.
You would def hope to see more of an advantage tho I feel you.
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2023-07-28/democrats-cede-trustworthiness-on-education-to-gop-in-key-battleground-states
Hope that Republicans start doing budget cuts again?
Yeah it basically boils down to "talk more about health care" and I guess talking about housing is good b/c it's kinda business coded.
taking econ off the table bc it’s just inflation, seems plausible you could come up w non racist moderate stances on police, crime, education, social security, poverty, foreign policy, gov’t debt, etc. to me
They think we’ve been focused on everything but. It’s not a hard fix.
Liberals though... just punching anywhere and everywhere, but the right places (which is UP, of course)
but also republicans exploited/ignited renewed anger about these issues because when trans genderism is was listed as a medical condition, the tax payers funded care for the conditions (Medicare) -and they were told the same about immigrants (costing the tax payer)
This has never been true.
Worse is - worse.
And all of the people doing terrible things will still be there when the smoke clears - just trillions of dollars richer than they were before, with fewer laws.
We can use this moment the best we can, but for god's sake don't celebrate it
Moderates in red places care less about social issues but they'll default to the familiar unless you give them something else to care about.