Gotta disagree with your theme here. To suggest the Democratic Party dumb down their political messaging is playing into the hands of Republicans, racing to the bottom and sinking to the low level of MAGA (not even traditional Republicanism).
Where was all this introspective critique prior to Election Day?
Gotta disagree with your theme here. To suggest the Democratic Party dumb down their political messaging is playing into the hands of Republicans, racing to the bottom and sinking to the low level of MAGA (not even traditional Republicanism).
Where was all this introspective critique prior to Election Day?
I’m personally not turning the most consequential election of our lifetime into a sporting contest open to Monday morning quarterback analysis for the sake of pointing fingers.
Democrats’ overarching, unified concern for helping the least fortunate in society, while still providing plenty of opportunities for mainstream Americans to thrive is as close to ideal as we have ever seen in the U.S.A.
MAGA won the 2024 election on fear tactics, harping on Inconsequential social issues and a misinterpretation of the true state of our economy.
Let’s not bury those three glaring facts in retrospection and 20/20 hindsight.
It happened, it sucked, and if we want to do better next time we have to collectively begin today educating the public on how politics = policy, and policy = rights, and without engaging in politics one is not protecting their own rights.
Becasue if the Left sinks to the political tactics of the Right, next time the rights of conservatives will be attacked.
I canvassed for 18 of the last 30 days leading up to Election Day. The many Dems and Republicans who were Trump supporters did not speak of fear as much as for a defense of their values - and not all of that was sexism or racism, so much as the feeling of abandonment by Democrats who seemed out of touch with the economic plight of rural Americans, not speaking with clarity about people’s helplessness with the high cost of living, or understanding the feeling of emasculation by young men.
“Emasculation by young men”? Wondering what they meant by that. Who are they pointing fingers at for their perceived emasculation? Was Taylor Swift too successful and talented as to make them feel small and unsuccessful by comparison? Was Kamala too accomplished in her career and outspoken about women’s rites?
If either is true, that’s on them. Boys become men by getting off their asses and working hard to achieve their personal goals — in work, school, sports, whatever.
Also, Kamala and Joe both regularly went out of their way to mention the plight of rural men and women who’ve dealt with jobs leaving their areas for overseas production. That’s WHY they pushed for the ChiPS and science Act — to bring back some good-paying jobs. They’re coming. If these folks had watched less reality TV, NASCAR and WWE maybe they would have gotten those messages.
I’m done with MAGA feeling sorry for themselves. What happened to picking yourself up by your bootstraps and also “F your feelings”?
I'd supplement this by suggesting Trump appealed to the 'old brain' and three core emotions---fear (e.g. immigrants taking jobs and causing crime), anger (e.g. not getting fair share, foreign countries taking advantage), disgust (e.g. Ivies, elites)--and the lies told to prompt these emotions bypassed the critical thinking of the "new brain"...and those (many less educated) voters who don't think, but imitate their tribe. Seems all his fabrications and truths were designed to trigger. (Interesting how, again, Trump never sicced attention on the oligopolists.)
Gotta disagree with your theme here. To suggest the Democratic Party dumb down their political messaging is playing into the hands of Republicans, racing to the bottom and sinking to the low level of MAGA (not even traditional Republicanism).
Where was all this introspective critique prior to Election Day?
I’m personally not turning the most consequential election of our lifetime into a sporting contest open to Monday morning quarterback analysis for the sake of pointing fingers.
Democrats’ overarching, unified concern for helping the least fortunate in society, while still providing plenty of opportunities for mainstream Americans to thrive is as close to ideal as we have ever seen in the U.S.A.
MAGA won the 2024 election on fear tactics, harping on Inconsequential social issues and a misinterpretation of the true state of our economy.
Let’s not bury those three glaring facts in retrospection and 20/20 hindsight.
It happened, it sucked, and if we want to do better next time we have to collectively begin today educating the public on how politics = policy, and policy = rights, and without engaging in politics one is not protecting their own rights.
Becasue if the Left sinks to the political tactics of the Right, next time the rights of conservatives will be attacked.
I canvassed for 18 of the last 30 days leading up to Election Day. The many Dems and Republicans who were Trump supporters did not speak of fear as much as for a defense of their values - and not all of that was sexism or racism, so much as the feeling of abandonment by Democrats who seemed out of touch with the economic plight of rural Americans, not speaking with clarity about people’s helplessness with the high cost of living, or understanding the feeling of emasculation by young men.
“Emasculation by young men”? Wondering what they meant by that. Who are they pointing fingers at for their perceived emasculation? Was Taylor Swift too successful and talented as to make them feel small and unsuccessful by comparison? Was Kamala too accomplished in her career and outspoken about women’s rites?
If either is true, that’s on them. Boys become men by getting off their asses and working hard to achieve their personal goals — in work, school, sports, whatever.
Also, Kamala and Joe both regularly went out of their way to mention the plight of rural men and women who’ve dealt with jobs leaving their areas for overseas production. That’s WHY they pushed for the ChiPS and science Act — to bring back some good-paying jobs. They’re coming. If these folks had watched less reality TV, NASCAR and WWE maybe they would have gotten those messages.
I’m done with MAGA feeling sorry for themselves. What happened to picking yourself up by your bootstraps and also “F your feelings”?
I'd supplement this by suggesting Trump appealed to the 'old brain' and three core emotions---fear (e.g. immigrants taking jobs and causing crime), anger (e.g. not getting fair share, foreign countries taking advantage), disgust (e.g. Ivies, elites)--and the lies told to prompt these emotions bypassed the critical thinking of the "new brain"...and those (many less educated) voters who don't think, but imitate their tribe. Seems all his fabrications and truths were designed to trigger. (Interesting how, again, Trump never sicced attention on the oligopolists.)