• LoreleiSankTheShip@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    Not an American, but yikes does this have “Vote with us… Or else!” vibes.

    That’s not to say I support Trump, but I personally don’t think this is the way to convince fence-sitters at all.

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      1 month ago

      I mean, yeah? Have you looked around? The or else is getting pretty bad.

      Also I want to keep adding it’s not just Trump, he’s just a pawn. This is Republicans, not Trump. If row did anything hopefully it opened up some eyes to realize they have been on message for a long damn time. Dems should take note.

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      It’s exactly the kind of thing that feels good to say, but doesn’t convince anyone at all. Which is why Republicans keep winning despite ideas that should be extremely unpopular. They tie themselves to emotions about masculinity and patriotism and paint the other side as a source of disgust and fear. While Democrats look at people who support or don’t seem eager to stop Trump and say angry things at them, which just makes them not want to help Demcorats.

      The “I’m voting, are you?” argument featuring nutty alt-right Maga crazies is far better because it says “hey, you can help stop this nutjob.”

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        1 month ago

        The American neoliberal experiment started in 1992 when Bill Clinton was president…

        The prior (edit: Dem, obviously) president was Jimmy Fuckin Carter…

        How do you think the Overton Window has moved since Carter?

        We can’t afford to keep going with a strategy that clearly hasn’t worked for 30+ years…

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      1 month ago

      you are 100% correct, and I’m glad to see you speaking up here as well.

      these kind of posts are disgusting pablum and should be discouraged.

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      1 month ago

      Can confirm, these awful false-equivalences have only further convinced me that liberals will never lift a finger to help anyone.

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      1 month ago

      The really bad part is when you see how they react when people point out Kamala moving to the left would guarantee trump loses…

      Moderates have been doing this since Bill Clinton 30+ years ago.

      They always claim nothing else matters but beating Republicans, and use any excuse to move the party right. When voters complain the politician doesn’t match the party, we get the above.

      They’d rather trump win then progressives, so they point a gun at everyone’s head and say it’s our fault if they have to pull the trigger.

      Hell, in 08 with Obama they did pull the trigger. PUMA movement had them voting R instead of Obama. It’s just despite controlling the party, they are a statistically insignificant amount of voters.

      A few months ago all these people called us trump supporters for making the (still true) statement that Kamala has a better chance than Biden, and they were all saying Kamala would be a terrible candidate and only Biden can win.

      They’ll say anything in the moment with no regards to what just came out of their mouths.

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      1 month ago

      The “or else” is you will be remembered as the Trump supporter that you are. That’s not a threat.

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      Yes, I understand the sentiment. But the tone is off. Sounding like fascists or Marxist Leninist should be the last thing anyone should be aiming for.

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        More people should be aiming to be Marxists, don’t know why you’re trying to draw an equivalence between Marxists and fascists that doesn’t exist. You should read Blackshirts and Reds, Communists and fascists have served entirely different classes, the fascists served the bourgeoisie while the Marxists served the proletariat, and funded anti-colonial and anti-Imperialist movements the world over (including funding the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine).