Being a Liberal Is Hard
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jazfish
I guess I'm not a liberal.
I guess I'm not a liberal.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Hitchhiker awaiting "true call"
Hella liberal
Hella liberal
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Mice elf
awareness and empathy are
awareness and empathy are actually both pretty easy
except for people who insist they aren't
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: billionyearoldcarbon
and that's it in a nutshell
and that's it in a nutshell
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Roarshock
Not as easy as being a
Not as easy as being a staunch conservative and being all pissed off. "I'm a taxpayer!"
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: aiq
Don't worry about that word
Don't worry about that word salad, concentrate on the clear and present danger to constitutional democracy.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: nevermind
I was just saying to someone
I was just saying to someone a few months ago that what the Democrats lack is the kind of focus that Republicans have. The Republican party is primarily focused on abortion, guns, low taxes, and favorable conditions for business, and it's been that way for quite some time now, while the Democrats want to save the world.
The Democrats need to simplify what they stand for, and ask themselves some tough questions, like "Was it wise to fight for issues like which bathroom trans people should use right about the time Donald Trump's first presidential campaign was getting underway?"
https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/05/timeline-bathroom-wars/
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: MarkD
Agreed Mike.
Agreed Mike.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Briank
We live in a sound bite world
We live in a sound bite world. People don't give shit about facts, nuance, or long-term ramifications. Reps have mastered the art of being stupid and playing to the stupid. Democrats have words that people don't care about or understand.
It didn't start with Trump. I vividly remember it coming to light in one of the Gore/W debates. Every answer, W said nothing of importance but repeated the same inane soundbites over and over in his 2 minutes. Gore talked on and on, trying to explain complicated matters.
Give the people what they want.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Faye Dunaway
spaces and punctuation should
spaces and punctuation should be your friends
maybe try again with the thing in ALLCAPS at least?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: nevermind
> We live in a sound bite
> We live in a sound bite world.
Agreed, BK, and that's what I was saying about the Republicans having their message dialed in very tight for several decades now. The Dems need to forego the wish list word cloud of every issue under the sun, pick a handful of key issues, and hammer away at those in a similar way.
> spaces and punctuation should be your friends
I'd normally agree with you, Jilly, but I think the bleeding together and resulting lack of clarity is kind of the point in this instance.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Def. High
Dunno if I consider myself a
Dunno if I consider myself a liberal, but I'm somewhere mid-left.
And it is hard, 'cause we always seem to be losing lately.
That's because the other side always cheats, because they believe that the end justifies the means.
For them, it;s a feature not a bug.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Without a net
>> The Dems need to forego
>> The Dems need to forego the wish list word cloud of every issue under the sun, pick a handful of key issues, and hammer away at those in a similar way.
What's worse? Biden's age or the GOP taking your bodily autonomy away?
Just because you don't here it ad nauseam like the repug blow horn or where you choose to get your news...
You can bet your ass that both women and men know what's on the ballot
and if you don't?
You're a willfully ignorant son of a bitch