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Chuckie Finster

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  1. I think we are largely aligned: you are absolutely correct, Dems should not try and win over the lost souls. Where we disagree, I think, is I do not agree that every “white kid spawned by Republicans” is a lost soul, nor do I agree that attempting to meet them where they are is a lost cause. If anything, that line of thinking is a self-fulfilling prophecy, as we have seen over the last decade. Many of them merely just want to felt heard, which only one group is even attempting at this point. And Dems don’t even need to change their messaging: their platform on employment, healthcare, education, etc. is widely popular… they just have to figure out how to effectively get their ideas to that audience. Honestly, writing them completely off proves that the bullshit they’ve been told about Democrats over the last decade by the bad faith right wing commentators is not all wrong.
  2. Writing off an entire generation is as useless as the shit Schumer is doing. Yes, there are kids that are unreachable and make great Comedy Central clips. Those have existed in every generation since the dawn of time. But there’s a fuckton more who are merely voting for the only side that has actually made an effort to court their vote. They can be won back, but it won’t be accomplished by lumping them together with the truly lost ones.
  3. "You are filled with hatred because they *point to Republican opponent* want you to be." 1) Gives everyone a common target and 2) eliminates personal accountability.
  4. Genuine lol here
  5. Rereading this post and hoping the phrasing isn't insensitive to @troph, etc. I know the fight for your rights is a REAL issue that you are fighting every day and it is not my intent to diminish at all. Just trying to convey that issues like wage inequality, healthcare, education, etc. are issues that ALL of us, regardless of race, sexual preference, or religion, have to deal with and we should encourage elections to focus on those rather than the ones that divide us.
  6. YES! "They want to focus on the Facebook issues, I want to focus on the real ones" is an insanely easy message to convey.
  7. Core Democratic Party ideas are >>>>>> popular than the Democratic Party, and that is largely because the Democratic Party has allowed the Republican Party to define them. The "we won't speak to that massively popular podcast host because he has said nice things about Trump" attitude will only result in more alienation and more election losses. Young white dudes don't hate the Democratic Party because they hate their ideas. They hate the Democratic Party because their only knowledge of the Party comes out of the mouths of right wingers. Until an effort is made to counter this messaging, the end result shouldn't be surprising.
  8. I'm just so fucking exhausted. A rhetorical question but why is decency so fucking impossible for these people?
  9. The truth of the matter is that you have described a small, politically insignificant portion of the population. There’s a much MUCH larger portion of the population, however, who are generally accepting in their everyday lives, but maybe lean a little right. They get defensive when told that they “hate women, brown people, etc” and end up siding with that ideology when forced to make a call at the ballot box. The key is not to tell them that they need to change, most people don’t respond well to that. The key is to remove the issue as a political football altogether. Give everyone a new target for their anger (the Republican politicians fomenting this hatred) and acceptance quite likely will follow naturally once we are in the battle together.
  10. I always love when a batter is so pumped at hitting a home run that they forget to jog and basically run the bases at normal speed.
  11. You're right, elections are about vibes... and the vibes are horrendous for everyone right now. Seriously, put on a hazmat suit and venture into the conservative corners of the internet - they're all still fucking furious and they've gotten everything they could want. "Your personal beliefs are the reason you are mad at your neighbor and you will need to change those in order for things to get better" is a losing fucking message that makes people defensive. "Those Republican politicians are the reason you are mad at your neighbor and you need to vote them out in order for things to get better" is a goddamn rallying cry.
  12. The tone of the message can be adjusted per candidate, but I really feel like a "seriously, what have they done for you?" campaign could gain traction, especially in areas that have been red for a while. "Have you gotten a raise? Are the roads around you fixed? Is your kid getting a better education? The only thing they've been really successful at is getting you to hate your neighbor while ignoring the stuff that really matters." The Republicans will always win the messaging battle when it comes to culture war shit. The Democrats shouldn't try to fight them on it, nor should they ignore it. What they need to do is redirect the conversation to highlight that all the Republicans do is focus on the Facebook issues instead of the real ones. Might be blasphemous to claim this on the internet but MOST people don't want to go around hating everyone. Giving everyone a common enemy: "these guys are the reason you are mad all the time because they keep focusing on what divides us instead of the shit that actually matters" might have surprising staying power. It isn't a naive message of kumbaya either, it's a "yeah we might have different views on some stuff, but let's focus on keeping you employed instead of the genitals of high school athletes in Tennessee." I just really think there's a lot of people tired of feeling like they are constantly in a culture war.
  13. First ballot “imagine if Obama…”
  14. Hard to envision a scenario where it isn’t Joe or Kyle at the end.
  15. Exciting player! Hayes Fawcett needs to be arrested, though.
  16. One thing I can’t shake is the absolute lack of… anything (?) from this team. Even the celebration last night felt more like “well, this is what we are supposed to do when this happens” rather than some genuine outpouring of emotion. Maybe I’m projecting or maybe I’m just spoiled from the rare vibes we had for a decade, but it is really hard to get attached to these guys.
  17. Merely calling Republicans "weird" gave the Democrats more momentum than they'd had since Obama. Imagine what could happen if they go all-in with that.
  18. A couple of months ago my mother randomly ranted about how unfair it is that Pete Rose is not in the Hall of Fame. I was taken aback, as I didn't know anyone had thought about Pete Rose in years. Finding out it's a MAGA thing makes SO MUCH sense now.
  19. Gonna see that one on the highlights tomorrow.
  20. This post immediately after one about an aggy player in the portal is *chef's kiss*
  21. 100%, but we shouldn't give him credit for taking steps to fight the fire he started... especially when there's still a fucking fire happening.
  22. Tariffs have still increased, meaning the average citizen will pay more... but they have not increased enough 1) for any company to move manufacturing stateside or 2) to eliminate income taxes. So, all of the downside without any of the (admittedly bullshit) upside. ART OF THE DEAL!
  23. I hope the appropriate parties receive credit for this bump. Thanks Joe!
  24. RIP return of American manufacturing (2025-2025)
  25. Baseless “DEMOCRAT X IS DOING SOMETHING WRONG!!!” claims for four years. Followed by ”Republican X can legally do that thing since y’all didn’t punish the Democrat for something we made up!!” Repeat until I walk into the ocean one day.
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