This isn’t “I want to believe”, this is “it would be irresponsible to not consider”.
One of many.
Weird is a compliment. It means you are willing to be yourself in the face of broken societal standards.
Someone who wants to take the rights of others isn’t weird. The word you’re looking for is “evil” or “selfish” or “authoritarian”.
I did vote for the dems.
“Weird” as an insult is fundamentally pro-centrist and pro-status-quo.
I’m not opposed to pushback.
I’m opposed to pushback that also pushes out queers and anyone that doesn’t match the corporate/centrist definition of normal.
Pushback against the nazis, not against “weird”.
Be weird and proud.
Why are you proposing that we be as nice as possible to fascists?
I’m sure I’m not alone. America is a very pro-weird place.
It alienated me and others like me that identify as weird.
You can’t win the left while shit talking non-hegemonic personalities and preferences.
No, Clinton-era thinking is trying to fluster the Republicans without being concerned with alienating the voters.
It alienated me.
Most queer people identify with the label “weird”.
I also saw pro-corporate outlets praising it.
Just because it flustered republicans doesn’t mean it didn’t alienate voters.
I agree with the rest of your message listing progressive policies that the majority of Americans support. That’s the winning strategy.
“Weird” alienated voters. It’s an example of bad messaging that the dems doubled down on that made them lose.
They lacked a platform that promised anything but more of the same that Americans were tired of. They needed to present something new and hopeful, not just lob an insult that much of America identifies with. A suite of policies to help the working class attracts votes to your side. Calling your opponents weird attracts votes to the weird anti-establishment.
Weird plays into the republican’s hands, and it annoys the hell out of me how the dems decided to throw the election to focus on petty insults that come off as compliments to most observers.
A part of the problem is that they didn’t hold back on broken and alienating messaging like “weird”. They should have focused on talking about what they can do for the people.
Changing our space program from that of scientific exploration and understanding our neighbors to one of colonization and conquest.
Science Mission Directorate cut by 50%?
It’s not the people building the rockets getting cut the most.
It’s the people studying the planets and responsible for understanding and protecting their state before human development s’encubre.
Democrats cannot continue to fall into the trap of discussing toilets and sports as if these are the pivotal issues of our lifetime. We should make it clear that the mistreatment and abuse inflicted on trans people is an attack on us all.
Absolutely. Toilet desegregation campaigns won before in this country. Let’s do it again. All toilets should be for anyone that needs them.
Highschool sports are about having fun. That’s the most important fact to come back to. That’s the target for any discussions.
Individuals staunchly opposed to gender-affirming care for trans youth and active duty trans military personnel should consider what type of life they expect for them to live while they ‘hurry up and wait’ until either age 18 in the case of the youth or retirement in the case of active duty personnel. Instead of engaging in the abstract, the Democrats can humanize trans and gender non-conforming youth by posing these very real questions.
That’s not enough to work. “Individuals staunchly opposed” to trans issues have a different understanding of gender than the queer community does. There is a language barrier that prevents the proposed questions from being adequately posed such that everyone understands them the same way. There is a lot of communication necessary leading up to these emotional appeals being understandable to most of the country.
How we communicate with voters and prospective voters looking ahead is an economic issue, a national security issue, and a social fabric issue, and it is time that we start acting like it. The Democrats’ next step should not be a reverse in the party’s social and civic-minded positions. It should be towards working to repair a loss of trust with voters by hitting restart on how the party communicates, looking further to find capable and moving messengers, and creating a culture – one that Biden himself said he wanted to foster – of proudly and loudly boasting Democratic wins and policy positions that meant something to people.
Great finish.
America’s role in WWII is too “woke” for the current administration.
Your time is up
My time is now
You can’t see me
My time is now
She might hire some republicans!
Thank you.
I think it hurts me because the same type of liberal centrist thought saying Trump is “weird” has also outgrouped me as “weird” in a way that has materially destroyed my life and career.
We need to empathize, not outgroup.