This is a fact, but it’s the reality we’re dealing with. This is the very thing that Colbert was parodying all those years ago on the Colbert Report saying things like; I vote with my gut not my brain, and he doesn’t like facts because they aren’t ‘truthy’ enough, and reality has a liberal bias. This is essentially how these people think.
I have a lot of trouble talking to them too, because if you point out the failings of the republican party you get a “Well, the dems are worse.” reflex. If you point out the pros of the democrats, you get a reflexive “Yeah, but they’re all criminals.” I sincerely believe that there is a conversational path you can walk to open their minds a bit,
I think that the democrats need to be taking notes from the Sanders, AOC, and now Mamdani on how to win over these voters. They talk about policies and goals that support the poor and the working class but the democrats, for the most part, are not going that route. Many seem to think saying that, I’m not the republican is good enough and it clearly isn’t.
Thanks for sharing. I was just recently suggesting that populism from the left has the power to retake the culture, but the Dems are not taking advantage of that. Hopefully our conversations prove somewhat helpful in the grand scheme of things. I am seeing some movement from them, but not enough to feel like it’s been worthwhile. Keep up the fight.
This is a fact, but it’s the reality we’re dealing with. This is the very thing that Colbert was parodying all those years ago on the Colbert Report saying things like; I vote with my gut not my brain, and he doesn’t like facts because they aren’t ‘truthy’ enough, and reality has a liberal bias. This is essentially how these people think.
I have a lot of trouble talking to them too, because if you point out the failings of the republican party you get a “Well, the dems are worse.” reflex. If you point out the pros of the democrats, you get a reflexive “Yeah, but they’re all criminals.” I sincerely believe that there is a conversational path you can walk to open their minds a bit,
I think that the democrats need to be taking notes from the Sanders, AOC, and now Mamdani on how to win over these voters. They talk about policies and goals that support the poor and the working class but the democrats, for the most part, are not going that route. Many seem to think saying that, I’m not the republican is good enough and it clearly isn’t.
Thanks for sharing. I was just recently suggesting that populism from the left has the power to retake the culture, but the Dems are not taking advantage of that. Hopefully our conversations prove somewhat helpful in the grand scheme of things. I am seeing some movement from them, but not enough to feel like it’s been worthwhile. Keep up the fight.