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Anyone who’s apolitical, a centrist, or “doesn’t care about politics” is a right wing pawn who deserves to be lumped in with the Nazis
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Anonymous 1w

the award for the most destructive message to left wing politics goes to:

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Anonymous 1w

This is not the perspective to have. Calling everyone a Nazi is not winning democrats and liberals any friends (voters). Sometimes conservative folks’ opinion is nothing more than “I’m Christian, and the Republican Party actively makes efforts to connect with that part of me.” Then all of a sudden, they’re being called a Nazi. Now you’re trying to extend that to people who aren’t actively political? Sure, I agree with “you may not fuck with politics, but politics will fuck with you” and am a

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

liberal myself, but this is not helpful to the cause. This is nothing more than “they’re not on my team, so they’re the opponent” mentality. Some people simply don’t care even though they should, so labeling and calling them Nazis certainly won’t help them selecting the candidate with a D next to their name if/when they go to the polls.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

If you’ve studied Poli-sci, you’d know that winning over independent/undecided/people who don’t typically vote is what wins elections. Hardline dems and republicans almost always vote with their party, regardless of the candidate. Dems try too hard to appeal to small (albeit important) sects of the population. What does better gay and trans rights do for the vast majority of the US population? While I believe these issues are important, putting them on a pedestal constricts messaging to

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

a broader voter base. Meanwhile, republicans (falsely) campaign on very broad and general issues like lying about fixing the economy and not going to war. That’s why democrats tend to do well during midterms under a republican presidency; because all of a sudden, those voters realized they were swooned and want change. You have to remember lots of people aren’t smart, and will vote for a candidate simply based off of “yeah that person said something I liked in that commercial/news clip”

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

*constricts messaging FOR a broader voter base*

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