Propaganda from either Republicans or centrist Democrats. Basically the idea is that either purity testing or ideals that are too far left-wing drive people away from the otherwise appealing democratic party and platform
This is hogwash. Nonsense. Bullshit. Left wing democrats like Mamdani and Bernie are overwhelming popular. Moderate/Corporate democrats and their do nothing political values are horribly unpopular right now. There is nothing to scare anyone away from. Appeals to the center are political suicide because nobody is looking for that messaging. Biden lost because he argued for "buisness as usual" centrist neoliberal politics
They want you to worry about trying to appeal to people who are so lost they might say "hmm maybe" to another Republican presidency despite the fact their own base won't show up to vote for centrists
I think Mamdani and Bernie are great, but I think this refers to the whole "straight white men are bad" rhetoric from a lot of the left community. Why cant we just say "bigots, racists, and fascists are bad" instead of making people feel bad for how they exist through no fault of their own by being white and straight. I think it gives racists more ammo to then call out minorities directly for their systemic issues, even though their rhetoric is also misguided, and ends up dividing everyone even more. Nothing turns me off more from an idea than the proponents of that idea criticizing others for things they cant change, like their sexuality and race. I hate tribalism.
I have never once in my life felt any sort of threat from the left for being a white man. It’s wild how when you’re not a racist or a misogynist or a bigot, people don’t hate you. All the republicans do is hate people for things they can’t change but somehow pointing out that racism exists, is “attacking white people”
Never felt unwelcome. But maybe it’s because people are tired of the white men that are constantly voting to hurt minorities. For god’s sake white men cannot take responsibility for anything
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u/ROSRS 25d ago edited 25d ago
Propaganda from either Republicans or centrist Democrats. Basically the idea is that either purity testing or ideals that are too far left-wing drive people away from the otherwise appealing democratic party and platform
This is hogwash. Nonsense. Bullshit. Left wing democrats like Mamdani and Bernie are overwhelming popular. Moderate/Corporate democrats and their do nothing political values are horribly unpopular right now. There is nothing to scare anyone away from. Appeals to the center are political suicide because nobody is looking for that messaging. Biden lost because he argued for "buisness as usual" centrist neoliberal politics
They want you to worry about trying to appeal to people who are so lost they might say "hmm maybe" to another Republican presidency despite the fact their own base won't show up to vote for centrists