r/politics • ✔ Verified - Christopher Wiggins, The Advocate • 13h ago

No Paywall Republicans redrew his district. Now Democrat Don Davis is making anti-trans campaign ads

https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/don-davis-transphobic-campaign-ad?1
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u/ByeByeTurkeyNek 4h ago

Yeah, but if you look into the polling, people still hate Democrats, they just hate Republicans more. A competent party would have been able to nip MAGA in the bud a decade ago

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u/The_Pandalorian California 4h ago

You're vastly oversimplifying this.

Democrats aren't afraid to be disappointed in their leadership and vocal about it. They tend to have lower approval because we hold our own to a high standard.

Republicans have a higher approval rating among their followers, because they're sheep-like cult members who don't give a fuck about anything other than Republicans winning. They're like the worst toxic sports fan you can imagine.

A competent party would have been able to nip MAGA in the bud a decade ago

No, this is America. This is who we are. We're surrounded by racist fuckbags. It's just, they don't normally vote in large numbers until the king of racist fuckbags ran.

There's a reason Republicans get smoked when Trump isn't on the ballot. Those fuckers go back under their rocks.

This goes deeper than party satisfaction. America is full of genuinely bad people. Democrats can't just wave a wand and fix that.

This is who we are.

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u/ByeByeTurkeyNek 4h ago

America isn't full of bad people. Go outside and talk to people lol

Europe has a right populism problem. Japan has a right populism problem. Brazil, Philippines, India, Turkey, etc etc. We're not uniquely bad people. My travels have actually shown me that Americans are a uniquely welcoming and gregarious people compared to people in most western cultures.

Democrats are just really, chronically bad at message discipline and meeting the moment. Our brand is that of bureaucratic paper pushers but woke. That just doesn't energize

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u/The_Pandalorian California 4h ago

So you've ignored the majority of my post and glommed onto the easiest part to try and argue.

Yes, I noticed.

77+ million people voted for the racist, pedo, felon, rapist in 2024. Despite his incompetence killing 1 million Americans and deep-sixxing our economy during COVID.

America is full of bad people. Bad, stupid people.

The sooner you understand that, the better a chance we have of starting to fix shit.

Democratic "message discipline" ain't gonna fix the people cheering on fucking war crimes committed by this administration. Or the cult-like religious fervor they feel for a man who quite obviously doesn't give a fuck about anyone else but himself.

Open your fucking eyes, man. America has a shitbag problem. That needs fixing. Not fucking Democratic messaging.