Or, you could develop a platform that actually works for Americans. Then you don’t have to stress out over candidates or messaging or bullying or whatever other excuse of the week.
The craziest part is that team D does have winning issues, they just like to focus on other stuff… |
Yes, that is what teachers teach. The missing part though, is: What do you do in a dangerous situation when there’s no adult to ask? Or the adults can’t intervene effectively? Or the adults are the bullies? So, yeah, this is nice first level stuff in environments that offer effective interventions and protections. That’s an ideal situation though. Trump, as an adult, bragged about hitting his second grade music teacher. Without getting into his overall psychopathology, this is the kind of person we’re talking about and dealing with here. To use your analogy with that nice flyer, who should we tell? The Republicans in Congress who Ave given over their power to Trump? The “adults” from his first administration who are now licking their wounds? People like Musk, Miller, and Bannon —who are cheering him on? What would effectively contain our Bully-In-Chief? |
Exactly. Also, for all the teachers, he clearly differentiates between a child and adult. Those Fox hosts are even struggling to lie. |
He at least sounds human while he says that stuff. Walz is like a simulacrum of a human, it's like his brain has been replaced by ChatGPT and he says things that sound familiar but are in fact very, very strange. |
Nope, not me. I’m the one who really doesn’t care that someone on an anonymous board doesn’t value my advice. I’m also the one who recognizes that people who have lived very protected and often very privileged lives might mean well, but might lack both the skills and the flexibility to address situations outside of their own experiences. |
The Dems had that in 2024. Their policies appeal to a majority of the population on nearly every issue. That American’s voted against their interest, are racist and/or sexist, and/or the election rigging is why MAGA is in power. |
I think mocking can be effective. I’m concerned, though, that “TACO” teasing might lead Trump to dig in his heels to prove that he’s not chickening out. That would not be in our best interest as a country. I hope people can find something else to mock him about. |
You saw on IG? Wow. You saw it on IG. Any facebook comments on this technique? Have you seen any Pinterest pins on this subject? Any notable reddit threads? |
Of course! Putin rigged the election for Blumpf. Or, alternately, Americans are racist, sexist, ignorant pigs. Democrats are great! Everyone else is a liar or sucks. |
The Democrats had that. Unfortunately, many people got their “understanding” of what the Democratic Party platform included from Republicans. And, unfortunately, the Democrats were manipulated into spending time addressing that. And, yes, that’s crazy. Also unfortunately, elections have become more like popularity contests than policy debates — and the deliberately undereducated respond to that. I’ll see if I can find links, but, prior to the election, there were studies that showed people favored Harris’s policies — when they were not attached to a candidate or a political party. That, I thought, was very telling. |
Putin manipulated Americans into thinking Democrats were bad during the 2024 election cycle. Putin manipulated Americans into believing Joe Biden’s debate performance was bad, too Democrats are perfect. It’s just dumb voters, racists, and russians, ruining democrats. |
I never said anything about “easy”. I’m talking about what’s possible— although this is probably not the best forum for that. No, a strongly worded letter isn’t going to do much here. I have to admit, though, that I’ll be pleasantly surprised if scorn from the richest man in the world actually does manage to have real impact. |
Funny thread. The point is that pages of debate about the precise meaning of "bully" isn't going to win elections. Most people, most of the time, act based on emotion, not thinking. Emotion wins elections. Save the rational adult behavior for the courts where it belongs.
TW, we also have a "bully pulpit". |
I don’t. Walz is talking about how to handle “bullies” — which is clearly much-lived son is not. Is that all you’ve got? |
“Walz is talking about how to handle “bullies” — which is clearly much-lived son is not.“ Dude. What? |