• downpunxx@fedia.io
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    1 month ago

    being wrong didn’t stop trump winning in 2016, being wrong won’t stop republicans winning in november, this is not a marketplace of ideas, it’s turning out the democratic youth vote, that’s it, we do that, we win

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      It absolutely is a marketplace of ideas, and we’re consistently failing to sell the ideas of democracy and voting to people under 40. The lies are part of that.

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      Being wrong isn’t a problem. Being weird is. Pointing it out for Obama is racist, but not illogical. Pointing it out now for Harris is racist, too. But also weird. And that’s a problem for trump. JD makes him look woerd too. So the more weird, the better. They are shooting themselves in the foot. Highlighting their racism for those that found objectionable before bit not enough to change. Bow they are more racist and more weird, which turns those non cult voters off.