• PugJesus@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    No, I live in a right-wing area. I know these people. I grew up with these people. I know how they think. I know how they process arguments.

    I can blame them.

    But yes, Democrats fucking suck at messaging.

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      You can do both. Blame them, but goddamn it is infuriating seeing Democrats miss one opportunity after another at connecting with workers and average folks.

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      1 year ago

      Besides their ignorance, why do you think that they think and process arguments as you have observed?

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        I don’t think it’s ignorance at all. In general, I’ve found them quite capable of reasonable discussion and grasping the corrected concepts and facts which would undermine their worldview.

        It’s just that none of it matters.

        Conversations a day or two later will be indistinguishable from conversations before the discussion. They return to tired old tropes because they’re repeated in their social circles, and because they’re comfortable to embrace. It’s not a matter of intellectual rigor or even ideological devotion. It’s just attachment to the familiar.