Yeah unfortunately we need to stop saying rigged to mean the system of money in politics allows overt manipulation because Trump has used it to mean vote tallies are outright false.
https://twitter.com/AriCohn/status/1765759170572140819
Rigging doesn't mean unfairly manipulating. It means fixing. The outcome is predetermined.But the outcome is not predetermined, so it really isn't rigged in either sense of the word.
The fact that Katie Porter is not treated as a national treasure is deeply shameful.
This is why money shouldn't be involved in politics.
She's right though
I like Katie Porter, and my post is simply speaking in general. But we have got to work on out messaging.....But only they have to. The alt-right get to say whatever the fuck they want and nobody will even question it.
Progressives and Democrats have great policy agendas, but god awful messaging.
But only they have to. The alt-right get to say whatever the fuck they want and nobody will even question it.No where in my post did I say it's okay for the alt right to say whatever they want. I'm not here to help them. I'm here to help us and our messaging. You can improve our messaging while shutting down right wing talking points, those aren't mutually exclusive.
Why am I not surprised that the same people bemoaning defund the police are getting their panties in a wad over this. Grow a fucking backbone or lick the fascists boots.More like, some are just saying we agree with Porters message itself, just improve the messaging.
Why am I not surprised that the same people bemoaning defund the police are getting their panties in a wad over this. Grow a fucking backbone or lick the fascists boots.
No where in my post did I say it's okay for the alt right to say whatever they want. I'm not here to help them. I'm here to help us and our messaging. You can improve our messaging while shutting down right wing talking points, those aren't mutually exclusive.I know that and I know youre not. Thats just the reality of it.
Our messaging needs work. Messaging like "defund the police" and the messaging surrounding antiwork, or any other message trying to be deep is/was a bad message. The last 4 years we definitely had several doozy slogans or messaging that were latched onto that honestly should have been dropped quickly.
The messaging needs to clique with swing voters, not with people who already agree with us of whatever deeper meaning the beloved slogan is saying. Thank God things like "defund or abolish the police" was finally dropped.
It's extremely evident our messaging sucks given so many aren't even aware of the accomplishments that we have gotten in the past 3 years alone. Those accomplishments aren't even messaged well.
'We shouldn't allow billionaires to dictate our elections' is a pretty straightforward message.Given Trump is a bright elephant in the room who has been crying the election was "rigged" against him for the past 5 years, it's not exactly a great idea to use that word. Even if we understand what she really means.
Defund the police was stupid as fuck. Can you guys grow up? Or is the Tik Tok brain generation perpetually in a state of spitting out the stupidest catch phrases possible for attention?Im not the Tik Tok generation, so miss me with that.