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Liberal Cynic's avatar

I don't know, I'm kind of tired of being told we (democrats) have to tailor our messaging so as not to give Trumpists something to lie about. They are going to lie about it anyway.

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Cheap shot- when is Bulwark going to get a non-white contributor? Once again, your words speak to only the electorate you’re interested in, and this is my biggest problem with Bulwark. You all want to talk about how Biden should frame race issues, but he had ALL kinds of political groups and organizations hankering for change, some more woke than others. Bulwark can’t find one, non- white moderate to give their perspective? My best friend is young, black and gay and told me he’s bringing his Latinx friend to a Zoom thing I was doing. He has no issue whatsoever about using the term Latinx and neither did his friend. What do I tell those people? Hey! Don’t use “Latinx” because old people find it uncomfortable and it might lose elections? Yeah, I’m not doing that anytime soon. I still support Bulwark, but I will always continue to have a hard time listening to y’all commentary on race when, frankly, neither you or I can truly understand what it’s like to be of another race in this country. You also ignore the fact that all those working class voters had children who all became educated and moved to urban centers where they now have high paying jobs and will only support candidates that are “woke.” Maybe the election of Eric Adams and other moderates might help, but I doubt it. These young people are not going backwards, and I think the only way forward are new talking points that can resonate with everyone and get out of the culture war. If I were a candidate, I’d call out culture war bullshit and say let the culture warriors fight themselves, here’s a plan to ensure housing can’t be used a money laundering. Here’s a plan to create new international building programs & partnerships to counter China’s influence. Crime is economic, let’s create revenue and stop fighting each other. Any talking point a Dem has apologizing for it’s left wing isn’t going to stop a GOP attack. We need to stop retreating and fight this war with new tactics and new talking points, not apologizing for the people in cities who are funding many Democratic candidates in other states.

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