Setting up a false debate is the only way to launder her ideas
Setting up a false debate is the only way to launder her ideas
We should approach racists in good faith and invite them to vote for a non-racist platform.
What other path forward is there?
We should approach racists in good faith and invite them to vote for a non-racist platform.
What other path forward is there?
Again, look at Mamdani. If you're earnest and you stay on message you can hit Fox News and more than hold your own.
Again, look at Mamdani. If you're earnest and you stay on message you can hit Fox News and more than hold your own.
Stop being so patronizing to these people. Run earnestly and in good faith on these programs and let the fact that people know Medicare is great be an advantage.
Stop being so patronizing to these people. Run earnestly and in good faith on these programs and let the fact that people know Medicare is great be an advantage.
This is exactly my point. Reframing this issue as "Jeff Bezos' tax dollars should be paying for black AND white people's food stamps" is the only way forward.
This is exactly my point. Reframing this issue as "Jeff Bezos' tax dollars should be paying for black AND white people's food stamps" is the only way forward.
Advocating for these policies isn't "courting" racist votes, or suggesting we "be more racist" as an electoral strategy.
If the campaign principle is "equality and universality" and a racist guy votes for that... good? Isn't that good?
Advocating for these policies isn't "courting" racist votes, or suggesting we "be more racist" as an electoral strategy.
If the campaign principle is "equality and universality" and a racist guy votes for that... good? Isn't that good?
Instead of forging their own immigration policy, Labour basically kept what they inherited from Tories. In an explicit effort to win the mythical "swing voter" concerned about immigration.
The same nonsense the Dems tried with the "we agree with Trump's border plan" stunt vote
Instead of forging their own immigration policy, Labour basically kept what they inherited from Tories. In an explicit effort to win the mythical "swing voter" concerned about immigration.
The same nonsense the Dems tried with the "we agree with Trump's border plan" stunt vote
When the suggestion of universal social welfare programs immediately leads to accusations of sitting with Nazis, you might have brain worms.
When the suggestion of universal social welfare programs immediately leads to accusations of sitting with Nazis, you might have brain worms.
Just doing a Godwin’s law mic drop, epic.
Just doing a Godwin’s law mic drop, epic.
What are we supposed to do with these racist people you insist will make my universal programs bad and racist?
Also, in your universe where we shouldn’t have universal programs… aren’t the racist people making the non-universal programs racist too?
What are we supposed to do with these racist people you insist will make my universal programs bad and racist?
Also, in your universe where we shouldn’t have universal programs… aren’t the racist people making the non-universal programs racist too?
“We can’t do class politics because some people are racist, and that will force us to be racist too?”
“We can’t do class politics because some people are racist, and that will force us to be racist too?”
Yet he very clearly eschewed falling into the trap of nonsense identity politics.
Yet he very clearly eschewed falling into the trap of nonsense identity politics.
Do you think they can be actively converted to not being racist by the government?
I for one don't think that's really possible. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
Do you think they can be actively converted to not being racist by the government?
I for one don't think that's really possible. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
If class-based political arguments can convince racist person to vote in favor policies that unequivocally deliver distributive outcomes (e.g. universal healthcare), isn't that a good thing?
If class-based political arguments can convince racist person to vote in favor policies that unequivocally deliver distributive outcomes (e.g. universal healthcare), isn't that a good thing?
Right now the GOP's answer to "why has real wage growth stagnated since 1979" is "immigrants took your shit".
Dems just tried to run on the "nobody took your shit" platform, how'd that work out for us?
Right now the GOP's answer to "why has real wage growth stagnated since 1979" is "immigrants took your shit".
Dems just tried to run on the "nobody took your shit" platform, how'd that work out for us?