Snowflakes. Groomers. Cucks.
For years the MAGA movement has approached politics the way a bully would approach a schoolyard, sparring with labels so nasty, they seemed expressly chosen to appeal to the kind of people who stuffed nerds in lockers in sixth grade. And for years Democrats, abiding by the mantra to go high, not low, have responded by trying to be the adults in the room: defending themselves with facts, with context, with earnest explanations that nobody remembers (if they defend themselves at all).
The problem is that taking the high road only works if politics is a sport played mainly by people who act like grown-ups, which it is not. And also: Facts and context don’t make for particularly sticky messaging.
Enter: Weird.
Over the past two weeks, as “Brat” and coconut memes have taken over the internet and Kamala Harris inches closer to Donald Trump in the polls, the Democrats have finally gone low, deploying a bit of verbal jujitsu so delightfully petty it might just work.
Neolibs have no policy objectives that differ from the republicans on non-social issues
That’s just blatantly untrue. I don’t see any Dem calling for disbanding the Department of Education. Stances on environmental protection are also starkly different between the two parties. Voting rights protections, abortion rights, access to medical treatment for transgendered people, funding of and access to Medicaid and food programs… how many more do you want?
The phrase “hold your nose and vote for _______________” exists entirely because voters turn out for candidates who they aren’t 100% with.
You’d agree that the 2020 primary is quite a bit different from the current scenario we’re looking at, yeah? As the Brits say, chalk and cheese.
As far as prescriptive policy, yeah, I’d love to see more, and wish it were more politically viable. That’s the point where we need to start talking about extended strategy, which the US citizenry needs to get a better grasp on if we’re going to claw our way forward. In the mean time harm reduction is a valid mindset.
