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"Do not retaliate!"

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it's not all of them but I think some small fraction of them are REALLY committed to The System and how they imagine it's supposed to work. they view voters choosing wrong as "regrettable" But ultimately the correct result. only an electorate that is virtuous enough deserves good outcomes

In my nearly two decades of political organizing, I have learned that anyone whose plan hinges on everyone taking one specific action does not actually have a plan

I say this so often. Yelling at individual voters because they're disillusioned by bad decisions the candidate made is not going to do any good! It simply can't, just do the damn math! It's the candidate's job to get voters excited to vote for them and alienating voters is a failure on their part!

"If left voters don't want to vote for a republican, I will be forced to become even more republican 😤😤😤" Votes DSA "This is terrorism against me personally"

People will say "we have to sacrifice you to win" and then not win. This is somehow the sacrifice's fault.

I said to someone last night, it's like watching a dog with a ball in its mouth that cannot understand that it has to put that ball down to pick up another ball

The things that are good for making a post go viral and feel righteous on social media are not necessarily conducive to coalition building and winning elections, let alone changing people’s minds . No one’s going to change their behavior either way. Just another fun conundrum of the modern age.

politics is when you come up with a plan to organize voters, and then get mad at the voters for not following orders

The former Biden staffer just straight up posting "we think your crowing is cute & admirable but we're never gonna listen to you & we never did, morons" is the only truthful thing anyone has said about this in decades, which means it's absurdly fucked & untenable.

Completely agree, and this is even more true when you consider that trans people are one of the most reliably Democrat voting demos out there.

Like, this simple line represents SO MUCH of what is wrong with so many people. It's legit crazy 🤣