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SundayStyle's avatar

Of course it goes back to the Southern Strategy and beyond, but just in this century its lineage goes back to swift-boating, and you’d think by now the Democrats would have learned that taking the high road is a mug’s game. You have to FIGHT the culture war, not sniff at it from a lofty height because conservative’s claims are ridiculous (even though they are).

AOC is a master at this kind of combat, and one of the reasons I like John Fetterman – even with his problems – is because he operates this way too. He hasn’t achieved the mastery of the form AOC has, but he knows he’s got to go head to head with the bullshit to have his message break through.

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redoubtagain's avatar

"You have to get a gun, because the n*****s are coming to steal your stuff" has worked on White people for over fifty years now. It was a motivational factor, unrealized or not, behind Tuesday's results. For starters.

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