Are you joking? Thats not my read on what he said at all It means we have to find ways to counter those emotional appeals that actually work. What we’re doing has not worked. It’s time to find better strategies
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You are more generous than I. To your credit or to your detriment I am not sure!
aug 27, 2025, 9:27 pm • 1 0 • view
In a way, you are both right. 1. While crime is down recently, it still remains high in a few areas, but not nearly as much as Republicans make it out to be. 2. My original post was poorly written. I meant to say that perceptions of crime remain high for many people for whom crime is a concern. 1/3
aug 28, 2025, 4:48 pm • 0 0 • view
3. For people who remain afraid of crime, citing statistics about falling crime rates will have little effect. Fear of crime is partly emotional, partly based on political affiliation, and explicit and implicit racism. How do you convince these people they are wrong? I don't know if we can. 2/3
aug 28, 2025, 4:48 pm • 0 0 • view
Does this mean that progressives should give up? No. But it does mean we need to carefully pick our battles. Counter false Republican narratives about crime when you can, but focus on other issues, such as Trump's fascist takeover of our government and how he is crashing the economy, etc. 3/3
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