The entire point is there’s a segment of Dem pols, strategists and high profile people in their orbit that use words that cause normies to recoil & think of Dems as weirdos that shouldn’t be in power. Connect to voters in THEIR language to win. You DO want to win, right?
Harris didn't lose because of The Forbidden Terms. Would be way easier if she had.
"They're eating the dogs, they're eating the cats" turned out to be a winner, so I don't generally think that who is Weird played into it in this election. Trump said he'd be the fertilization president, ffs, and that was good with normies? He's said more insane crap than Harris has in her life.
Now you’re asking to Dems be held to the same standards as Trump. Good luck with that.
Yes, but I can't police every Democrat in the country. That is a fool's game. Should Ds go on Rogan and laugh about calling autistic people the R-word?
Dude, you really think those are the choices? Using the R word or saying “birthing persons” and Latinx?
We've been told we were wrong for avoiding those words - I'm trying to figure out if you see that as a problem as well? Or do we just go wherever Republicans and their right-wing media lead? IS there a line you would draw? Or is it just they can say whatever, we must not make them mad at us?
No, it's not a binary choice - sorry if "binary" offends, I'm not trying to scare you. I'm saying that you believe certain things are huge turnoffs and people should speak like the voters. A big segment of voters tune into to pods and TV shows that use that language.