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Arthur_Frain

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14. You bring up a tangential point

Reply to Janbdwl72 (Reply #6)

Sat Jun 6, 2026, 07:07 PM

15 hrs ago

We hold ours responsible for the slightest infraction, and we throw them to the wolves.

They do Nazi salutes in public, and it makes them more popular.

How to counter that?

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How do we figure out how to do what they do, because it's why they win. [View all] Arthur_Frain 19 hrs ago OP

They are angry, disciplined, and stuck on themselves. bucolic_frolic 19 hrs ago #1

Yeah Arthur_Frain 16 hrs ago #9

So many parts of the Democratic base ITAL 19 hrs ago #2

Me too Arthur_Frain 16 hrs ago #10

We're in a bad place, but there are not more of them than there are of us. CrispyQ 19 hrs ago #3

The voting public vs everyone in the US Arthur_Frain 15 hrs ago #11

It is more about entertainment PatSeg 15 hrs ago #17

They play to the old, reactive brain. And vice versa. Here: usonian 19 hrs ago #4

I'm not sure we as a nation are smart enough to follow Hungary's lead. Arthur_Frain 15 hrs ago #12

24 by 7 by 365 brainwashing for years on end. usonian 15 hrs ago #22

Against what I see to be the odds Arthur_Frain 14 hrs ago #24

Unlike Spain, Italy and Germany, I think there are enough powerful people to halt the takeover. usonian 14 hrs ago #25

When you look too deeply into the abyss... Wounded Bear 19 hrs ago #5

I wasn't suggesting walling in the mud with pigs. Arthur_Frain 15 hrs ago #13

It's sad really, but this happens in virtually every election: Janbdwl72 18 hrs ago #6

You bring up a tangential point Arthur_Frain 15 hrs ago #14

I think a much bigger problem is the media PatSeg 15 hrs ago #19

A large part of their winning strategy is the fact that they have an City Lights 18 hrs ago #7

Even my mom parrots the right wing bullshit. Arthur_Frain 15 hrs ago #15

Decades of RW media, especially RW talk radio, which has been particularly effective in rural areas. highplainsdem 18 hrs ago #8

They weren't stupid Arthur_Frain 15 hrs ago #16

They win by lying, cheating, and stealing. If we do that, their natural retort is "Eveybody does it" struggle4progress 15 hrs ago #18

"Everybody does it" PatSeg 15 hrs ago #20

+ struggle4progress 15 hrs ago #23

My theory? Goes something like this: B.See 15 hrs ago #21

You have to want to win. Irish_Dem 14 hrs ago #26

They tell you how and what to think GenThePerservering 12 hrs ago #27