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Scrivener7

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1. If we're explaining, we're losing. Democratic candidates should just run on

Reply to ihaveaquestion (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2026, 06:19 PM

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the policies and not mention the "s" word. The policies are very popular with everyone, even republicans.

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For the Epsteinth Time - a Democratic Socialist is not a Communist! [View all] ihaveaquestion Jul 5 OP

If we're explaining, we're losing. Democratic candidates should just run on Scrivener7 Jul 5 #1

Do you believe those idiots would understand a food bank for pets? MerryBlooms Jul 5 #12

How about we talk about securing Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security and food and housing security, stopping Scrivener7 Jul 5 #15

I'm talking about immediate results though MerryBlooms Jul 5 #18

Thank you Cirsium Jul 5 #19

Exactly. The problem, though, is that the media ALWAYS picks it up and runs with it. We need a message Scrivener7 Jul 5 #20

They're good at name calling. paleotn Jul 5 #25

Trump's little group LilElf70 Jul 5 #27

And seriously... buzzycrumbhunger Jul 5 #2

We need pet food banks, hygiene centers... Dems should be doing this in their town halls in every district MerryBlooms Jul 5 #14

In many places in the United States, that would drop like a stone. I love Mamdani. I don't care what Scrivener7 Jul 5 #21

Soviet Communist Leadership were public sector Oligarchs bucolic_frolic Jul 5 #3

Communism means abolition of private property. Is anyone calling for that? Jeez! dedl67 Jul 5 #4

they might call that "cultural marxism" rampartd Jul 5 #5

Cultural Marxism is a far-right antisemitic conspiracy theory that misrepresents Western Marxism (especially the Celerity Jul 5 #11

yes, of course, but cultural marxism is another fuzzily defined boogie man rampartd Jul 5 #16

To paraphrase Samuel Johnson: "Playing the Communist card is the last refuge of a scoundrel." sop Jul 5 #6

They are gonna bitch about anything we do gay texan Jul 5 #7

Calling democrats names is all they have right now. HappyH Jul 5 #8

Canada, England, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, etc... GiqueCee Jul 5 #9

No they are not. We (I live in Sweden) in the Nordics have social democracy, not democrat socialism. None of the nations Celerity Jul 5 #17

I too have been trying to point that out to no avail. harumph Jul 5 #23

Why bring facts into the discussion... GJGCA Jul 5 #24

Apologies for the misunderstanding, but... GiqueCee Jul 6 #37

Recommended for Epsteinth time! madinmaryland Jul 5 #10

If they're not socialists Progressive dog Jul 5 #13

Yeah ... see, it's the "restraint" part that the billionaires have a problem with FakeNoose Jul 5 #22

Another Republican scare word dlk Jul 5 #26

Republicans have been calling democrats socialists since the Un-American Activities Committee Blue Full Moon Jul 5 #28

This meme needs to go viral. LilElf70 Jul 5 #29

Trumpers won't see this. They ignorantly believe any lie MAGA tells them especially if it's racist. ChicagoTeamster Jul 5 #30

No one on the left SHOULD be making that claim. Conservatives are dumbasses who don't know the difference and use Karasu Jul 5 #31

That's too complicated for the other side MIButterfly Jul 6 #32

We Dems (and especially Democratic Socialists) don't truly understand the impact of brainwashing. summer_in_TX Jul 6 #33

The biggest political mistake Bernie Sanders ever made is in calling himself a "Democratic Socialist." Intractable Jul 6 #34

If you're explaining and defining... you're losing. QueerDuck Jul 6 #35

I know this. You know this. 30% of the population DenaliDemocrat Jul 6 #36