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Originally Posted by ThePrince
Best post in the thread. The more you demonize and alienate all Trump voters as dumb Americans, rednecks, fascists, etc., the more you make the Democrats less appealing to vote for. Trump feeds into how much people hate him and weaponizes it as a way to spin an "us vs. the world" and get conservatives riled up, and people like Mathgod play right into it.
Yes, there are a lot of crazies that are voting for Trump. But to believe that it's 50% of American voters that are insane, anti-democracy, etc. is plain stupid, and like PepsiFree says, it gives the Democrats a free pass to have a half-assed platform and think they've earned the Presidency because they're not Trump.
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I'm somewhat curious what makes their platform halfassed?
I sense there is extent to which a narrative is being bitten on here. I think they have a very real platform, not all of which I would personally agree with. But I struggle to imagine a policy area you are likely to agree with where the Dems haven't put a more fully fleshed out plan that you would agree with more (maybe that first time home buyer grants are likely to have a negative feedback loop on the housing affordability?)
I agree crapping on Trumpers isn't going to fix the situation we are in, but buying into the half truths of social media is probably going to do more harm.