Comment on We must not posthumously sanitize Charlie Kirk's hateful life
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 days agoI never said that’s the correct moral choice, I said that’s what a president who wants to appeal to disenfranchised Trump voters needs to do. This isn’t the election to push far left policies, it’s the election to revert to where we were at and set up for the leftist policies in the second term. Undoing what Trump broke is more than enough change for the average voter.
krashmo@lemmy.world 2 days ago
We’ve waited decades for these rural dipshits to pull their heads out of their asses. If the most obvious wannabe fascist strongman imaginable personally fucking then over repeatedly is not enough to get them to change their ways then there is no point in hoping for that day to come.
We need to push for progressive policy changes right now and if that’s not politically viable in this country in its current state then the collapse of the government is preferable both for our sake and the sake of the rest of the world. Call that naive if you want to but I fully believe that chaos in America is better than a fascist America run by men like Donald Trump running amok around the world.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I’m not talking about those, I’m talking about people in the middle who supported bought into his anti-establishment nonsense, and finally see him for who he is. I’m talking about the 5% or so of people who would actually consider switching from one major candidate to the other.
Pushing hard for progressive policy changes won’t energize that group. Pushing for reverting Trump’s changes, especially tariffs and immigration, and championing laws to prevent that type of nonsense in the future is probably more appealing than a dramatic shift to the left. What they want is a reset, not a revolution.
To be clear, that’s not what I am looking for, but it’s what would get my parents, siblings, and some of my neighbors who all likely voted for Trump to consider switching parties. They’re not looking for radical change, they’re looking to undo Trump’s power grab.
krashmo@lemmy.world 1 day ago
If they’re not looking for radical change then why did they vote for Trump who campaigned on kicking out all immigrants and totally reshaping the economy?
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
He also ran on blaming Biden for inflation, “fixing” the economy (bring jobs here), etc. It seems they trusted him to actually know what he’s doing.
A candidate that can convince the public that they do know what they’re doing and explain why Trump’s plan doesn’t work (i.e. state the obvious) could garner support. Don’t run on LGBT policy (but do address it), run on an economic agenda of undoing tariffs, simplifying immigration, and most importantly, putting limits on the executive branch to prevent whiplash going forward.