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And they'll blame Democrats. And the Democratic Party won't combat the misinformation because they suck at messaging.
IMHO, Democrats have gotten much better with their messaging over the past decade. People just don't pay attention because diligently solving problems with substantial plans that take years to show effects isn't sexy or exciting.
I stay pretty keyed in to what's going on in congress, but I have to put effort into that. It seems like all the algorithms constantly want to shift my content to paying attention to all the crazy shit the GOP is up to and I'm constantly catching and stopping myself from getting sucked into rage porn.
Yeah maybe... But they're also so bad at even just pointing out the horrible shit Republicans are constantly doing.
You're not looking. "Now This!" and Cspan are two great YouTube channels for democratic media coverage. Dems are constantly calling Republicans out on stuff. Cspan is extra cool because they post full, unedited hearings so you get to see dems actually try to govern while the alt-righters behave like children, yell, and posture for their 30 second media clips, then sit back down and stare at their phone until it's time to talk again.
Saying they're good at messaging and then saying people don't paying attention enough to see it is an oxymoron. If they were good at messaging you wouldn't have to pay attention to see it.
I disagree. They're not responsible for the lack of media coverage. If all you watch is legacy media, you're not going to see democratic messaging.
If there are voters that are only watching legacy media then any approach that doesn't include legacy media is nothing short of negligent.
How do you propose democratic politicians make legacy media cover their messaging? Can you explain how politicians having no control over legacy media companies is negligence? I'm not following the logic on that one..
If it's my job to make sure the Dam keeps working and the Dam breaks, I'm responsible. I don't get to say "Well I didn't know about the cracks I'm only a manager.". As a professional you can't just dismiss responsibility. You have to be proficient. If I hire someone who claims to be an expert, and they break things, they can be sued.
It's the Democrats job to get elected. They will need to make sure their message makes it to average Americans. Since they failed to do this, they've failed to do their job. They're incompetent and guilty of gross negligence.
Your "Best Effort" is meaningless in the real world. Results speak for themselves and the Dems are losers.
They are OK at messaging, it's just for people only consume conservative propaganda, because dems has to be bounded by truth, and cons can say whatever they want, and truth is just isn't as exciting
Yup. I can see that one a mile out.
The Democratic party in the US is so wimpy. The one thing I respect of Republicans is that they fight for what they want. Often it's dirty, bad-faith, bottom-dwelling (and sometimes straight up illegal) behavior, but it gets results in a country this dumb and gullible. Democrats need to learn to stop compromising on things they care about.