Weird that they have to be explicitly told not to sound like their political rivals. It's almost like any random person off the street would be better suited to leadership!

Trans rights, black rights, migrant rights, all are human rights - which goes hand-in-glove with genuine democracy and economic equality. Democrats who are opposed to such things, are just Republicans wearing a sheep skin.

What could go wrong setting a big tent on fire, especially when it serves as the only triage center for a nation teetering on the precipice of a complete fascist takeover.

What fucking "trans issues"?

The world is burning. Children are dying. No one can afford anything.

Just fucking ignore the culture war! Damn.

Democrats are also conservatives, they're just more polite about it because they figured its more profitable. They are not the Left.

The US are truly f*d because their bipartisan charade is obviously past due. If Bernie Sanders can't fix your country nobody in current race can.

"But....but my reach across the aisle and appeal to centrists/conservatives always works!!! What else am I supposed to do? Look at why people voted for further left third party options to try and win their votes since those people are willing to go out and vote? Are you stupid???? Why would I ever do that???????????"

One of the ways the liberal dems seem to always seem to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, is to overestimate the effect of cultural issues on the decision of an average American voter.

America would elect a 6’4” 350 lbs bald trans female if they were treated to a yearly luxury overseas vacation, cheap gas prices, a steady supply of Amazon appliances and the ability to regularly eat huge portions at restaurants several times a week. Bonus points if the trans candidate champions Jesus worship and prosperity gospel.

The average American only cares about the price of things relative to their income. The ability to consume and acquire goods and property is a top priority for average voter, regardless of the ethics involved with first-world consumerism.

Americans always elect President Dollar. And thus, a typical Dem candidate hires horrible campaign managers that believe punching down on vulnerable groups will attract centrist and conservative voters, instead of platforming with proposals that meaningfully improve the material conditions of workers. You just end up with a net loss of voters. And queer rights remain stuck.

I'm disappointed that people still need evidence to see that it is more important to the neoliberal, imperialist party to maintain cisheteropatriarchy and white supremacy than it is to promote genuinely challenging politics. They only ever talked about vulnerable groups to capitalize on them and hold their issues hostage with the confidence that you have no other option.

Anti-transness is fundamental to this system, because heteronormativity is required for it to function; they'd rather lose an election than adopt politics that genuinely challenges their position.

Wake up, be alert to the truth available here and now if you choose! Look up questions like this to learn more! "How did the Powell Memo, the Gingrich/Luntz linguistic strategies and modern algorithms systematically construct a framework to restrict majoritarian democracy, as exposed in Democracy in Chains? Why haven't Dems done the same strategy based on misleading and lies, and how can society transcend these systems to build healthy, human-centric public policies that foster liberty and justice for all?"

Culture war is due to the oppression against people, human rights, by high-control groups, indoctrinated prejudice and punching down. Dems stepped up to support human rights, as compassionate people do. There is a clear division between healthy systems that defend human rights, and unhealthy ones that punch down and other ways those at the top of the hierarchy benefit from and protect. To vote against the rights of supposed loved ones is wrong. Some claim socially liberal but don't support it in action, just hollow words.

This was purposely twisted to make Dems the instigators of a "culture war", when it was support for rights to life, liberty and justice for all, supposed founding values. The propaganda that Dems don’t care about workers and men is more lies. It's actually courageous to support your queer loved ones, rather than joke along with the slurs against them. Something about integrity and what you do when no one is looking. Supporting human rights is basic decency and does not take away from majority. It’s not zero sum as the controlling types want to believe and preach.

I think some of them want to lose.

Unfortunately for the Democrats, the strategists they trust keep telling them to move right