While rebutting another post here on Lemmy, I ran into this. This says exactly what I want to say.
I am not a friend of Biden’s Administration. I think they drug their feet over a variety of things ranging from holding Trump and his goons accountable for January 6th through rulemaking on issues like OTC Birth Control and abortion rights, and yes, I think he’s too quick to please big business. But then I remember what the alternative is, and … well, disappointed in Biden or not, I’m voting for him. Because my wife is a Black bisexual goth woman, four strikes under Team Pepe’s tent. And I have my own strikes for marrying her as a White dude, and respecting her right to not have kids since she doesn’t want them is another strike against me. And I care about my Non-Christian, Gay, Transgender, and Minority friends, and will never willingly subject them to Team Pepe.
Why is it every single day I’m being inundated with posts of “biden’s not that bad” “if you don’t vote for Biden you’ll get Trump” Wouldn’t the messaging be much better if it was “Hey, you may not like Biden, but it’s easier to form progressive coalitions under liberal governments” stop trying to make him look good. He’s still a genocide enabler, much like every other president would be, I can admit that. Liberals really need to give up on getting people to like him.
Because the average voter will see the words ‘progressive coalition’ and entirely dismiss it because they have no concept of that.
Correct: The Liberal Track record around here is one so fucked that when most people here “Progressive Coalition”, they’re not thinking “Healthcare Reform and Stronger Labor Laws”, they’re thinking “We will now fine people for calling him Spider-Man instead of Spider-Person. Otherwise women and non-binary individuals will think they can’t be arachnid themed heroes!”
Because that’s what Liberals do; Blink and you miss it minor concessions to the poor mixed in with half-assed efforts to social justice that piss off everyone involved, because real change is too hard.
It’s still preferable to the Republicans who consider the UK as being “Far too supportive of trans people” (A country that recently made it so that you must be 25+ and neurotypical to transition) and believe the best solution to the housing crisis is “Literally hunting the homeless for sport.”
And it’s obvious that if anything is going to improve around here, the former is a better environment for it.
I’m not talking about messaging to the average voter. These articles are directed at leftist and leftist communities.
And there aren’t any leftists who are dumb? There are idiots in every community, even if they support the same politics as us.