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In reply to the discussion: Newsom says Democrats need to be more "culturally normal" [View all]fujiyamasan
(1,480 posts)The last several presidential nominees were pretty normal, especially in comparison with the brain rotted pedophile thats president now.
The problem with our side is we have a grifter class. Its basically a group of consultants and its a revolving door with so called not for profits that drift in and out as advisors. Sometimes they claim to represent various groups, and then candidates feel compelled to cater to them. In the past there was also an inclination to use language better suited for academic settings, that seeped its way into democratic politics. Latinx, critical race theory, cis gender
just a few examples. Very few use these terms in real life. But the right has a field day with all of them.
Take Harris comments from the ad in the last election over transgender surgeries for inmates. It was from the 2020, primaries where candidates were tripping to out woke each other. This was a good example of a complete self own. Harris could have simply kept an ambiguous position about it, or simply chose to avoid talking much about it. Instead she bragged about it. We also saw absurd accusations during those primaries that Obama was the deporter in chief, while in reality he was simply enforcing immigration law.
In short, our candidates are a hell of a lot more culturally normal than the pedophile party. Unless were seeing our culture itself so fucked to the point where pedophilia is normalized, which is what the other side is trying to do (see Megyn Kellys comments).