But to educate the public at large damn near seems next to impossible because it feels like we are a people unwilling to learn, know, and become educated. Like we've plateaued. Gathering brain plaque. Learned what we want to learn and forget about it. The "zombie cult maga base" certainly has zeroed out their cognitive capacity. They're gone and never coming back, "same old rat[s] in a drain ditch...." How to educate those not zombied yet puzzle me. I call them prickly people--peevish and snaky--and a type that might "steal your face right off your head." Ones who know better and have every privilege and cannot get over themselves for dissing Biden. And I do not know the right combination for educating young voters in the current environment. I will be around extended family and friends over the next days and plan to tune in and listen up. Try to get a feel for others' leanings. A refrain I hear a lot, "Don't bring up politics." Well, that's sad. Stakes could not be higher.
Thank you!! I have been saying the same thing for weeks! I am so tired of polling when the election is a year away! Democrats need to get to work. We need to help people understand exactly what’s at stake. Rounding up and deporting immigrants is on Trumps agenda. What’s going to stop him from rounding up minorities or LGBQ people next? They are already using AI to find people that will solely be loyal to Trump. We fought a war so we wouldn’t have a king. We need to talk to people daily about the stakes.
Well said, Thomas. The Wall Street Journal published a piece noting that all the ageism and ageist rhetoric against Biden don't align with his actual health or the realities of modern aging. He can expect to maintain a vigorous life for a long time to come. You'd think ageist frames of Biden and Trump would neutralize each other. Snapshots of both can portray them as old and out of it or vigorous and energetic. https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/for-biden-and-trump-age-really-is-just-a-number-7a2bf6ea
But to educate the public at large damn near seems next to impossible because it feels like we are a people unwilling to learn, know, and become educated. Like we've plateaued. Gathering brain plaque. Learned what we want to learn and forget about it. The "zombie cult maga base" certainly has zeroed out their cognitive capacity. They're gone and never coming back, "same old rat[s] in a drain ditch...." How to educate those not zombied yet puzzle me. I call them prickly people--peevish and snaky--and a type that might "steal your face right off your head." Ones who know better and have every privilege and cannot get over themselves for dissing Biden. And I do not know the right combination for educating young voters in the current environment. I will be around extended family and friends over the next days and plan to tune in and listen up. Try to get a feel for others' leanings. A refrain I hear a lot, "Don't bring up politics." Well, that's sad. Stakes could not be higher.
Thank you!! I have been saying the same thing for weeks! I am so tired of polling when the election is a year away! Democrats need to get to work. We need to help people understand exactly what’s at stake. Rounding up and deporting immigrants is on Trumps agenda. What’s going to stop him from rounding up minorities or LGBQ people next? They are already using AI to find people that will solely be loyal to Trump. We fought a war so we wouldn’t have a king. We need to talk to people daily about the stakes.
Too, too many lean towards attraction of autocratic governance, to my disbelief!!!
Well said, Thomas. The Wall Street Journal published a piece noting that all the ageism and ageist rhetoric against Biden don't align with his actual health or the realities of modern aging. He can expect to maintain a vigorous life for a long time to come. You'd think ageist frames of Biden and Trump would neutralize each other. Snapshots of both can portray them as old and out of it or vigorous and energetic. https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/for-biden-and-trump-age-really-is-just-a-number-7a2bf6ea