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[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 47 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Funny joke, but this type of smugness is why Democrats keep losing elections lol.

[–] rammer@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If only it were that simple. I'd attribute it to lack of media literacy, lack of critical thinking, tribalism, propaganda saturation of the media, lack of proper education and understanding of the world we live in.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 3 points 1 month ago

I'd give a lot of credit to being in office during an inflationary period resulting from COVID-19, for the last Presidential election.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

ah yes i'm sure it has nothing to do with the dems being completely fucking useless, no it's definitely just them being smug..

[–] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

because it's not true, them being smug is a tiny fraction of what's wrong with them, and pretending that it's worth noting is disingenous.

[–] sqgl@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

The Left appropriated the term "woke" from black jive talk of 90 years ago. That's a smug term and it definitely is a major gripe by MAGA against the Left.

It would have been better to use the term compassionate. I know it is four syllables but the Right couldn't ridicule compassion.

[–] verdare@beehaw.org 10 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

the Right couldn’t ridicule compassion

Have you been paying attention to what’s going on with the right? They’re literally framing empathy as a sin now.

[–] sqgl@beehaw.org 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Ah yes, I remember an example (are there others?):

"The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy" — Elon Musk

[–] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 1 points 1 month ago

What’s wrong with them and why they lose elections are two separate things.

[–] xorollo@leminal.space 11 points 4 weeks ago

Or maybe it has to do with targeted voter purges?

[–] kwr112233@feddit.dk 6 points 1 month ago

Well that, and fear-mongering and lying on the other side of the aisle.