The changes I recommend here are not aimed at winning over the Religious Right. The vast majority of Roy Moore voters and Robert Jeffress acolytes will vote Republican. But...
Show this thread
-
Isn't that the basic demand of pluralism/democracy? I mean, I've made this argument to evangelicals elsewhere, but I can add a fourth argument here 4) this is what it means to live together with people who disagree rather than simply wish them away
Hm. Maybe that's true. Doesn't exactly get the people fired up, but perhaps true. I think... people need assurances you won't move *backwards* on their issues, a la 1994 Crime Bill, "superpredators," et al.
-
-
"We won't move as fast as you want but we'll keep moving"---even when people are suffering and dying while you move slow---is still a better pitch than "Idk we might just do what your ideological opponents want bc we want their votes, and like forget y'all."
-
And I think... there's as much trust gap to make up between, say, male Dem pols and feminists, straight Dem pols and queer folks, as there is trust gap to make up between Dem pols and evangelicals. How do you say "we're doing this to win, but trust me, I'm still with you?"
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.