• Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      Democrats’ outreach to young people has been lectures and telling them they’re too insignificant to care about. What did you expect would happen?

      Meanwhile, Republicans told them validating lies.

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        8 days ago

        It’s more than just Democrats, it’s society in general.

        You can’t enlist the support of an entire gender by telling them that they are the source of all of society’s evils, and that they themselves are fundamentally evil no matter what, that they are all rapists-in-training, that the world would be better off if they were all killed, and that they are no better than vermin. And more importantly: that when they do something objectionable it is misogyny and bigoted and disgusting and (with some things) even illegal, but when women do it, it is a big nothingburger with zero consequences for the woman.

        That’s how you alienate them and push them away.

        And the alt-right has stepped in with comforting lies.

        Is it any wonder that men have turned away from the left? There is absolutely no visible benefit for them there. So they have gone to where they are openly wanted and desired, where they are intentionally made to feel useful and valued… even though they are just pawns in a class war (Parasite Class vs working class), and will only ever be hurt by those they support.

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          You can’t enlist the support of an entire gender by telling them that they are the source of all of society’s evils, and that they themselves are fundamentally evil no matter what, that they are all rapists-in-training, that the world would be better off if they were all killed, and that they are no better than vermin. And more importantly: that when they do something objectionable it is misogyny and bigoted and disgusting and (with some things) even illegal, but when women do it, it is a big nothingburger with zero consequences for the woman.

          Where in the Democrat platform says all this? You’re using the lies the right uses.

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            2 days ago

            Where in the Democrat platform says all this?

            It doesn’t. Hence,

            it’s society in general.

            That’s the source. Not politics, society. In fact, politics - aside from the laws implemented, which can be exceedingly bigoted and sexist while attempting to be about equality - doesn’t say much about this at all.