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[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 51 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 6 points 2 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] rammer@sopuli.xyz 19 points 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 months 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 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 2 months ago

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

[–] xorollo@leminal.space 11 points 2 months ago

Or maybe it has to do with targeted voter purges?

[–] kwr112233 6 points 2 months ago

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