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Georgia On My Mind and a strategy for Florida in 2022 (Original Post) Clearly fogged in Feb 2021 OP
I read that Lunabell Feb 2021 #1
We do face an immovable red object Clearly fogged in Feb 2021 #2
And now trump's little butt buddy wants laws on the books to oppress free speech. Lunabell Feb 2021 #3
It comes down to how the truth and the facts are not the same thing Clearly fogged in Feb 2021 #4
He only wants to suppress Dreampuff Feb 2021 #5

Lunabell

(6,046 posts)
1. I read that
Fri Feb 12, 2021, 05:35 PM
Feb 2021

due to Covid Florida Democrats chose not to put boots on the ground and that was a major factor in our losses. I hope we can stem the tide of bleeding red in FL.

And I just have to add that I hate my governor and my senators. That is all.

Clearly fogged in

(1,896 posts)
2. We do face an immovable red object
Fri Feb 12, 2021, 06:00 PM
Feb 2021

We do face an immovable red object, especially with the three you mention and the history of our weakness. With the current political landscape Democrats in Florida are facing a do-or-die scenario - either grow in numbers sufficient to reach a tipping point or continue to be dragged around like children. It isn't enough for us in Florida to wait for a leader to save us; we need to help others find the good in supporting democratic policies. Only then can we become an irresistible force.

Lunabell

(6,046 posts)
3. And now trump's little butt buddy wants laws on the books to oppress free speech.
Fri Feb 12, 2021, 06:06 PM
Feb 2021

I thought these assholes were supposed to be for smaller government!!!!

Clearly fogged in

(1,896 posts)
4. It comes down to how the truth and the facts are not the same thing
Fri Feb 12, 2021, 06:37 PM
Feb 2021

It is to their advantage when we, the voters, accept what we are told as being the truth. Take for example the insurgents at the Capitol. We are not told that very few that were there were indigent, uneducated, and receiving some type of handout from the government. But that is how they've been portrayed for the last so many years so it's what we believe. In actuality they are the opposite. Take Alfie Oakes for example. Here is the owner of a $30 million grocery store with two government contracts alone totaling close to $100 million. He paid for two busses to D.C. on the 6th. It wasn't the homeless that he invited to join him. Yet he tells his followers that it they have to fight against the elite that are holding them back.

The bottom line is we can't fight on narratives that they control. We also can't fight someone's beliefs. We can win support by showing that the democratic party has solutions for the real issues in your life and not waste time tilting at windmills.

Dreampuff

(778 posts)
5. He only wants to suppress
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 02:30 PM
Feb 2021

The free speech of people who are not rich, white, and Republican. I will also add males to that list.

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