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Bobstandard

(1,335 posts)
3. Too many syllables: try pro coup instead
Sat May 1, 2021, 09:45 PM
May 2021

Seriously, five syllables is too many for any kind of advertising. I assume you’re not targeting Full on Trumpists—who hate big words, compound sentences and ideas that require any real thought. Insurrectionist is also a kind of squishy word. Good guys are sometimes involved in insurrections. Coups are always conducted by bad guys. It’s a clearly negative word and more powerful for it

Agree, though, Dems should pound on Republicans who supported the coup attempt and the big lie.

No. Just call them Treasonous Bastards DURHAM D May 2021 #1
Excuse me? TreasonousBastard May 2021 #14
😂😂😂 FlyingPiggy May 2021 #15
Yes, the Dems should, and Cairycat May 2021 #2
Too many syllables: try pro coup instead Bobstandard May 2021 #3
Frankly, 90% of the US population probably have NO IDEA WarGamer May 2021 #4
No, call them terrorists. East-A-Squared May 2021 #5
correct. WarGamer May 2021 #6
Or Domestic Terrorists. fierywoman May 2021 #9
And pro-fascists. GoneOffShore May 2021 #16
This! fierywoman May 2021 #19
Absolutely. The GOP needs it's faces rubbed in the Jan 6 Coup Attempt for a very long time. nt Progressive Jones May 2021 #7
Yes I_UndergroundPanther May 2021 #8
Yes. KentuckyWoman May 2021 #10
Traitors is more succinct CanonRay May 2021 #11
Refer to them as anti-American mcar May 2021 #12
****YES !!!**** Democrats Need To Define Their Opponents FIRST !!! Take Defund The Police ... uponit7771 May 2021 #13
It's time for Democrats to develop a taste for blood. But keep it simple. Buns_of_Fire May 2021 #17
it was a lynch mob. i want folks to use that word. mopinko May 2021 #18
Side by side film comparisons between the fascist insurrectionists at the Roisin Ni Fiachra May 2021 #20
Fascist. nt Hotler May 2021 #21
Not with that phrase, but yes. JHB May 2021 #22
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