Whose Democratic Party Is It?

[freshwest]

63. It helps for information. But the face to face, reminding others that we care about their lives,

is what it seems some DUers lack the ability to do. IDK why this is. It does take fortitude to deal with all the different memes that folks in the real world are being fed.

This is an area that some seem to be temperamentally unwilling to do, they'd rather insult them. I know that disparagement of the Democratic Party and its leaders as if or they are the enemy does not encourage people to vote. No one I know IRL does this.

It would be like saying, 'Ah, that bunch of no-good crooks. And this and that one in that gang, look at how awful they are. But, you will have to vote for them in the end, even though they are no different than any other group.'

It's not 'cheerleading' or 'idol worship' or being a 'sheeple' or 'brainwashed' or whatever that convinces anyone. Negativity toward the DP does not result in votes, quite the opposite is true. It helps turn out the Tea Party, though, and I don't believe those who push that, like the media, turn it off when they leave DU or get off their show. That is who they are.

It works against Democrats and more importantly, it's counter to the values being claimed. The government is what we make it to be, and if we don't get in it, others will.

There is no spoon.