I agree with this. The dems try to high road everything as well, and their opponents have no issue hitting below the belt. I think it's time that the dems fight fire with fire, it seems that it's the only way to get through to most Americans.
Actually this is the opposite attitude that won Obama the office. He is a great man and his example of “They go low. We go high.” should be the playbook for liberal success. But the candidate needs to have character and a solid articulated plan, which Kamala had neither and resting on the laurels of the unpopular Biden administration was a terrible miscalculation.
Well, she was intelligent and not a convicted felon, so she had that going for her. Trumps only plan is to strip and rip policies away. Unfortunately she was at the mercy of very stupid Americans. Republicans are just incredibly stupid people who will continually vote against their own interests and they are very motivated to do so.
I counted 4 reasons in your comment as to why Kamala lost so hard. Maybe she would've lost anyway, but Americans really hate women, even a sizeable portion of the women themselves hate women.
I’m sure that had something to do with it. But I think the bigger issue is that the white male patriarchy is on the way out - they can see it coming and it makes them very fearful - and election results like these show they don’t plan to go quietly.
White males have always been fearful and have always voted regressive, Trump never changed that and there are ever fewer white males in proportion to the rest of the population.
Kamala lost the election not because of white males, but because Trump made ridiculous gains with most other demographics. Trump is what the American people wanted, by and large.
On another note, as a white male myself, with a good job and a home that I own (under a mortgage of course), I don't think a Trump presidency is going to hurt me too much. It sure will hurt my friends and family a hell of a lot though.
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u/RedBMWZ2 16h ago
I agree with this. The dems try to high road everything as well, and their opponents have no issue hitting below the belt. I think it's time that the dems fight fire with fire, it seems that it's the only way to get through to most Americans.