• @Hazzia@discuss.tchncs.de
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    8 months ago

    The problem as stated are the same sorts of sentiments that lost Hillary, and won Trump, the 2016 election.

    Also, as an independent myself, I take issue at the implication that “insurectionist” vs “old man screaming at clouds” is at all a 50/50 choice

    • @whofearsthenight@lemm.ee
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      58 months ago

      I think it’s already a disservice that we’re allowing this to be the narrative. Biden is certainly no spring chicken, but he’s nowhere close to “sun-downing” or “old man screaming at clouds” and this narrative only works because republicans are better at messaging by a mile, and Biden has and has had a stutter his entire life.

      And though he’s no where near progressive enough for my tastes, he’s probably got the most progressive record of just about any modern president.

      Tbh if we want to get somewhere, we’d stop letting Republican talking points turn into the framing for everyone else. The topic of Biden’s age now dominates any discussion about him on either side, as if Trump isn’t basically the same age, and actually frequently showing more and more real signs of senility, never mind the whole “criminal, rapist, insurrectionist, traitor using state secrets to curry favor.”

      Hiliary’s loss can be chalked up to similar reasons, of course tossing in a hefty, heft dose of misogyny. We let RBF and “but her emails” turn into this mess.

      Like, why are we doing far right republican’s messaging for them?