• _g_be@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Effectiveness of this suggestion hinges on Rs having shame and/or decency. It’s almost prerequisite to not have such a thing to get voted in.

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      Republicans only represent 1/3 of the public. If 2/3rds of the public is laughing at them, that’s more than good enough.

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        In the early 20th century the KKK went into sharp decline due to an exposee on their initiation practices, and suddenly the (white) public found them to be a really silly group of frat boys rather than a serious organization to ever consider being recruited to

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          Turning your opponent into a joke is one of the best methods of attack, especially in cases where the threat is very serious. War propaganda the world over characterizes a nation’s enemy as some bumbling idiot. Hogan’s Heroes, the TV show, did a great job at portraying the very serious issue of Nazis and made them look like a joke. Democrats are so bad at marketing and going after their opponents though that they’ll never do anything.