Dueling opinions: Democrats should be meaner! No, they should be nicer!

[DetlefK]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/screw-uniting-the-country-thats-not-what-democrats-need-in-2020?ref=home

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-went-low-the-2020-democrats-are-racing-to-the-gutter-to-fight-him-there?ref=home

[Miigwech]

1. Just be real. Don't lie, don't steal but kick the asses that need kicking

[LakeArenal]

2. Dueling opinions is the name of the game til 2020.

The quality of the discussion is the thing.

No one’s opinion is: silly, stupid, dumb, irrelevant, duh, swoosh or any other dismissive statement another makes.

Everyone’s opinion should be taken seriously.

When “they” say we should be meaner, “they” don’t mean each other.

Fight the right fight against trump.

[defacto7]

3. You don't have to be mean to be powerful.

You don't have to be mean to win. Chess, poker and politics.. need I say more?

[Caliman73]

7. 100% agree.

I am saddened to see how many people equate being powerful/effective with being mean. I see people say, "You have to fight fire with fire" and I think that I have an idea of what they are trying to say, but I have seem people say that we have to do what Republicans do. I have started threads on trying to clarify what people think we should do, but the greatest amount of responses I got was maybe 20 and those threads sink like a stone.

We have to assert our values to promote them in opposition to what Republicans do. We have to not be afraid to say that Trump is lying or that Steve King is pushing racist and White Supremacist views. We have to be willing to stand up to Trump and point out that he uses bullying nicknames because he has no real plan for the US.

We can accomplish this using strong assertive and honest language but we do not have to be offensive or "mean".

[pecosbob]

4. I'm kinda old testament myself

Sooner or later God'll cut you down...

[Vinca]

5. Democrats should not be silent victims.

[sarcasmo]

6. Nice won't beat Trump.

[TheRealNorth]

8. We tried we go high, they go low in 2016

I say we go high and low. Chop block the bastards.

[struggle4progress]

9. I thhink we'll be so fuckin nice the shitheads won't know what hit them

[DFW]

10. No need to be either. Be serious, be quick on your feet, and be prepared for anything

Because "anything" describes what they will throw at us. Be serious, be factual, and don't hesitate to call out their lies or expose their dirty tactics. Don't start apologizing for something you're sure you have even done, but rather expose who tried to make a big deal of it, who paid to have it done, and who put them up to it. If you HAVE done something you think they can get you on, DON'T RUN. Be useful in other ways. Ego trips are one-way trips to defeat and obscurity. Don't go.

In a word, be BETTER. That will probably be the best formula for us.