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EnergizedLib

(2,933 posts)
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 07:59 AM Aug 2025

Can anyone explain why we're so hated? [View all]

Why is our brand, our party so poisonous to the point that half of MAGATs would still support the felon even if the Epstein Files incriminated him?

What did we do that was so wrong, so terrible?

Because we believe in promoting equality and we’re for the existence of trans people and we don’t care if people use pronouns or identify as something?

Because we believe people in this country deserve due process and deserve to prove their case before possible deportations?

How messed up are people’s priorities if they’ll vote against us just because of the trans issue, if they’ll vote because they hate us so much that they’re destroying America?

Never forget:

- No trans person raised the debt and deficit. This White House did.

- No trans person is responsible for higher prices. This White House is.

- No trans person is responsible for the decrease in private sector jobs and slower hiring. This White House is.

- No trans person has us on the verge of recession. This White House does.

- No trans person is responsible for taking away people’s healthcare. Republicans are.

- No trans person is why some women are dying in red states. An extreme, corrupt SCOTUS is.

- No trans person is why Social Security will run out of money within the next decade if we don’t do anything. Government, especially Republicans, are.

This is what we should campaign on - lowering the debt, lowering the deficit, empowering workers and consumers and taking a burden off people with the tariffs while using revenue collected from tariffs to fund Social Security with a promise to release the Epstein Files with only victims names redacted and perpetrator names unredacted and the promise to go after anybody implicated in the files, regardless of party.

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Faux and AM radio SheltieLover Aug 2025 #1
And weaponized "christianity" Bettie Aug 2025 #3
Yeah, that part is damn Satanic BoRaGard Aug 2025 #5
They sure are! SheltieLover Aug 2025 #27
Republicans have branded themselves as the champions for God and Country Martin Eden Aug 2025 #21
Weaponized xtianity is compliments of AM radio SheltieLover Aug 2025 #26
Every local AM radio market spawned their own moniss Aug 2025 #18
F-ing AM radio is a HUGE problem in general Bettie Aug 2025 #35
DEFINITELY more hate radio vapor2 Aug 2025 #61
Because Dems have been systematically no_hypocrisy Aug 2025 #2
Yes. Newt Gingrich drove that divide home Iris Aug 2025 #14
Because it's not a political fight; it's a cultural one, and has been since the Civil War. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2025 #4
Yep. I've seen posts where people hate what trump is doing but refuse to support Dems because of "DEI" tulipsandroses Aug 2025 #28
In one word: Propaganda. Nt Trueblue Texan Aug 2025 #6
Inherent Evil + Low Intelligence + Entitled JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #7
Envy NewHendoLib Aug 2025 #8
$0 -50 years of Murdock, Limbaugh Conjuay Aug 2025 #9
Long running conditioning. paleotn Aug 2025 #10
Amen oswaldactedalone Aug 2025 #11
"If there is a God, He will have to beg my forgiveness." CrispyQ Aug 2025 #16
Seems like he, she, it went on vacation and missed the first half of the 1940's. paleotn Aug 2025 #30
Maybe the Democratic Party spends so much time comradebillyboy Aug 2025 #12
That's a right wing talking point, that the dems focused on the extremes. CrispyQ Aug 2025 #17
The result was Trump being reelected and the comradebillyboy Aug 2025 #20
Bye-bye. Paladin Aug 2025 #40
What are those extremes Keepthesoulalive Aug 2025 #43
so, what do you think is "extreme" Skittles Aug 2025 #63
What extremes? BlueTsunami2018 Aug 2025 #67
Everybody keep asking the same question every day because we don't want to acknowledge what happened. Solomon Aug 2025 #13
Yep. But I'm sure tons of people... appmanga Aug 2025 #36
Donald Trump nt. OLDMDDEM Aug 2025 #15
Some is plain old bigotry EdmondDantes_ Aug 2025 #19
People hate us because we have been the targets of rightwing propaganda for decades and leftwing propaganda since 2016. W_HAMILTON Aug 2025 #22
Their platform is white supremacy & white superiority. They hate folks not cool with that. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Aug 2025 #23
Reagan turned "liberal" into a 4-letter word mcar Aug 2025 #24
Rush Limbaugh kick-started the unrelenting, non-stop demonizing of Democrats, liberals, and feminists. chia Aug 2025 #25
It's their religious beliefs - Nigrum Cattus Aug 2025 #29
"What did we do that was so wrong, so terrible?" J_William_Ryan Aug 2025 #31
They don't care Keepthesoulalive Aug 2025 #32
Dumbass conservatives will obligingly hate anyone Warpy Aug 2025 #33
Failed to care about a critical demographic; failed to even PRETEND to care. RandomNumbers Aug 2025 #34
This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Aug 2025 #37
The problem isn't us! It's hateful fucksticks, absorbed with hatred! maxrandb Aug 2025 #38
You get no argument from me EnergizedLib Aug 2025 #50
The Romans used to fill the Colosseum maxrandb Aug 2025 #60
Neoliberalism is one huge reason LearnedHand Aug 2025 #39
Another reason people believe "not a dime's worth of difference" RandomNumbers Aug 2025 #47
First of all, we are not universally hated DFW Aug 2025 #41
It's the racism, stupid. 2MuchNoise Aug 2025 #42
Pretty hard to have that discussion when people have to watch what they say or be banished and silenced Smokster Aug 2025 #44
If you speak your truth with respect RandomNumbers Aug 2025 #48
Because except for a handful we look like wimps. Phoenix61 Aug 2025 #45
Not focusing on the central issues. Not stifling the Queen of Hearts gulliver Aug 2025 #46
I would hope 2024 was a big enough wake up call that the party won't once again fall for the "Everything's Fine" spin Midwestern Democrat Aug 2025 #57
I had an ex brother in law in the early 90's that used to refer to my husband and I as the looney liberals kimbutgar Aug 2025 #49
You start with the party customerserviceguy Aug 2025 #51
Why the party is so hated EnergizedLib Aug 2025 #52
I would say customerserviceguy Aug 2025 #54
I could tell you, but that kind of talk is shut down here. sorry they will just remove the post, so u will never know Nimble_Idea Aug 2025 #53
I think much of that hate is from Democrats that are sick of a bunch doc03 Aug 2025 #55
Because a culture of hate and regressiveness needs an enemy. Metaphorical Aug 2025 #56
Not playing this game. Iggo Aug 2025 #58
I'm not asking why we suck EnergizedLib Aug 2025 #59
they think of themselves as superior Skittles Aug 2025 #62
Happy butt-kicking anniversary, Skittles! True Dough Aug 2025 #66
Our brand is Empathy RANDYWILDMAN Aug 2025 #64
Because we have empathy and compassion liberalmediaaddict Aug 2025 #65
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