2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary has spent most of her political career denying she's a liberal [View all]Armstead
(47,803 posts)that we don't live in a binary either/or world.
The GOP/conservative/corporate "side" has pushed the debate on a rightward direction because they appeal to certain aspects of people and human nature. What are those, and how do we respond to them?
Some of those instincts, are dark and nor defensible. Lizard brain shit.
But there are also legitimate complaints that can translate into ideology. To use a specific example -- environmental regulations are good and necessary to save the planet. However, if someone wants to add a small deck on their house, but they are blocked by needlessly complex and irrelevant local building codes and overzealous enforcement, they are likely to become more cynical about environmental protection overall.
In order to challenge that, it's necessary to build a message that emphasizes policies that are reasonable and address the truly relevant environmental issues. Building codes are local, but that will affect how people view tjem on a macro level.