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[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 20 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Probably reveals pretty much the opposite of what the party leadership is saying.

DNC Leaders: "We lost because we tried to bring trans and immigrants etc etc into the tent"
Reality: "We lost because were were nearly indistinguishable from our opposition and abandoned any policy that might benefit marginalized people at the expense of our donors."

[–] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 11 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

We lost because were were nearly indistinguishable from our opposition

I'm all for blaming the Democratic leadership for their dog shit ness but let's not get carried away lmao

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe not indistinguishable, but did a pretty poor job of presenting it as a real and meaningful choice. Tried to run a more or less "normal" campaign when the stakes were anything but. Didn't acknowledge the failings and frustrations that had rightly been leveled at the Biden administration. Tried to run Kamala as a "Stay the course" candidate instead of a "Not happy with how things are going? Time for change!" candidate. Didn't do a good job of being clearly FOR something of great value to the voter rather than just being defined by not being Trump.

Mind you, I'm fully in the camp of voting like your life depends on it, every chance you get, but a political party can't learn from their failures if they don't honestly acknowledge them first.

[–] Quexotic 2 points 7 hours ago

Remember her earliest speeches? They were very progressive. Something between 2-3 speeches were and after that you could tell she was "talked to" by someone. I wonder what that conversation was like.

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 3 points 14 hours ago

Not everyone values issues the same way you do.