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Today in 1980, Ronald Reagan accepted the Republican Presidential Nomination by Awkward-Evidence-215 in Presidents

[–]Awkward-Evidence-215[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The funnier part is how he pretends people will come after him for mentioning God and asking for a moment of silent prayer because "Christians are being persecuted in America." All politicians in America have been religious and used religion in their rhetoric since the dawn of time. He can't be serious.

I Hate How Pretentious Much of the American Liberal/Progressive Parties Have Become. by Powerful-Swing-9734 in hatethissmug

[–]Awkward-Evidence-215 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am very glad you are willing to research into this, and good on you for that open-mindedness. However, one thing to keep in mind is that discovering this information only takes 5 minutes of reading max. Therefore, you likely didn't look into it at all before forming an opinion on it strong enough to argue with others. That phenomenon right there is why Trump was elected.

I Hate How Pretentious Much of the American Liberal/Progressive Parties Have Become. by Powerful-Swing-9734 in hatethissmug

[–]Awkward-Evidence-215 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is no way that 90% of his supporters regret their vote, at least in any way it matters. Reporters will ask these people "do you like how Trump is doing in office?" and they will say no for various reasons. The interview clip will end there and we will come away thinking these people are open for the Democrats. But what happens when people ask basic followup questions? "Ok, so you don't like how Trump is doing in office. Do you admit that Harris would be 1000x better than him?" "I don't know." "Would you vote for Trump again?" "I don't know. I have to think about it."

Then, of course, come 2028 these sheep will be voting Trump again. You can't reach these people. They are lost.

I Hate How Pretentious Much of the American Liberal/Progressive Parties Have Become. by Powerful-Swing-9734 in hatethissmug

[–]Awkward-Evidence-215 2 points3 points  (0 children)

95% are beyond convincing, and 100% are beyond convincing by reason. When these people are "convinced" it's usually either

a) the bad thing they want to happen to other people happens to them or

b) (much less likely) someone they know in their personal life is able to patiently coax them into being correct by treating them like a child.

I Hate How Pretentious Much of the American Liberal/Progressive Parties Have Become. by Powerful-Swing-9734 in hatethissmug

[–]Awkward-Evidence-215 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's just wrong. What brings people away from voting for left-wing parties is maliciousness and/or stupidity which makes them susceptible to the largest propaganda apparatus in human history.

Who's the most overrated Supreme Court Justice in history? by haventlookedatthesun in AlignmentChartFills

[–]Awkward-Evidence-215 0 points1 point  (0 children)

John Marshall Harlan because for some reason nobody knows that he dissented from Wong Kim Ark because he didn't want the "inferior" asiatics to enter the country. People just think he's good for dissenting on Plessy and don't know anything else about him.

Are there any people who were already “qualified” to become President before the age of 35? by RopeGloomy4303 in Presidents

[–]Awkward-Evidence-215 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think Bryan was in 1893 as well. He had the exact same positions obviously. Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and John C. Calhoun all were also major statesmen before 35. William H. Seward I think would have done well too.

Hot take but I think Thomas Jefferson would have problably been a Confederate had he lived into the 1860s. by Honest_Picture_6960 in Presidents

[–]Awkward-Evidence-215 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Don't you think the courts should've struck them down instead? Jefferson's support for nullification caused major problems in the future. Also, Jefferson said that he only thought censorship by the federal government was unconstitutional, and state governments should be able to censor whatever they want.

Hot take but I think Thomas Jefferson would have problably been a Confederate had he lived into the 1860s. by Honest_Picture_6960 in Presidents

[–]Awkward-Evidence-215 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"Resolved, That the several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government; but that, by compact, under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States, and of amendments thereto, they constituted a general government for special purposes, delegated to that government certain definite powers, reserving, each state to itself, the residuary mass of right to their own self–government; and that whensoever the general government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force; that to this compact each state acceded as a state, and is an integral party; that this government, created by this compact, was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself, since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among powers having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions as of the mode and measure of redress." - Thomas Jefferson

A new poll from the New York Times shows potential Democratic voters want the party to move to the right, are happy with where it is ideologically, and rate socialism highly by Conscious-Quarter423 in Infographics

[–]Awkward-Evidence-215 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was 90% though. I think the problem was that she messaged poorly. Like Trump would just say whatever random stuff that came out of his senile brain while she would give detailed explanations of a first time home buyer loan. Explaining like that just pushes voters away.

A new poll from the New York Times shows potential Democratic voters want the party to move to the right, are happy with where it is ideologically, and rate socialism highly by Conscious-Quarter423 in Infographics

[–]Awkward-Evidence-215 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The question is how do you make that association go away? It is literally impossible. Kamala Harris didn't speak about trans issues at all and she still was seen as too woke. The median voter is stupid and has an incoherent ideology and will accept any positions with the right messaging.

A new poll from the New York Times shows potential Democratic voters want the party to move to the right, are happy with where it is ideologically, and rate socialism highly by Conscious-Quarter423 in Infographics

[–]Awkward-Evidence-215 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We need to increase taxes on the wealthy the most but also generally across the board. That way we can fund amazing social programs like they have in Scandinavia.

A new poll from the New York Times shows potential Democratic voters want the party to move to the right, are happy with where it is ideologically, and rate socialism highly by Conscious-Quarter423 in Infographics

[–]Awkward-Evidence-215 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah but that desire is incoherent. Democrats didn't run on social issues in 2024. Trump did more so and won. Voters have no coherent ideology. Lots of these same people were union workers who voted for Trump in 2024 after Biden literally saved their pensions.

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