• Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Democrats’ outreach to young people has been lectures and telling them they’re too insignificant to care about. What did you expect would happen?

    Meanwhile, Republicans told them validating lies.

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      4 days ago

      It’s more than just Democrats, it’s society in general.

      You can’t enlist the support of an entire gender by telling them that they are the source of all of society’s evils, and that they themselves are fundamentally evil no matter what, that they are all rapists-in-training, that the world would be better off if they were all killed, and that they are no better than vermin. And more importantly: that when they do something objectionable it is misogyny and bigoted and disgusting and (with some things) even illegal, but when women do it, it is a big nothingburger with zero consequences for the woman.

      That’s how you alienate them and push them away.

      And the alt-right has stepped in with comforting lies.

      Is it any wonder that men have turned away from the left? There is absolutely no visible benefit for them there. So they have gone to where they are openly wanted and desired, where they are intentionally made to feel useful and valued… even though they are just pawns in a class war (Parasite Class vs working class), and will only ever be hurt by those they support.

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        You can’t enlist the support of an entire gender by telling them that they are the source of all of society’s evils, and that they themselves are fundamentally evil no matter what, that they are all rapists-in-training, that the world would be better off if they were all killed, and that they are no better than vermin. And more importantly: that when they do something objectionable it is misogyny and bigoted and disgusting and (with some things) even illegal, but when women do it, it is a big nothingburger with zero consequences for the woman.

        Where in the Democrat platform says all this? You’re using the lies the right uses.

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          4 days ago

          Hardly. As a generally liberal person… I see that the amount of scrutiny white young men go through is more than normal.

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            They are literally out there right now with their “your body, my choice” bullshit proving why we they deserved scrutiny in the first place. And where did this “white” shit come from? I hadn’t read it was only white guys doing this.