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IngridsLittleAngel

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2. One thing the Left needs to improve on...
Wed Mar 30, 2022, 09:57 PM
Mar 2022

Framing the dialogue. Far too often they sit back and let the QOP frame the dialogue, let them taint words or phrases, then we're left playing catchup to get the point across.

The latest example is indeed the use of "grooming" to paint a target upon people who support and care for and provide care for trans youth. That is not what that fucking word means at all. Yet, here we are, while the media lets this go on without any pushback. They know it's a dirty word, and painting harmless people with it will only lead to targeting them.

For once, I'd love to see our side frame the dialogue.

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They got their new culture war word vercetti2021 Mar 2022 #1
One thing the Left needs to improve on... IngridsLittleAngel Mar 2022 #2
Biggest projectors vercetti2021 Mar 2022 #3
That's one of the things they do best... IngridsLittleAngel Mar 2022 #4
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