• nkat2112@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    “New York Dems’ new strategy: Prove every GOP lawmaker is a hypocrite on abortion”

    Is the title of the article at present. And that sounds like a good strategy to me.

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      3 months ago

      Except the hypocrisy doesn’t bother them, as per Wilhoit’s Law

      Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition … There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect

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        3 months ago

        Spending energy to convince conservatives to vote D is not a winning strategy. The idea is to convince those who are convincable, not to create some epiphany moment when all the Republicans stand up and say they were wrong and switch parties. This is naming and shaming as an electoral strategy, not as a punishment