YOU are speaking!
Have you made any poignant commentary on the recent election in the U.S.? Do you have a good response to liberals who are upset with the results or process of the election? Have you written or seen something as a comment reply/post that you think has standalone value? Did you see a new take or analysis you hadn’t previously considered?
Whether it’s a long idea with lots of context, or a short and sweet one liner, we want those thoughts aggregated here. This post is intended to be a resource for comrades to draw from when having actual discussions outside of Hexbear both online or IRL regarding the election.
Consider this a mini-effortpost aggregator. This is not for shitposts, but humor is completely acceptable if it helps make the point.
One of the biggest problems I face when trying to do this same thing is that it’s so easy to go too deep too fast and really turn off somebody’s willingness to listen or start using that frame of reference on their own. You can’t just jump into the conversation, because to them we sound like conspiracy theorists when we do.
So what do we do? We make them pry. The way I’ve been combatting this is by using familiar sayings or adages to get the ball rolling. When you’re talking in such a way that a liberal or conservative feels like they SHOULD understand what you’re saying, more often than not they will agree and engage rather than risk looking foolish. One of my favorite phrases that I’ve seen work over and over again is to just throw in a casual, almost dismissive “follow the money” to somebody bringing up an applicable current event. It’s too true to even be argued with. It’s too familiar and universally understood to not be a reasonable assessment to anybody. The phrase is too familiar. This person has likely already had to investigate something for the same reason before. You’re priming them to go from talking about an ad during the Super Bowl to talking about access to resources.