"Global Warming"? Well I've experienced cold winters, THEREFORE CLIMATE CHANGE IS A HOAX.
"Patriot Act"? Well I don't care for the encroaching security state, THEREFORE I MUST BE AN ENEMY OF THE STATE.
"Never forget"? Oh shit, slipped my mind, I GUESS 9/11 NEVER HAPPENED.
"1%"? Well gosh, I know a medical technician who earns $350K/year, but they're still paying off student loans, THEREFORE THE WAGE GAP IS A MYTH.
"Believe all women"? Buddy, I have an ex who used to lie and cheat on me, THEREFORE WE SHOULD ACQUIT HARVEY WEINSTEIN.
These assclowns are total fucklords. Guarantee if you ask them to break down any of these slogans down they could do it in exquisite detail. The truth is they just disagree but lack the conviction to say so and want to lecture you instead.
(I'm always thinking back to Matt Christman's dichotomy of "don't be an ahole vs. don't be a p*y" that perfectly encapsulates today's libs/cons).
I think Breanna Joy Gray also made a good point that when we use strong language, liberals don’t co-opt our message.
It’s easy for liberals to take over phrases like healthcare is a human right, reform the police, Black Lives Matter, etc and water them down to support whatever breadcrumb bullshit they’ve decided fixes the issue.
Liberals won’t touch defund the police or ACAB, eat the rich, billionaires shouldn’t exist, abolish ICE, etc.
The trick is finding language that is too strong to be co-opted and watered down, but not so strong that it overshoots its target and you end up talking about things you don't actually want and that ordinary people don't really want, either.
I think you'd be surprised at some of the things "ordinary people" in this country want. The lyin' news media will never admit it, but "eat the rich" is more popular than either political party