Rosano / Journal

2 entries for Saturday, December 19, 2020

Let's talk about Trump's base, messaging, and incrementalism....

[Progressives are by nature big picture thinkers. Conservatives care about he here and now. In order to reach them, everything needs to be framed in terms as a big picture issue and a kitchen table issue.]

[Democrats are terrible at messaging. Even though they agree with most low-income conservatives on many issues, they fail to communicate by insisting on a foreign language that doesn't resonate with the target.]

Let's talk about speaking the language of Trump....

[When trying to convince someone of something, consider what rhetoric they use on you.]

[Racism comes from fear (of the unknown), fear comes from ignorance.]

[Trump was successful because he spoke to their fears.]

[Education and context, not fear, create progressives.]

[Maybe can agree on anti-authoritarianism.]