Re-posting bc I just read yet another piece in whch a green-circle insider assures green-circle readers that the reason former Dems in purple circle don't vote for green-circle leaders is those pesky kids in the pink going on about trans rights & truly my head is going to explode 
Like the twin decline of the Dem Party+labor movmnt as organizational presences in rural+rustbelt America; the Dem-side failure to compete as RW model honed in talk radio moved into natl then local news: these happened on someone's watch right? & those someones are older than 25?
The lack of meaningful bridges between green & purple—channels that would cultivate & amplify voices of party members from beyond cosmopolitan metros, & give Dems trusted interlocutors to do last-mile comms into a wider breadth of communities—is real & damaging.
Own that.
Own that.
👇good Qs! Here's what I can tell you. 1) if there were easy fixes people wd have done them already 2) always optimizng for short-term electoral boost underinvests in long-term building 3) "engagement" that leaves current stakeholders secure didn't engage
https://twitter.com/Mystic_Lawyer/status/1391609603109138438
Natl Dem insiders have had great faith in their own ability to know what's best for folks in the purple circle: & little interest in long-term investment to build responsive institutions anchored in those communities. The costs of that absence are rising
https://twitter.com/lara_putnam/status/1388842420239020035
Each day that folks in the green circle spend commiserating w/others in the green circle about how the kids in pink are the problem is a day that could have been the start of work on the real challenge of buildng channels for connection+communication btwn green & purple: & wasn't
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
