Thread by @owillis

a lot of democrats think "gop bad thing automatically equals dem votes" and they dont have to work for it, and it doesn't work that way. yes, even something as "obvious" as the erosion of abortion rights is something you need to yell about frequently. backlash wont just happen

https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1460289549142274051

this is why i always wince when people insist the gop will "pay" for pushing the line on something. it doesnt just happen of its own volition. if the topic is not pushed for most people it doesnt ever happen. you have to repeat, repeat, repeat.

"can't they see that this is bad?"
no. not if you don't lay it out for them. assume most people have no idea this is going on. maybe theyre all at an 11/10 in your circle but most people *are not following this*.

besides we diehards most people only paid attention to this stuff from about september last year to maybe january. otherwise theyre not engaged. (well on the likely dem side. gop has been engaging their people constantly every day for the last 30 years)

"but im engaged. i care. people are like me."
its great and wonderful that you're engaged. you're an outlier. accept it. most people aren't engaged like that. i dont care how much you want it to be true, it isn't true.

"its exhausting to have to point out the obvious"
oh well. its either that or losing. so... be exhausted. the us had propaganda posters and films to remind people that the nazis were evil. the nazis! should be "obvious" right? and yet...