(March 16, 2019 at 10:16 pm)TaraJo Wrote: You know what pisses me off about the American left? This is something I've noticed over the past few years of being involved with some very VERY left wing communities: the left adamantly refuses to compromise their message, even the slightest, even if it helps them better communicate good ideas. There's a kind of frustrating intellectual elitism going on with it.
Meanwhile, I watched a documentary about far right groups, especially white nationalist groups and, you know what? They took the exact opposite route: they're hiring PR people and gladly changing their messages in order to take terrible, hateful ideas and make them more likable, more popular, to the public.
The far right seems to care about PR and public opinion far more than the far left. And, by the way, that plays a role in the country gradually moving to the right and with republicans winning so many elections with candidates that would make Forrest Gump look like a genius.
I wish the left would actually acknowledge that to promote their ideas, their ideology, they're going to have to work with the public instead of just trying to piss off as many people as possible.
It's ironic, isn't it? A small part of the left has become reactionary and so stubborn that they refuse to give any ground. Now, the right is convincing people of their insane ideas because they're willing to bend instead of breaking. It's honestly sad.
If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the Earth.