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- politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world
A ton of different facets here. Among them:
- A little window into the consultant-driven “how can we best manipulate the voters’ perceptions, what ‘messaging’ will be most effective” way that DC looks at trying to win elections
- A little window into the wildly malicious kinds of corruption that can infect that little ecosystem
- The whole strategy of “we’re going to tell you what the ‘enemies’ believe, and then why it is wrong” even when absolutely none or almost none of the ‘enemies’ are actually saying that, is of course as common in mainstream politics as it is on Lemmy. And of course, it works quite well in both places.
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Latinx actually does alienate the latino population though. And niche jargon is literally designed to alienate to reinforce the in-group dynamic aka the feeling of elitism.
The point is, no one in the Democratic party was actually doing any of the things they listed. Like literally 0 people in 0 emails, for most of them, and then a tiny handful of them had been used once or something.
Yes, I agree that “Latinx” is stupid and that Latinos specifically feel that way overwhelmingly. The point is that they’re creating an artificial reality wherein all these mainstream Democratic politicians are saying “Latinx,” when pretty much none of them are.
Do democrat activists or democrat members not count? I agree with people like Steven Bonnell that democrat politicians are way more civil and inoffensive compared to republican politicians, but there is more to a part and its image than the politicians.
democrat activists
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Also, the article is clearly referencing this think-tank paper that was aimed at “democrat politicians,” not “democrat activists.”
I skimmed through the memo and didn’t see where they specifically say only politicians. Plus when I looked up a few terms I had never heard of they were being used in places like the department of labour publications
Plus when I looked up a few terms I had never heard of they were being used in places like the department of labour publications
Interesting, which terms?
“Justice-involved individuals” was the one the DoL used. While “minoritized community” was used by the NIH. I already know what intersectionality means but I figured I would check that one as well and the VA is using that term.
This?
The study that Trump’s Department of Labor funded in 2018/2019 which then decided to use “justice-involved” in their report?
Why is that “democrat activists” or “democrat members”?
The more fundamental problem is the “latin” part.
