GDT: 11/3/20, Election Day, Donald J. Trump vs. Joseph R. Biden

[striker42]

Grassroots is the biggest lie in politics. Nothing is grassroots these days.

[57Brave]

The president of the united states tried to have the legislative branch killed during the certification of the electoral votes

[57Brave]

Grassroots is the biggest lie in politics. Nothing is grassroots these days.

I live in Georgia , have family members that worked very very hard with lots and lots of others locally to change the POTUS and both Senators.
So yes, when organized and mobilized grassroots has legs.
The 2020 grassroots campaign's foundation was the previous 2 cycles.
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As Ms Abrams says, " there are no red states, only voter suppressed states"
When that is faced head on , and the get out the vote is strong --- we will be witnessing its fruits the next 2 years --- at least

Georgia had it's highest turn out ever

Y'all MAGA knew that , right ?

[Tapate50]

I intend to sell my laptop to the Russians !

I bet the Russians would pay top dollar for my computer!

I have no idea how I’d try to get in touch with a Russian.

-“Debbie” from Detroit

[striker42]

I live in Georgia , have family members that worked very very hard with lots and lots of others locally to change the POTUS and both Senators.
So yes, when organized and mobilized grassroots has legs.
The 2020 grassroots campaign's foundation was the previous 2 cycles.
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As Ms Abrams says, " there are no red states, only voter suppressed states"
When that is faced head on , and the get out the vote is strong --- we will be witnessing its fruits the next 2 years --- at least

Georgia had it's highest turn out ever

I'm not saying you don't have boots on the ground. I'm saying the strings are pulled from the top. Abrams is a great example. That's not a grassroots campaign. It's a centralized push to mobilize a bloc of voters.

[Tapate50]

Abrams is perhaps the most centralized voter mobilizer of our time.

Plus she had the most hated man in America and a literal Nazi to motivate people to vote against.

[57Brave]

I'm not saying you don't have boots on the ground. I'm saying the strings are pulled from the top. Abrams is a great example. That's not a grassroots campaign. It's a centralized push to mobilize a bloc of voters.

grassroots ala 1950 ?

boots on the ground, citizen boots on the ground, volunteer boots on the ground is text book, " grassroots"

[striker42]

grassroots ala 1950 ?

boots on the ground, citizen boots on the ground, volunteer boots on the ground is text book, " grassroots"

I think grassroots implies more decentralized leadership with the leaders coming from the bottom. Abrams organization is a highly centralized machine with leadership from the top. It's what politics is today. It's using any means necessary to maneuver the people into doing what you want.

[57Brave]

oh, grass roots is only a string un organized coffee klatches where each redundantly works against each other all in the name of meaning well.
please

you have to be more insightful of that

[striker42]

oh, grass roots is only a string un organized coffee klatches where each redundantly works against each other all in the name of meaning well.
please

you have to be more insightful of that

No, but I also don't consider a veteran politician running an extremely well funded and highly centralized effort to leverage people to vote to be "grassroots" either.

By your definition of grassroots, Trump's campaign people orchestrating the rally in DC that preceded the riot would be "grassroots" as it appealed to the masses of his following.

My definition of grassroots is bottom up and not top down. All politics these days are top down.

[sturg33]

[57Brave]

Erik the Rural Juror
@EDoggTheRed
·
3h
The way you feel about Stacey Abrams, Raphael Warnock, and the Black Lives Matter

movement is probably how you would have felt about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr,

were you alive in his time.


Jemele Hill
@jemelehill
·
24m
What does it say about America that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

was less popular when he was murdered than Donald Trump is today?

[striker42]

Erik the Rural Juror
@EDoggTheRed
·
3h
The way you feel about Stacey Abrams, Raphael Warnock, and the Black Lives Matter

movement is probably how you would have felt about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr,

were you alive in his time.

Putting Abrams, Warnock, and BLM on the same pedestal as MLK is pretty silly. It's like comparing Ryan Langerhans to Hank Aaron.

[57Brave]

who put anyone on a pedestal ?

just pointing out the obvious
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to your point both were good to great defensive OFers

[goldfly]

far right?

i know that's a satire page but even that headlines dumb lol

weird to put it in this thread too lol

[goldfly]

[striker42]

who put anyone on a pedestal ?

just pointing out the obvious
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to your point both were good to great defensive OFers

The implication that ones feelings about Abrams, Warnock, or BLM would be the same as ones feelings toward MLK during his life carries the implication that Abrams, Warnock, and BLM are no less worthy of criticism than MLK. That's putting them all on the same level which I think is silly.

For instance, I strongly condemn how many of the BLM protests turned into riots. MLK, on the other hand, embraced non-violent protest which I find incredibly admirable and also important to effectively advocating for change.

Basically, I think there are valid criticisms of Abrams, Warnock, and BLM that would not be valid criticisms of MLK.

[57Brave]

realize the difference between 2021 MLK and 1968 MLK
then you will see how out of touch your statement
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I would argue that Warnock, Abrams and BLM would in 2021 out poll MLK circa 1968
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MLK was assasinated in a motel that would have been included in The Green Book.
Think about it

[Krgrecw]

I think the Boondocks nailed what MLK would say today

[goldfly]

I think the Boondocks nailed what MLK would say today

i can 100% guarantee you have no earthy idea what MLK would say today and should be the almost the last person on this forum to insinuate it