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When they go low, we go high (Original Post) In It to Win It Aug 2020 OP
The Lincoln Project's got it covered... Buns_of_Fire Aug 2020 #1
Agreed, FoxNewsSucks Aug 2020 #2
Go high I_UndergroundPanther Aug 2020 #3
This kind of talk just makes me sad frazzled Aug 2020 #4
I didn't really explain where I was going with this In It to Win It Aug 2020 #6
She explained that going high doesn't mean frazzled Aug 2020 #7
I thought they were all great tonight mvd Aug 2020 #5

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
4. This kind of talk just makes me sad
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 11:29 PM
Aug 2020

This entire election is predicated on one thing: character. The contrast between despicable, amoral, no empathy, chaotic character and the kind of upstanding, selfless, moral, orderly, and empathetic character our current candidate possesses.

And we have folks here saying we need to be more like the low-life character. Given the stakes in this election, that is the surest way to lose.

I’m really ashamed that that eloquent, sophisticated speech was lost on many.

In It to Win It

(8,254 posts)
6. I didn't really explain where I was going with this
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 11:38 PM
Aug 2020

I don’t really mean that we ditch that message.

I was trying to be metaphoric. My real point is that Michelle Obama’s speech was powerful and (to me) delivered a real gut punch to Trump and Trumpism, and gut punches tend not to be the “high road.”

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
7. She explained that going high doesn't mean
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 11:48 PM
Aug 2020

that we don’t use our voices when we know things are wrong. But it still means we do that in ways that are neither underhanded nor destructive.

I just don’t want to become like them. Tonight was about unity, and creating unity.

mvd

(65,174 posts)
5. I thought they were all great tonight
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 11:32 PM
Aug 2020

And she did qualify the go high comment. But they go so low that go high enough and they will just bully you.

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