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Madam45for2923

(7,178 posts)
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 09:52 AM Nov 2017

Dear DEMS! Pay no attention to nay-sayers & people with agenda who wish our party ill!

It seems the new MEMO/MEME is that DEM Party is in trouble. (Actually meme is getting old due to desperate overuse)
MSM really wants to go with this memo meme.
GOP really would like to run with this meme memo.
Putin trolls/bots also running away with this gaslighting memo meme.
Heck even Donald is promulgating this memo meme or meme memo calling us the democrat party and saying we are in trouble.
Is the memo d'jour.

All of the above WISH we were in trouble.
They are gaslighting us. THEY ARE PROJECTING.
Plus it is a form of both parties are the same.
They have been able to suppress our voters and are afraid of us.
They don't like that our party has lots of diversity. Thus trying to control us & our narrative.


MY BALLAD TO DEMS


DEAR DEMS,

Pay no attention to nay-sayers & people with agendas who wish our party ill.
Our real task is to stop suppression. We got the numbers.
The future is in our hands. TOGETHER.
We together know all of this. Don't get gaslighted by people with agendas.


The only trouble DEMS need to contend with is voter suppression
(which MAGA by making ONLY WHITE VOTES while sending POC to the back of the bus.)
Plus we need to make sure Russia keeps out.
Other than that we are ready for 2018.

People telling us we got problems are gaslighting us and have an agenda to sabotage our party.
Anyone who says that the 2 parties are the same is lying & has an agenda.


People wish the DEM party was in trouble so they attack us, our party & our DEM figures & leaders.
They are not strong so seek to weaken us!
Our only problems are voter suppression (plus that eff up- Russian meddling/collusion last year).

Wondering why the Republicans desperately seek to suppress POC & DEMS from voting?
Because we got the numbers.


We got the numbers, why do you think the GOP is desperately suppressing our voters?
Why do you think the last 2 GOP presidents had to cheat to become prez?

Dear DEMS don't listen to people that speak of our party and us in the 3rd person.
With a tone of condemnation at the smallest slight
and lots of authoritarian phrases like DEMS Better do this,
& ready to give up at a moment's chance
or waste our time in endless fruitless disputes.


They give themselves away when they do that.
They are not our friends.
They want what we got.
We got the numbers.

Each of us makes our party battle-strong.
We are UNITED & READY.
We are the reason we are gonna KEEP THIS REPUBLIC.



We are strong & united already. We are Ready. We fight suppression, everything else is distraction & sabotage.
I always come back to these 2 questions: Does this person mean what they say & do they mean well?
FRIEND OR FOE?

BONUS: I like this recap of our DEM values!

mcar
16. Here is what Democrats stand for (per Margaret & Helen)

Here is what Democrats stand for. It’s not a secret.

Affordable healthcare for all. Period.
Common sense gun control because you don’t need an assault rifle to kill a deer.
Immigration reform.
Equal pay for equal work.
A woman can be trusted to make her own healthcare decisions.
Sex education reduces unintended pregnancies.
Love is color blind and gender neutral.
Global warming is not a Chinese hoax even though Trump has more chins than a Chinese phone book. (Was that racist or just a clever play on the word chin being Chen is the 5th most common Chinese surname? Actually it was a joke about Trump being a fatass which has nothing to do with global warming unless you count the amount of gas Trump releases from his fat ass daily. Surely there is a scientist who can tell us what harm that is causing. You know what? Never mind. Just get us back into the damn Paris Climate Agreement. That’s what I meant to say, really. )
Happy Holidays is a lovely thing to say to someone when you want them to have a Happy Holiday.
Every child should have access to a quality education.
College should be affordable.
Coal is stupid. (see Chen reference above)
Slavery was bad.
Nazi’s are not fine people.
Trump is a moron. (Which makes Rex Tillerson an honorary Democrat)

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029782961#post16


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Dear DEMS! Pay no attention to nay-sayers & people with agenda who wish our party ill! (Original Post) Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 OP
Anyone who says that the 2 parties are the same is lying & has an agenda. Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 #1
No matter! WE ARE READY FOR 2018! Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 #10
Or says we "lose" MFM008 Nov 2017 #2
But should we assume all criticism is motivated by an agenda? HopeAgain Nov 2017 #3
It is easy to tell who has an agenda or not! They like to talk of DEMS in 3rd person Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 #4
no one is saying that treestar Nov 2017 #8
Some so obvious got nothing constructive or positive to say about the DEM party. Always the opposite Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 #9
Really and that is not just "helpful" criticism treestar Nov 2017 #13
Not a bit. If they intended to help they'd be out there doing something helpful. Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 #14
+1 NCTraveler Nov 2017 #5
Amen, it is getting sickening! treestar Nov 2017 #6
Just get out there and vote and get involved! Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 #12
Gaslighting indeed. We have a banner crop of people running everywhere MaeScott Nov 2017 #7
I know attempts at gaslighting are funny b/c they are so obvious & WE SEE THEM! Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 #15
K&R. n/t FSogol Nov 2017 #11
The negative messaging is definitely out there peggysue2 Nov 2017 #16
I agree! WE we we we we we are the Democratic party. If we care we turn to action. Let's Roll! Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 #17
Thank you Madame! mcar Nov 2017 #18
Kicking! Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 #19
K&R betsuni Nov 2017 #20
Dear DEMS! Pay no attention to nay-sayers & people with agenda who wish our party ill! Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 #21

HopeAgain

(4,407 posts)
3. But should we assume all criticism is motivated by an agenda?
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 09:57 AM
Nov 2017

Any organization that can't self-examine is doomed to fail

 

Madam45for2923

(7,178 posts)
4. It is easy to tell who has an agenda or not! They like to talk of DEMS in 3rd person
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 10:00 AM
Nov 2017

They don't see any good in the DEM party.

You almost see them showing their teeth when you read or hear what they got to say.

They become very disrespectful very quickly.

Their concerns are BS and meant to demoralize.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
8. no one is saying that
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 10:04 AM
Nov 2017

but not EVERY criticism is always well meant and valid. Some criticisms are gaslighting and it seems to apply to most of them here.

 

Madam45for2923

(7,178 posts)
14. Not a bit. If they intended to help they'd be out there doing something helpful.
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 10:27 AM
Nov 2017

Helpful & well-meaning people that they are!

treestar

(82,383 posts)
6. Amen, it is getting sickening!
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 10:04 AM
Nov 2017

Just get out there and vote and get involved! This is Bullshit! The party is not a brand. It is an organization for getting involved in self government.

 

Madam45for2923

(7,178 posts)
12. Just get out there and vote and get involved!
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 10:11 AM
Nov 2017
A.M.E.N.!.



treestar
6. Amen, it is getting sickening!

Just get out there and vote and get involved! This is Bullshit! The party is not a brand. It is an organization for getting involved in self government.


MaeScott

(878 posts)
7. Gaslighting indeed. We have a banner crop of people running everywhere
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 10:04 AM
Nov 2017

....need to work on voter suppression imho

peggysue2

(10,811 posts)
16. The negative messaging is definitely out there
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 10:34 AM
Nov 2017

That doesn't mean that as Dems we need to consume, digest and start screaming 'the sky is falling.' It does mean that we need to beat the bushes for every vote and voter.

So, even when these discussions and debates happen, we need to put our heads down and work all the harder be it on our own messaging, working for our local party headquarters and/or reminding people what the Democratic Party stands for, has always stood for and will stand for in the future.

This isn't rocket science. The raw numbers are with us. Getting those numbers translated into votes is the only thing that matters if we truly want to push against this God awful Administration. We also need to recognize that the naysayers can be working from genuine angst or deliberate, manipulated disruption. Doesn't really matter which because in the end the motivation/result is a suppressed voter turnout.

Answering the naysayers/the nervous nellies, rejecting the 'both parties are the same' meme is a given. Keeping our eyes on the prize (the 2018 midterms) is the end goal.

mcar

(42,210 posts)
18. Thank you Madame!
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 01:20 PM
Nov 2017

Funny how just when the Rs are in big trouble, a bunch of Dem slamming items come out.

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