I kind of agree, but I don't think we should directly say we dislike the left but we should shit allllll over the Democrats and Republicans and say that neither of those parties are what we represent. Many Americans believe leftism and communism = neoliberalism. We must criticize Democrats and neoliberals constantly.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago

The thing is that "left" and "right" in the minds of americans mean "democrat" and "republican" or "woke" and "chud". Left means pro-lgbt, anti-gun, anti abortion. Right means the opposite of those things.

This isn't the correct starting point to get a foot in the door. As soon as they hear these words they immediately conjure up all the cartoon caricatures they have in their heads and shut down. The starting point, the correct one, is actually what the nazis have been doing for a decade now that we've been obliviously not really paying attention to. It's "I'm not right or left I'm against both of em".

This got them a foot in the door, and once their foot was in the door where people were actually listening to them without shutting down they brought them all to their side.

Now, I'm not saying necessarily to oppose the left. But we have got to learn what works and what does not and it does not work as an opener. It only works after establishing rapport first, after they already agree with most of what we have to say.