For years now I've hoped Dems would be seen as the party of We where the Rs are the part of Me.
Problem is, we are now seen more as the party of Them.
And not just as a trans issue (they/them), but as in, we are seen as being way more interested in everyone except, to be blunt, straight white males, and not thinking in terms of Us. That's part of why I believe we have to keep any language related to individual subgroups out of our speeches, and talk about Us, not them (gays) and them (African-Americans) and them (Trans) and them (women) and them (Latinos), etc.
To focus (obsess?) over those groups in our language - our speeches, our messaging - sends either obvious or even subliminal messages to the majority of voters that we care more about the Thems than about the Us.
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