No, I think it would come across as the same sort of condescending shit that lost us the election in the first place. What do you not understand about that - that talking down to people about how misguided and childish they are is how Trump won so resoundingly?
I will discuss this further with her when it arises naturally in conversation, but I will not seek to "instruct" her about the "error of her ways" because that's a horrible way to engage with anyone you care about and want to actually reach. I will seek information from her and her perspective so I can better understand it - as a friend -not as someone wishing to try to lord my moral superiority over her.
Here's a pro-tip: Don't seek to "help" people who have not asked for your help, particular when it is relation to their interpersonal relationships that you know nothing about. It's rude and condescending and completely out of line.
The Democrats lost this election because they couldn't get out of their own way with their own sense of superiority. You continue with more of the same isn't making anything better.
“Trump’s exaggerations and untruths weren’t the lies that shaped the elections. Democrats said inflation was transitory. It wasn’t. They claimed that the flood of undocumented immigration was part of normal fluctuations. That wasn’t correct. Biological sex is meaningless. Joe Biden’s capacity isn’t diminished. This will be the last American election if Trump wins.
I could go on.
Leftist politicians including Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris begged voters to ignore their own eyes and ears in service to a partisan narrative that didn’t ring true. Then they had the audacity to tell voters that the real problem was the average voters lack of understanding.
Let’s just stipulate that all the horrible things Democrats said about President-elect Donald Trump are accurate, so we don’t have to argue about them. The presidential candidate Democrats called “Hitler” is more preferable to a majority of American voters than having Democrats explain away one critical issue after another.
When confronted by my political and policy perspectives, one Democrat after another has determined our disagreement is actually due to my lack of information. Rather than fight with me like my Republican friends, they speak slowly and politely explain their point of view to me again and again. It simply doesn’t occur to them that we could possibly disagree given access to the same information.
The problem for Democrats isn’t that America needs more or better partisan explanations; it’s that voters don’t like what they’re hearing. Even in the face of electoral defeat, Democrats remain stubbornly focused on protecting the institutions, bureaucrats, and democratic norms just rejected by voters who really only want a fair shake at the American dream.
Americans will take an offensive punch to the nose much easier than a condescending civil lecture from partisans who aren’t paying attention. Democrats must confront that reality before they’ll understand why they lost.”
