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msongs

(73,663 posts)
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 12:15 AM 9 hrs ago

Dear Dems, call it the SAVE Republicans act. framing and messaging matter IMO

Every time it is called the save america act it is being validated. so stop calling it that, ok pretty please?

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Dear Dems, call it the SAVE Republicans act. framing and messaging matter IMO (Original Post) msongs 9 hrs ago OP
I agree. We gotta start messaging a lot better and this is a great way to do it with this issue Deuxcents 8 hrs ago #1
Not a very new idea. It's Jim Crow. DISENFRANCHISEMENT. It's a POLL TAX (repost) usonian 8 hrs ago #2
Message framing matters... Aimee in OKC 5 hrs ago #3
The "Don't let women vote" act. Scrivener7 3 hrs ago #4

Deuxcents

(26,691 posts)
1. I agree. We gotta start messaging a lot better and this is a great way to do it with this issue
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 12:40 AM
8 hrs ago

usonian

(25,036 posts)
2. Not a very new idea. It's Jim Crow. DISENFRANCHISEMENT. It's a POLL TAX (repost)
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 01:30 AM
8 hrs ago

Jim Crow MUST GO.
https://www.history.com/articles/jim-crow-laws-black-vote
How Jim Crow-Era Laws Suppressed the African American Vote for Generations

Activists are warning of a return to the Jim Crow era in America. But who or what was Jim Crow?
https://theconversation.com/activists-are-warning-of-a-return-to-the-jim-crow-era-in-america-but-who-or-what-was-jim-crow-248890



'Jim Crow in new clothes': In first Senate speech, Raphael Warnock slams GOP assault on voting rights
https://www.alternet.org/2021/03/warnock-jim-crow


When this shitshow is over, I've got a buck on PRESIDENT WARNOCK.



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