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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDear 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
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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
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Not a very new idea. It's Jim Crow. DISENFRANCHISEMENT. It's a POLL TAX (repost)
usonian
8 hrs ago
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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
usonian
(25,036 posts)2. Not a very new idea. It's Jim Crow. DISENFRANCHISEMENT. It's a POLL TAX (repost)
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.

Aimee in OKC
(174 posts)3. Message framing matters...
SAVE (Republicans) Act:
Jim Crow 2.0 - +
Scrivener7
(59,403 posts)4. The "Don't let women vote" act.