Third Way, a liberal “think tank” says that Democrats speak words that voters simply don’t use. When is the last time you had a conversation at the supermarket or on the bus and you heard the word “patriarchy” or “incarcerated people” or “cisgender”? According to the report by Third Way entitled “Was It Something I Said?” when these words do come up in focus groups, the context is to make fun of the way Democrats talk.
Nobody says “cisgender” in normal conversation. Nobody says “Latinx.” “Microaggression” is not a word used in normal conversation. Real people take about the homeless, not the “unhoused.” They say people are jailed, not “incarcerated.” BIPOC? What does that even mean? And then there is LGBTZIA+.
It doesn’t mean we need to be cruel or insulting. It doesn’t mean we have to sound stupid, like Trump. It just means we need to remember we aren’t participating in a political science graduate seminar at Yale University. We need to connect with real people with real language.
P.S. Say “kings,” not oligarchy. Don’t even say Trump is a “fascist.” Say he’s an asshole. Everybody knows what that means.
I agree with on this. If you sound like an elitest, people will think you are one and that will just turn people off. The common person wants people that talk like they do. People don't want to take the time to research a word or an acronym. Keep it simple.
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