They think of the world in ways they think it ought to be, not in the way the world actually is.
It's just whatever is most convenient at the time. Idealism to rally the base and get headlines, realism to gain ground with the moderates and to browbeat the radicals.
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And they're still seething even in his reminder post
https://old.reddit.com/r/MarkMyWords/comments/1gpy2vk/mmw_i_will_get_downmarseys_again_well_looks_like_i/
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This is part of why Dems lost. They think of the world in ways they think it ought to be, not in the way the world actually is.
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it would probably also help if what they think it ought to be wasn't fundamentally stupid and wrong in every single way.
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