Haven’t watched, but responding to what people hate about Democrats.

We gotta get away from the “issues” thing. People don’t hate Democrats because of issue positions. They hate Democrats because they see Democrats as weirdos, as people who are bringing about cultural changes that leave “working people” (meaning less educated, more religious) disoriented in a world that’s changing fast.

Ok yeah, “people” don’t like trans girls spiking volleyballs on “real” girls. But (a) Democrats aren’t “for” that anyway. And (b) that issue is merely symbolic. The image of a nonexistent 6-10 muscled dress-wearing dude dunking on a hapless girl is a symbol of a culture that feels weird and alien to Evangelical rurals: where the person making their coffee at Starbucks obviously used to be a boy, where mermaids are black people when everyone knows they’re white, where atheists are visible everywhere, where AI is doing schoolwork for their kids…and their little dopamine devices tell them it’s all brought to you by Democrats. Democrats are ushering in this alien world they can’t wrap their minds around.

Maybe a Democrat can sympathize with them about these things, but there’s not a government solution for the “problem” of black mermaids. It’s not a political issue.

People don’t vote on issues. They vote for who they like and who makes them feel comfortable, who seems like “my kind of person.” That’s it. Period. Democrats need to understand that first, and politicians just can’t get themselves to believe issues don’t matter.

If I support letting certain approved trans athletes play on girls’ soccer teams, but at the same time I can convince working people that I too feel alienated by a fast-changing world—and of course I share their religious views—I’ll win their vote, because the cultural affinity will trump the issue position every time. Yes, it’s easier if I oppose the trans athlete, but not because they care about that issue, but because my position on it tells them “this is a regular person like me, not a weirdo.”

It’s not the issues. It’s personality and culture. Now, do Democrats have enough people with the right traits? I doubt it. And I don’t know if I want to turn the party over to evangelicals who go around winking at racism and disparaging trans people as freaks. Because I’m afraid that’s what it takes.