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James Carville warns Democrats against using alienating leftist words like 'equity,' 'intersectionality'
Veteran campaign strategist James Carville warned Democrats Tuesday that using far-left political jargon is alienating persuadable voters.Since before the election, Carville has struggled to wrench the Democratic Party away from the far-left identity politics that have turned away much of the electorate.On his "Politics War Room" podcast, Carville explained how he would give candidates of today a "message box," showing key ideas to focus on to critique their opponents that will connect with voters, such as "corruption" and "safety and security."He then proceeded to share a long list of words that the party should strike from their vocabulary, explaining how each one either bewilders or outright alienates voters. JAMES CARVILLE CALLS OUT ILHAN OMAR OVER RESURFACED RADICALIZATION OF WHITE MEN COMMENTS"Dont use generational change, because there are a lot of people that are older. Why do you want to limit the appeal of your message to younger people?" he warned. "Believe me, generational change is coming whether you want it or not, I got news for ya."He added, "Dont use words like structural. Were not attacking the structural issues in the world right now. Were trying to, like, stay alive to the next day."Carville also warned against using "equity," saying to use "equality" instead. "People basically dont know what [equity] means. And if they do know what it means, it looks like youre trying to force an outcome."He then appeared to call out politicians like Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who are running a "Fighting Oligarchy" tour."This is another stupid word, Oligarch. Who in the f--k knows what an oligarch is? As opposed to a very acceptable word Ive talked about before is fat cats. Everybody knows what a fat cat is, everybody talks about what a fat cat is."Meanwhile, the word "community," Carville said, has just been tainted by politics."I wouldnt use the word community. I dont have anything nothing wrong with the word community. Nothing wrong with being in a community. Its just such a Democratic word," he said. "I wouldnt even use the LBGQT+ or whatever it is. I just call people gay, or lesbian, or trans, or I dont know."JAMES CARVILLE SUGGESTS 'SPLIT' WITH THE LEFT OVER 'PRONOUN POLITICS'CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURECarville argued that by using such terms, "Youre just trying to show people how smart you are. Dont use words like that. Dont use words like intersectionality."He shared a story about listening to an NPR panel during the pandemic as they spoke about intersectionality."I literally thought they were gonna go overboard in ecstasy on the radio," he said. "Okay, its a real thing. No one uses the term intersectionality except for NPR."Carville concluded that, in the vein of the adage, "A mind is a terrible thing to waste," "A word is a terrible thing to waste.""You know Mark Twain famously said, The difference between the right word and a nearly right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug,'" Carville added."So when you hear your elected representatives, you hear Democrats or you hear sane people using words that are not the right word, let them know that that kind of language is not helpful. It doesn't mean you're a bad person, it's just not helpful, you're wasting an opportunity to break your case.""Be lightning, dont be a lightning bug," he advised.
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