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In reply to the discussion: Why we lost the gun debate in the Senate, and why we'll keep losing it. [View all]Savannahmann
(3,891 posts)40% of the people will vote Republican. Another 40% vote Democratic. We are hoping, trying to convince the rest to join us. My point is we are turning the 20% off by just shouting the statistics and parading the victims.
We rely too much on the bullet talking point. After the defeat in the Senate everyone was saying exactly the same thing from the President to the middle of the night talking head on TV. It was the same statistic that failed to win the day already. We keep losing, and we keep using the same failed plans, and it is past time for a change.
If the elected people are going to get on TV and talk about an issue, they need to know everything about it. They need more than a couple bullet points to use. Then here is the thing, the rest of them need to be as familiar, so that press briefings are not what we've seen on cspan far too often. One representative after another using the same statistic, and another victim.
Look on this thread. After I explained that the statistics and parade of victims isn't working, look how many replied with the same statistic that didn't work. It's become an automatic response for us, to follow the play book and quote the statistic, and then parade the victims.
We have to evolve our argument, and our ability to debate.