Loved the point about activist tactics versus tactical messaging. Kasky's righteous fury approach might've worked when attacking Rubio on guns, but thats because viewers expected the confrontation to change minds, not just signal alligance. Once the issue turned into tribal identity politics, the tactic backfires. Its a tough lesson for any organizer moving from activism to actual electoral politics where persuasion matters more than performance.
Agree that ad was great. Here is more about it. https://open.substack.com/pub/progressreport/p/the-ugly-truth-about-running-for?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
Didn’t see this, thank you for sharing!
Thank you for mentioning the ad, Eli, and for linking to my post about making it, Ellen!
Loved the point about activist tactics versus tactical messaging. Kasky's righteous fury approach might've worked when attacking Rubio on guns, but thats because viewers expected the confrontation to change minds, not just signal alligance. Once the issue turned into tribal identity politics, the tactic backfires. Its a tough lesson for any organizer moving from activism to actual electoral politics where persuasion matters more than performance.