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This is how one reaches a sensible conservative. [1]
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Date: 2025-09-06
A conversation with a sensible conservative caller to my morning KPFT 90.1 FM proves progressives can make the case for a working alliance. That supermajority can defeat MAGA.
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On my Politics Done Right KPFT 90.1 FM program recently, I engaged a conservative caller with respect, isolating extremist caricatures from real people. I used evidence-based framing—on guns, abortion, and media propaganda—to reveal common ground without surrendering progressive principles.
I separated responsible gun owners from gun-lobby obstruction and argued for universal responsibility standards like safe storage and background checks.
I framed abortion as freedom: one’s family can choose a personal standard, but government should not strip others’ rights—consistent with public opinion.
I rebutted David Brooks–style narratives that blame “overbearing progressives” for MAGA radicalization, pointing instead to propaganda systems and elite apologetics.
I named the long arc of corporate messaging—from the 1971 Powell Memo to today’s outrage media—as the engine of manufacturing division and mistrust.
I insisted on coalition politics with “gettable” conservatives while isolating the truly immutable extremists, a strategy that centers values, facts, and policy outcomes.
The above illustrates how progressives can lead with facts and freedom, win trust with respect, and build majorities by welcoming persuadable conservatives—and refusing deference to the outrage industry.
The complete article is here on my Substack.
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