Scoop: Third Way is circulating a memo, shared first with @playbookdc, featuring a new black list of words Dems shouldn’t use. pic.twitter.com/VhvVHZTW9C

— Adam Wren (@adamwren) August 22, 2025

Democrats, at least at the dnc level, have figured out they have crazy ideas. Now they are going to change their language to help mask that. Be on the lookout for news words and phrases that replaces their existing language.

A lot of their suggestions is to change the language around trans issues

So they're just not going to talk?

Going to be tough for many Democrats to speak now, as so many of these words have become their everyday vocabulary over the past 5 years. It will be like them having to learn a new language.

Probably a better long term strategy. It would just be the Biden campaign on steroids. All dems stay in the basement and run solely on the letter next their name

TomFoolery said:

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So they're just not going to talk?

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Profit.

I wonder how they'll say "existential threat to democracy" now every time a Republicans plan is implemented or suggested

Libs live in a world of euphemisms because their beliefs and ideas are ******ed.

Who?mikejones! said:

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Scoop: Third Way is circulating a memo, shared first with @playbookdc, featuring a new black list of words Dems shouldn’t use. pic.twitter.com/VhvVHZTW9C

— Adam Wren (@adamwren) August 22, 2025

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No way Dems are self-controlling enough to not use all those words. Maybe if you gave them like 3 words they MIGHT be able to do it but self-control is not their strength.

I don't see hitler or nazi or fascist on that list so they will still be able to complete a few sentences.

So they've caught on to the fact all of their leftist rhetorical code language is now a red flag for the general public that they are dealing with a radical leftist of some sort that is advocating for some extreme or unreasonable thing. They'll simply roll out a new set of repurposed terminology that they use to refer to the same old tired exploitation and revolution ideas they've had for 170 years.

Dems are masterful (or used to be) at language and infusing their preferred nomenclature into current narratives to gain advantage. However, now that legacy media has crumbled and X is now about free speech they may not be as successful. I'll be watching closely to see if they continue to use phrases like "immigrant community" or "unhoused".

I saw a woman DemocRat strategist being interviewed back in the Bush Jr. days, and she was pressed by the interviewer (sympathetic one at that) on their policies/stance not being palatable to most voters, and her response was….

"If our position and message is not popular with the voters, then we need to re-brand it…."

Democrats are lying scum.

TomFoolery said:

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So they're just not going to talk?

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If Jasmine Crockett and AOC stop talking, they might explode.

"Stakeholders"

Use that word and you lose me

Add "upspeak" to that and I'm walking out

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2025/08/22/can-dems-talk-their-way-out-of-the-wilderness-00519379

Heres the actual article. Basically, they dont want to change their plans and desires, but they thi k the reason people are so unreceptive of them is the way they tell their story or explain their ideas.

Hear me out- Maybe its just the ideas themselves

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"We are doing our best to get Democrats to talk like normal people and stop talking like they're leading a seminar at Antioch," says Matt Bennett, Third Way's executive vice president of public affairs. "We think language is one of the central problems we face with normie voters, signaling that we are out of touch with how they live, think and talk. In recent weeks, this has become a bit of a thing, with comedians like Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman highlighting how insane Dems can sometimes sound. Also, elected officials like [Delaware Rep.] Sarah McBride and [Kentucky Gov.] Andy Beshear are begging their colleagues to just be normal again."

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Heres a tip- dont have Mr. Sarah McBride say anything and keep him out of the spotlight

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"People can't relate to something unless it has some edge about it," Lanae Erickson, Third Way's senior vice president, tells Playbook. "And we had shaved off all of our edges in an attempt to never make anyone upset about anything."

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Identity politicis can be a real *****

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"We will never abandon our values

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Reminds me of a Tommy boy quote for some reason. "Hey, if you want me to take a dump in a box and mark it guaranteed, I will. I got spare time."

Who?mikejones! said:

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I wonder how they'll say "existential threat to democracy" now every time a Republicans plan is implemented or suggested

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Using WordHippo, I came up with:

"Empirical intimidation to self-rule"

It has been well established that the DNC has a wide mailing list of talking points that wind up being parroted by party loyalists from the federal to the local level. Sometimes almost verbatim.

What comes to mind is when the Libs of Tik Tok lady got doxxed by the Washington Post. Suddenly there was the appearance of the term "shoe leather journalism" in all forma of media.

can you imagine if democrats actually just tried to come up with good policies

Those are all their "made-up" concepts and words. Fine by me.

They left off "Latinx".

torrid said:

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They left off "Latinx".

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They got rid of that one a couple years ago

The Sarah McBride thi g from the article is the perfect example of their problem.

They want to minimize or change words regarding trans issues to make it more palatable to the average Joe. But, then they want a trans person to be out speaking normally more? You serious clark?

I'm sure Republicans use consultants too on some things but the Dems seem to be just flailing in the dark right now on trying to find anything that sticks. Gavin Newsom's latest iteration is a pathetic attempt at that. The problem is not language or branding, its just that their ideas suck ass. And the attempts to rebrand or repackage themselves just come across as completely inauthentic and most people who aren't true leftist believers can see right through it.

Dems are such simpletons. They love to be told what to do, what to say, how to think..
Poor ole hippies whom dem soldiers think they are emulating are probably rolling in their graves, because these folks are not reformers or free thinkers, but actually tools of the corporate democrats who use them and spit them out.

Prosperdick said:

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No way Dems are self-controlling enough to not use all those words. Maybe if you gave them like 3 words they MIGHT be able to do it but self-control is not their strength.

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They will just replace them with some other nonsense.

The fact that they use the term "normie voters " and are "begging their colleagues to be normal" really tells you all you need to know.

Prosperdick said:

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No way Dems are self-controlling enough to not use all those words. Maybe if you gave them like 3 words they MIGHT be able to do it but self-control is not their strength.

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Remember how quickly the masses got reprogrammed to the use and enforcement of Covid language (social distancing, N95, flatten the curve, etc). Most normies dont think about their language or their conversation topics - they parrot what they consume. What's more, women are extremely sensitive to social trends & quick to update their behavior as to avoid becoming a social pariah. Within 3 months of disciplined messaging adjustments most AWFLs will be fully transitioned to a verbiage transition, and within 6 they'll forget they ever used "birthing person" or "disenfranchised" as mechanisms to bully others into their flavor of conformity.

93MarineHorn said:

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Dems are masterful (or used to be) at language and infusing their preferred nomenclature into current narratives to gain advantage. However, now that legacy media has crumbled and X is now about free speech they may not be as successful. I'll be watching closely to see if they continue to use phrases like "immigrant community" or "unhoused".

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in the 1940s "gay" meant "happy"!!

What will the reaction be from all their ultra-sensitive factions that want EVERYONE to participate in their delusions and mental disorders?

All I know is when I see someone use the phrase "unalive" I immediately stop listening to what they have to say.

Gonna be a lot of Dems forced to use one syllable words to make their points.

Alot of that specific use is because of algorithms. Using suicide or kill or murder filters out things from feeds