CJ Bellwether@sinvega one of the lead workers in their campaign has gone on the record saying all their focus groups showed it actively hurt their ability to get people to vote for them or listen to them. its absurd but its where we're at.
Its the same issue with getting people to confront climate change or the pandemic. If its too scary, people have learnt to push it away.
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