Suppose Elizabeth Warren posted on DU under an assumed name

[Cosmic Kitten]

34. YES, the battle of words needs to come into focus... linguistics are "free" to all

What you said here is ESSENTIAL!

Rather than be upset by them, I agree with you, we should study them. I have been doing that for a long time actually.

Sincere people don't need talking points, they speak in their own words, so whenever I see someone parroting these talking points, I know who they are.

It is so true that "Sincere people don't need talking points, they speak in their own words..."
Unfortunately being sincere is not always accurate or helpful.
Plenty of right-wingers, like values voters, are VERY sincere, yikes!

Condensing and consolidating term and effectively communicating values
is the most impactful and cost effective thing Populist can do to create change.
Advertisers have already done the research, the facts are in.

Edward Bernays has provided the definitive road map
to the public subconscious.
In reality a large swath of the public is "irrational".
Moving those voters one way or another requires effective messaging.
The Populists absolutely need to get busy defining themselves or risk oblivion.
If there is any doubt look at how loosely progressive is defined and how liberal
has been turned into a quasi-pejorative in the MSM