Robert Reich: The Future Of Voting Rights And Democracy - OpEd

[Uncle Joe]

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But what can and should be done now? I’ll get to that in a moment. First, though, it’s important to acknowledge that our two major parties are now irredeemably opposed on this core issue. Democrats are the party of democracy. Republicans — who should have been willing to at least engage in last week’s debate — are not, and should not be allowed to pretend otherwise.

There are two glaring exceptions. Kyrsten Sinema is now the most prominent anti-democracy Democrat; Liz Cheney, the most prominent pro-democracy Republican. On Saturday, the Arizona Democratic Party executive committee appropriately censured Sinema for her vote last week in opposition to changing filibuster rules to pass voting rights bills. The censure has no practical effect but delivers a strong message of condemnation and reflects the will of the party’s most active and loyal members. That same day, the Wyoming Republican State Central committee held a straw poll of party activists in which Harriet Hageman, the Trump-endorsed challenger to Liz Cheney, won by a substantial margin. (The secret ballot awarded Hageman 59 votes and Cheney six.) Here again, no practical effect but a strong message. The vote comes eight months before Wyoming’s GOP primary.

The two positions — for and against democracy — are not morally equivalent, of course. Democracy is this nation’s core moral principle.

Every American who cares about this core moral principle must recommit to the task of protecting it from the growing forces seeking to destroy it. This means fighting voter suppression and election subversion with whatever tools are at hand. How?

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https://www.eurasiareview.com/26012022-robert-reich-the-future-of-voting-rights-and-democracy-oped/

[Moebym]

1. It appears to me and many others that

The elite political media doesn't quite grasp this concept:

The two positions — for and against democracy — are not morally equivalent, of course. Democracy is this nation’s core moral principle.

And keeps trying to present both sides as if they're equally valid, as they do for many other issues facing our country.

This is one of the greatest dangers we face. If the media doesn't go hard on highlighting the danger of not addressing this threat, voters may not understand the seriousness.