General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: 'It's not just one district': Ocasio-Cortez pushes back on Pelosi [View all]JCanete
(5,272 posts)draw a distinction between themselves and somebody who takes corporate funding. This is not another way to say both sides are the same, but it is certainly a way that others can say so...so why give them that power? I don't actually know that its true that all republicans are bought...certainly some of them are simply idealistic in a way that I find is poisonous. Do you have a problem with labeling them as corrupt? Or do you think the democrats problem in general is that we just aren't civil enough? I want to take away any road-blocks from our ability to call out GOP corruption because it is pretty fucking apparent. I have said time and time again with you in this exchange that I don't believe that taking money itself equates to corruption. I think for the most part, the democratic field is populated with good people who want to do good. But they also mostly take corporate money, and that sure as fuck obfuscates our ability to tell the difference and make that case to the American public, and it sure as fuck gives them a leg up on people who don't. Why shouldn't those people tout that as a fundraising tool?