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In reply to the discussion: The "extreme left" didn't give us Trump. The path to hell was paved by [View all]ProfessorPlum
(11,251 posts)of the minds. I don't think the Democratic politicians have literally been doing nothing. They have good policies and are generally for making life better for people. It's why I'm a member of the party.
But the GOP should be REVILED. What they do hurts people - poisons people, sickens children, makes people go hungry, leaves them maimed, abandons them in their hour of need. Imagine just for a moment what a Republican polemicist could do with such an opponent, if they wanted to win an election against them.
It is the Democrats' job to make the GOP as hated as they deserve to be. to PUNISH them for being so demonic and money worshipping, and only watching out for the interests of the super rich. Make them PAY for the shit they do to people.
And they just don't do it. They go merrily along, oh yes raising polite objections and staying positive and letting Republicans get away with crimes - stealing elections, stealing money, perjuring themselves, being colossal assholish hypocrites, cheating, etc. and generally being the cats paws of corporate power.
People should DESPISE them because of the way Democrats point out how terrible they are. Instead, working class people STILL consider voting Republican, as if it is anything but taking a knife to their own throats.
That is the DO NOTHING behavior that has to stop. That is what is being discussed. I hope we can agree that making the GOP a permanent, and tiny, minority in the government would be a great boon to everyone, and that is what needs to happen for them to lose power - to make them suffer for the suffering they cause.