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In reply to the discussion: Do you support concessions to banks to win elections? [View all]BainsBane
(55,041 posts)It's in direct response to a concerted effort to remake the Democratic Party to undermine the rights, lives, and economic survival of the majority. It responds to a very real, ongoing phenomenon. It exposes the fraudulent nature of talking points about equality and economic justice, values they not only fail to uphold but demonstrate hostility toward.
The rights of over half the population are not a straw man. Promoting policies that have been proven to result in sharp increases in poverty and death rates is not a strawman. Just because this OP doesn't fit your concerns or the narrative you wish to promote does not make it less than real.
Women are not straw. We exist, and we are the majority this party, and that is precisely why are rights are under assault.
Now, you've made yourself clear. You are welcome to "never take part" somewhere else.