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quakerboy

(13,917 posts)
12. Your solution is doa
Mon Nov 30, 2020, 09:27 AM
Nov 2020

No matter how wide you make the understanding.. there will always be antifa in the street willing to say something radical. Even if law enforcement and the RW militias have to plant them.

And no matte how well you manage to enforce this version of PC speak among democrats, the rw controlled press will continue to paint you, me, and biden with the words of that example.

As you say, explaining is losing. So instead of trying to explain our way out of reargauard defense against lies, lets lean into this thing and push forward with actual policy solutions. Lets embrace our whole party rather than trying to enforce cones of silence on part of them. Lets find the things we can unite around instead of hammering on our fracture lines.

Also.. I think that we need to stop worrying about trying to purify our own party, and instead demolish the R base. I believe their weakness lies in them being less a cohesive party and more an uncomfortable alliance of extremist single issue zealots. Break off any one of their main issue groups, and they are toast for the foreseeable future.

If Rose supported defund, that would be s great point quakerboy Nov 2020 #1
Thank you. I keep asking folks to show me ONE Democratic platform that Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #2
It's the same with "open borders" Shermann Nov 2020 #3
It's not a dead horse... reACTIONary Nov 2020 #4
So? You are all for censoring of speech, right? Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #6
Censoring speech... reACTIONary Nov 2020 #7
We are a big tent. quakerboy Nov 2020 #8
My solution... reACTIONary Nov 2020 #10
Your solution is doa quakerboy Nov 2020 #12
+1 Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #15
Sorry, I'm not leaning into "defund the police".... reACTIONary Nov 2020 #16
Then nothing will change quakerboy Dec 2020 #17
Sorry, but "defund the police" is... reACTIONary Dec 2020 #19
And yet its not Democratic policy, so even if that was true, it would be irrelevant. quakerboy Dec 2020 #25
Irrelevant to whom? reACTIONary Dec 2020 #26
Its really not quakerboy Dec 2020 #27
Agree. I sont support the slogan. Reform the police is alot better onetexan Dec 2020 #28
Ps quakerboy Nov 2020 #13
Yes, yes they are!! Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #14
The way to counter false propaganda ... reACTIONary Nov 2020 #5
Not really quakerboy Nov 2020 #9
In fact, I think ... reACTIONary Nov 2020 #11
Explaining is explaining JonLP24 Dec 2020 #18
It is a slogan... Allow me to explain... reACTIONary Dec 2020 #20
Defund is close enough JonLP24 Dec 2020 #21
Actually, defund the police means... reACTIONary Dec 2020 #22
It already did happen JonLP24 Dec 2020 #23
I think the salient point is... reACTIONary Dec 2020 #24
Bringing this back up quakerboy Dec 2020 #29
Sorry I didn't get back to you.... reACTIONary Dec 2020 #30
The numbers are pretty clear quakerboy Dec 2020 #31
Thanks! nt reACTIONary Dec 2020 #32
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