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I’m gonna say something.
A beloved celebrity announced that even though he was personally conservative, he thought Biden won fair and square, and for that he was vilified by the far Left for not being exactly like their image of him.
A beloved celebrity announced that even though he was personally conservative, he thought Biden won fair and square, and for that he was vilified by the far Left for not being exactly like their image of him.
Stop it. He didn’t say “while I personally believe minorities should not have rights” or anything like that. This isn’t even a Rowling situation.
The problem is the whole concept of stanning.
The problem is the whole concept of stanning.
Here’s where I get really intemperate, and this is one of those occasions where *all* - not “both” but *all* - sides are at fault:
If two people agree on absolutely everything, one of them is irrelevant.
If two people agree on absolutely everything, one of them is irrelevant.
I’m not talking about issues of righrs or existence. I support M4A, for example, but if a different way achieves the same goals and can win I will absolutely support that too.
Fact is, we expanded the board. Let’s use this time to convince and cajole, not immediately dismiss.
Fact is, we expanded the board. Let’s use this time to convince and cajole, not immediately dismiss.
I’m not saying make Kasich Sec of State. I’m saying acknowledge that we’re the big tent now.
In the Before Newt times, politics was the art of the possible. I’m not saying we negotiate with McConnell; I’m saying we find alliances where we can on individual issues. We fight like hell for the big things, compromise on the little things, and learn the difference.
I grew up in a church that preached “sin is sin” - premeditated murder was as bad as a white lie. That kind of absolutist thinking is destroying this world.
The presence of Republican votes is not evidence of selling out or destroying the progressive movement.
Everyone is demanding everything all at once. It was bad when the far right did it and it is bad when it happens with my team. Let’s fight for our beliefs, but let’s take victories where we can get them too. It changes the playing field.
Ultimately it comes back to stanning - whether celebrities or politicians. Prevents us from being clear-eyed.
