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Progressives don't have

Orion — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 03:08:38 +0000

Progressives don't have anything like CPAC. Socialist anarchist groups do conventions but it doesn't seem like progressives like that kind of thing.

What Walter Shaub sees:

artappraiser — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 20:26:52 +0000

In reply to Talk about running a bit

What Walter Shaub sees:

We’ve got Putin defenders on the right salivating for authoritarianism, Putin defenders on the left who always see America as the bad guy, and defense contractor tools in the center who see war as profit. And Russia capitalizes on the nonsense of these folks across the spectrum. https://t.co/r7hhJyvgML
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) February 21, 2022

What I see: the two parties do not represent our society anymore if they ever did. Lots more people have gone to college since they were formed, back when one was a loyal Democrat or Republican because one's father was (Whether or not one thinks they turned out educated is another thing). It's like trying to fit all kinds of ideologies and preferences into two giant groups where they feel they don't belong. A more parliamentary system where small groups bind together to agree to back individual policies as they are raised as bills in Congress would work better.

Edit to add: While most of us here don't like Tulsi and are suspicious of her motives, I do think that CPAC being open to having her speak is a good thing.

Talk about running a bit

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 15:10:38 +0000

In reply to The Right Is Full of Creeps

Talk about running a bit right. Remember her 2105 fan club?

Makes sense. Her pro-Assad and pro-Putin propaganda never had a place in the Democratic Party anyway. https://t.co/30uYE0nqlZ
— Angry Staffer (@Angry_Staffer) February 21, 2022

Not sure I follow. Trump got

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 17:13:00 +0000

In reply to The Right Is Full of Creeps

Not sure I follow. Trump got 75 million votes. # of these sex crime stories is a tiny tiny %. But there's certainly a long way from any Dagblog centrist sympathies to an anti-abortion, pro-gun beyond reason, government hating, anti-vaxx/anti-mask, tax cuts-uber alles, stack the judiciary, promote christian religion within gov functions and support the troops (i.e. weapons, budgets, unquestioning support of any military adventurism beyond security and alliance issues, and a beatification of the soldier as a higher plane American Patriot - unless they need healthcare or social services of course) caricature of conservatism.

Part of the pushback against Dems is a) when they run cities badly and tolerate inefficiency and corruption, b) when they support and browbeat on unworkable counterproductive ideas or slogans like "defund them police") rather than sensible reforms, c) get into identity politics deadends rather than a more economically and opportunity based equality, and d) do stupid stuff that keeps Democrats from showing a somewhat united front of sensible policies, giving Fox soundbites and turning progressive politics into amateur hour.