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In reply to the discussion: Democrats Have to Be More Than the Anti-Trump Party [View all]bigtree
(93,617 posts)9. no, no, you're right
...they have to actually experience the terror so many of us have been experiencing at the hands of armed and armored law enforcement for decades before they make the leap of logic that the binding they intend for the ones they have antipathies for are being fitted by their government for them, as well.
It's not just Democrats out there that are losing their country and the things they've likely relied on from their government all of their lives which are now being callously stripped away.
And this thing some people have about expecting Democrats to tell them is really something. When did they start listening? We've never stopped telling them the way things are.
They have to experience the bottom before they think about standing up.
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It is not a true binary system. People can (and do, in staggering numbers) choose a 3rd option, ie not to vote.
Celerity
Tuesday
#11
So if you're unwilling to listen to other perspectives, it's kind of hard to blame others for not doing the same
EdmondDantes_
Tuesday
#21
Kamala Harris' top priorities: housing ($25,000 for first-time house buyers) food cost (ban on price gouging)
betsuni
Tuesday
#25
Clinton: Shrunk deficit. Gore: Social Security lock box, climate. Obama: ACA. Biden: He's FDR!
betsuni
Tuesday
#46
If we can't beat these sorry bastards it speaks more about the American electorate
walkingman
Tuesday
#38