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return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 years ago

The Democratic Opposition Should Look More Like Rep. Al Green

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The Democratic Opposition Should Look More Like Rep. Al Green

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 years ago
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In interrupting Donald Trump’s speech to Congress, Rep. Al Green showed more vigor in opposing the president’s undemocratic, anti-worker agenda than any other act since Inauguration Day. Democrats should emulate Green, not censure him.
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    The sad truth is that short of acting outside the law (which is…not a terrible idea at this point), Democratic lawmakers do not have the numbers to do anything at all that would have any sort of effect. That’s YOUR fault, dear voters. Shoulda fucking voted in more Dems if you wanted them to do something.

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        Republicans didn’t have to deal with the Biden and Obama administrations blatantly ignoring the Constitution first of all. But secondly, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/senate-democrats-rekindle-their-love-for-the-filibuster-under-trump/ar-AA1AeYkP

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        Majority of Americans are not in Congress lol wtf does that have to do with anything

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          Meant to reply to where you said

          Bernie Sanders supporters are a small minority of the Democratic party. The overwhelming majority are centrists.

          Which is not true when you look at policy support

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            Then why could he never win a primary?

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              Short answer is money. Donor interests are antithetical to any progressive policies that would hurt the bottom line of capital owners.

              Court Concedes DNC Had the Right to Rig Primaries Against Sanders

              Bernie Sanders Has an MSNBC Problem

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            Policy support is irrelevant. Voters have no clue what policies or proposals are out there. Most Republican voters support liberal policies when the policy is presented to them without a politician or political party attached to it. Doesn’t matter.

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              Policy support is irrelevant

              It’s obvious not irrelevant, as the first three links show. Policy matters significantly. You saying policy “doesn’t matter” does not make it true. Policy affects people’s material conditions in tangible ways, and with fascist policies it affects them in violent ways.

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                It’s irrelevant in terms of whether it gains or loses you supporters, which is the context of the discussion we were having.

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                  Again, not true. I’ve already provided sources that show exactly how policy can gain or lose voters.

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                    Those are opinion pieces and they’re wrong. The difference in support of the ACA vs Obamacare should be all the info you need.

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              Dude you’re fighting an uphill battle in this echo chamber. These guys simply don’t live in reality.

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                I know. But it’s a nice break coming from reddit bashing bigots and fascists, now I can come here and bash tankies and edgelords until I get sick of it again.

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                  I got perma banned from Reddit, now I’m here. Somehow, this place is even more tankie than that place. It seems like any forum is either Marxist Bernie Bro Echo Chamber or a Racist MAGAT one.

                  I’m solidly on the left as a liberal, but it seems like neither side knows how civics or federal politics works.

                  Unironically, these guys are more performative than the Dems they bash 😂

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                    Did they recently permaban you too with no explanation? I suspect it’s the new upvote monitoring system deciding I liked Luigi a little too much. Figured I’d show up here for a bit and jeer at the tankies until I got bored and made a new reddit account.

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