Hmm. I had the robot read this to me an hour and a half ago while barely awake. I'll go back and read it fully caffeinated. I see you changed the title. Extremely superficially, this echoes the lectures about not letting the perfect be the enemy of the good I endured 16 years ago while pounding the pavement and keyboard (more the latter than the former, admittedly) for single-payer healthcare. This raises questions for me about distinguishing righteous from noxious purity trolling. That's my THDRC (too hungover, didn't read carefully); can't wait to consider more consciously, in both senses of the word.
I think one could write this exact same essay, but with the POV reversed. Moderates also need to pay attention to the successes of the leftists movement and incorporate more leftist ideas and not be scared of being called a communist by people who were never going to vote for them anyway. We need to form a coalition and agree on a platform that is palatable to a majority and will win elections. Its right there, a big fat softball over the plate.
Also, fuck Jill Stein, the ingrown toenail of American politics. Let's ignore anything coming from her, and from Schumer, the chronic fatigue syndrome of American politics, and go from there.
Yeah, so, great piece! Here in NYC, the tenor of the demonstration overall was way more progressive than standard-issue Democratic messaging. Maybe not as many Palestinian flags as in Denver, but we had some. My only question is whether the niggling gripesters you describe, who sit these things out entirely, are actually numerous enough to be worth criticizing. They weren't even leafletting? Our demo was lightly peppered with smiling Communists handing out pamphlets. All part of the grand spectacle.
Speaking of communists, since right-wingers have lost all cognitive bladder control and taken to slurring the most milquetoast Dems with the label, the appropriate response is, "Yeah, I know -- I wish Chuck Schumer would stop blathering on about Bob Avakian already."
Hmm. I had the robot read this to me an hour and a half ago while barely awake. I'll go back and read it fully caffeinated. I see you changed the title. Extremely superficially, this echoes the lectures about not letting the perfect be the enemy of the good I endured 16 years ago while pounding the pavement and keyboard (more the latter than the former, admittedly) for single-payer healthcare. This raises questions for me about distinguishing righteous from noxious purity trolling. That's my THDRC (too hungover, didn't read carefully); can't wait to consider more consciously, in both senses of the word.
Brilliant Joe.
I think one could write this exact same essay, but with the POV reversed. Moderates also need to pay attention to the successes of the leftists movement and incorporate more leftist ideas and not be scared of being called a communist by people who were never going to vote for them anyway. We need to form a coalition and agree on a platform that is palatable to a majority and will win elections. Its right there, a big fat softball over the plate.
Also, fuck Jill Stein, the ingrown toenail of American politics. Let's ignore anything coming from her, and from Schumer, the chronic fatigue syndrome of American politics, and go from there.
Yeah, so, great piece! Here in NYC, the tenor of the demonstration overall was way more progressive than standard-issue Democratic messaging. Maybe not as many Palestinian flags as in Denver, but we had some. My only question is whether the niggling gripesters you describe, who sit these things out entirely, are actually numerous enough to be worth criticizing. They weren't even leafletting? Our demo was lightly peppered with smiling Communists handing out pamphlets. All part of the grand spectacle.
Speaking of communists, since right-wingers have lost all cognitive bladder control and taken to slurring the most milquetoast Dems with the label, the appropriate response is, "Yeah, I know -- I wish Chuck Schumer would stop blathering on about Bob Avakian already."