Want to re-up this because it cuts to the heart: One way to understand Democrats' defensive crouch on protests is that the party has decided to making suburban white moderates the cornerstone of the party, which means not doing anything that offends suburban sensibilitieshttps://twitter.com/jtlevy/status/1523657123594641414 …
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Ah, tactical considerations, an interesting and often tertiary concern for progressive/left movements
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In a functioning democracy, lines can be drawn via norms. In U.S. now, when Republicans "protest" outside a public official's house, it's usually with long guns. And Aryeh's prob right -- likelier to harden Kavanaugh or other possible waverers than move them.
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The "joys of democracy" are going going if not quite gone in U.S. No "joy" in school board members and public health officials being tormented outside their homes, and these protests will help legitimize that.
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