It's possible to fight clean and win, sure. "Norms" are admirable. But those aren't tactics Republicans employ. "Norms", "fairness", "going high when they go low"... constantly losing strategy. If Dems care about winning, then they need to learn to strike below the belt.
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Constantly losing strategy? Or just in 2016? Democrats have won a lot of elections. Might even win one in 2018.
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I get why you're holding onto the well-ingrained notion that "cheaters never win." But they do... often.
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I didn't say cheaters never win. Just that it's not necessary to cheat to win. Admittedly, inherent in this argument is a belief that the norms themselves are valuable and worth defending. If one thinks they're bad on the merits I'd disagree, but it'd be logically consistent.
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You didn't use those words, but it's a fundamental western/Christian tenet, and has been drilled into us from childhood. Follow the rules, stay in line, the meek shall inherit, etc.
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I'm NOT arguing we dispense with ALL social norms... only that sometimes cheating may be warranted to reset a rigged playing field (eg, fix gerrymandering, eliminate vote suppression, etc.)
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