Like the reality is we spent the last eight years trying to move mainstream Dems on these issues. And like... in large part it worked!
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What if critiquing "the left" about identity issues is sometimes The Evil Hand of Capital & sometimes a legitimate "hey don't forget me!"
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the turnaround in Dem positions on, say, mass incarceration is at LEAST as remarkable and dramatic as the turnaround on single-payer.
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ditto for marriage equality, trans rights, etc. And a lot of it is ppl just looking at leftists like "um. I don't know you."
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Or worse, like "oh look, some more straight white men I gotta educate. I might as well stick with the ones I already fixed!"
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And sure the critique feels unfair to many leftists but at the end of the day if you're organizing electorally (not all leftists are)...
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you're asking for ppl's votes. It's on you to prove they can trust you with that. And if you know capital is going to come at you well...
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Idk, welcome to twice as hard for half as much land! Obama fans have been enjoying it here for the past, what, 10 years now?
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And truth be told, in their way, HRC fans have been enjoying it here for the past 30 years. It's hard being on the wrong end of power.
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My point being: if leftists/socialists/Berniecrats/whatever are held to a higher standard than "centrists," again, welcome to the club.
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and hey at least you're being held to a higher standard on something good like respecting disadvantaged groups...
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rather than something stupid like, idk, your cookie recipes or how much respect you have for Tammy Wynette.
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