Obviously, coming from where I'm coming from, I'm EXTREMELY sensitive to the latter and not very sensitive to the former.
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But 2) Y'all should assume that you will be running against a relatively center-left black woman or black man in 2020 primaries.
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And I'm sorry, if that person wins the primary with HRC's coalition, not only will they win, they SHOULD win. I HOPE they win.
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Bc above all I want the power of women, POC, queer ppl, etc., to rise in the Democratic Party. Even if that means empowering rich ppl.
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And I have structural arguments as to why that's OK (particularly among black folks the hood is still our cultural center of gravity, etc.)
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But bottom line: whoever wins the states that look like the Democratic Party should be the Democratic nominee.
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My first question is: how do I make it so that that candidate supports an aggressive agenda of economic AND social progressivism?
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But my bottom line is: I will ultimately support whoever wins those diverse states that look like the Democratic Party. Period.
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And if the left doesn't win over those voters, I'm gonna side with the voice of the people expressed in elections over Rose Twitter.
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So that's why I'm SO critical of the left, because a) I WANT us to win but b) I know we have to be BETTER than "liberals" at social justice
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Because otherwise the center-left Harris or (god forbid) Booker will be the people's choice. And I gotta go with the people's choice.
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(The "people" here being the economically and racially diverse Democratic Party electorate. Not the more privileged Repub coalition.)
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