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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
That's not going to happen. The tango analogy holds. As long as we have progressives demanding things that a majority of the country does not want, we will have crazies on the right reacting in opposition.
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Well, that's one way to look at history I guess. Not one that will stand up well to time, though.
Yes, there will always be conflict between those who want positive change and those who fear change. The two are not morally equivalent. Nor is standing in the middle pretending they are.
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The center is bigger than the poles
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The center moves. The goal of activists is to move it. This is how change happens.
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Again, YMMV, but most Democrats I know (meaning most people I know) are not progressives. They want a centrist, neoliberal Democratic Party.
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You should get out more.
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That's why the moderate Rs ... voted for Joe!
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You know that didn't happen in any significant numbers, right?
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The social justice nuts are not powerful.
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Wish you were around to say that about MLK.
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