“The left needs to understand that this will happen regardless of how big or small their actions are, so there is no downside to acting decisively.”
This has always been the weak thing about the left and Democrats. Their concern about how things would look, what nasty things people would say about them, if they actually act forcefully.
News flash: The fascists are going to say nasty things about you no matter what you do. So why is that even a consideration?
“Clinging to notions of bipartisanship, reaching out across the aisle, and hoping that the other side sees sense, they are going to lose.”
Absolutely. When someone is hacking at you with a butcher’s knife taking a “Can we talk about this?” stance is suicide.
“He was a *really* nice guy. Havent seen him around in a while. I wonder whatever happened to him?”
The Center needs ro understand that it isnt the Left that will lose the election, but who makes a convienent scapegost. The Center needs to understand the inaction of its policy makers are what are dooming us, not the Left, among critical non-Left voters. But beat the hippie while you utterly and totally fail.
I see that there is no mention of "voting with your feet". Democratic voters are in such a vulnerable position because 1) historically-blue states in the Northeast and Midwest have lost population and 2) they migrated to red states ("wHeRe ThE jObS aRe"), where they congregate into denser metros which make them more vulnerable to partisan gerrymandering and punishment by right-wing legislatures.
There should be state money dedicated not just to abortion travel, but also to abortion *migration*, to LGBT people under attack in red states, to the college educated, to those who have lost their homes to western fires, to those who wish to relocate but are too poor to leave.
And blue states should get a firmer handle on their NIMBYs who do their damnedest to keep housing and general living costs artificially high in these states.
I look to the Free State Project in New Hampshire or Paul Chabot's "Conservative Move" in Texas to see similar "vote with your feet" moves on the right (or at least capitalizations on ongoing migration trends to Texas). It is hard to measure the impact of their projects on the politics of New Hampshire and Texas, but New Hampshire's legislature has tilted harder to the right in recent years.
The blue states (and counties) may have the GDP and education, but the red state legislatures (Texas, Florida, Georgia) with richer/educated blue counties have an easier time at punishing those counties for not following their dictates.
The "flip [x-Sunbelt state] blue" project is failing. It's time to help people vote with their feet.
“The left needs to understand that this will happen regardless of how big or small their actions are, so there is no downside to acting decisively.”
This has always been the weak thing about the left and Democrats. Their concern about how things would look, what nasty things people would say about them, if they actually act forcefully.
News flash: The fascists are going to say nasty things about you no matter what you do. So why is that even a consideration?
“Clinging to notions of bipartisanship, reaching out across the aisle, and hoping that the other side sees sense, they are going to lose.”
Absolutely. When someone is hacking at you with a butcher’s knife taking a “Can we talk about this?” stance is suicide.
“He was a *really* nice guy. Havent seen him around in a while. I wonder whatever happened to him?”
“Oh, he got chopped up with a butcher’s knife.”
The Center needs ro understand that it isnt the Left that will lose the election, but who makes a convienent scapegost. The Center needs to understand the inaction of its policy makers are what are dooming us, not the Left, among critical non-Left voters. But beat the hippie while you utterly and totally fail.
Wow....talk about being shook....
As the song goes:
5 o'clock in the morning. Where you gonna be?
(Outside on the corner)
You better get yourself together
While you're wasting all your time
Right along with your mind
I see that there is no mention of "voting with your feet". Democratic voters are in such a vulnerable position because 1) historically-blue states in the Northeast and Midwest have lost population and 2) they migrated to red states ("wHeRe ThE jObS aRe"), where they congregate into denser metros which make them more vulnerable to partisan gerrymandering and punishment by right-wing legislatures.
There should be state money dedicated not just to abortion travel, but also to abortion *migration*, to LGBT people under attack in red states, to the college educated, to those who have lost their homes to western fires, to those who wish to relocate but are too poor to leave.
And blue states should get a firmer handle on their NIMBYs who do their damnedest to keep housing and general living costs artificially high in these states.
I look to the Free State Project in New Hampshire or Paul Chabot's "Conservative Move" in Texas to see similar "vote with your feet" moves on the right (or at least capitalizations on ongoing migration trends to Texas). It is hard to measure the impact of their projects on the politics of New Hampshire and Texas, but New Hampshire's legislature has tilted harder to the right in recent years.
The blue states (and counties) may have the GDP and education, but the red state legislatures (Texas, Florida, Georgia) with richer/educated blue counties have an easier time at punishing those counties for not following their dictates.
The "flip [x-Sunbelt state] blue" project is failing. It's time to help people vote with their feet.