In truth, what the Democrat Party needs is a swift kick in the ass … and another, and another.
Democrats must stop demonizing fellow Americans. Just because somebody disagrees with the Democrat Party, this does not make him a racist, fascist, misogynist, transphobic hate-monger. Democrats need to keep in mind that their party members were the progenitors of the Ku Klux Klan and of the Jim Crow Laws that form some of the darkest chapters of American history.
Democrats must stop dividing people by race, by sex, by class, by gender, and by any other means that they seek to pit people against each other. This fetish with categorizing and pigeon-holing the American people is nothing more than a new form of apartheid.
Lastly, the Democrats must purge from their ranks the socialists who have imbedded themselves into their party. Just as the conservative movement drove out the ultra-right John Birchers some sixty years ago (h/t William F. Buckley, Jr.,) so too the Democrats must drive out the socialists who are infecting the party of JFK. Banish these socialists and drive them back to where they belong, in the Socialist Workers Party or in the Communist Party USA.
America is better off having two healthy main political parties that both revere and follow the U.S. Constitution, ALL of the Constitution. America has had enough of the cafeteria constitutionalists … picking and choosing those parts they like, while ignoring or even actively undermining those parts they don’t like.
But … the Democrats seem to just continue with their smug arrogance. Their leadership and intelligentsia condescendingly look down on the rest of America through their Ivy League degrees. In their eyes, they are not the problem … we are the problem. You know … all of us unwashed smelly masses who shop at Walmart and Costco.
Despite all of their elite college degrees, these Democrats do not seem to have studied mathematics very much. This past November 5 election has just revealed that the math is not in their favor. G’day.
I think people miss the point about Beinart. he views himself as a modern day prophet of Israel, everything in his life is about israel, the Palestinians and the evil Zionist. You see what happened was that Beinart once worked for AIPAC and they didn't embrace his idea on how things should be run, so he left and wrote a book about the evil Jews that run DC, which was touted by the NYTimes. (Which only sold about 2500 copies, mostly by those who believe in antisemitic conspiracy theories). From then on he continued to go down the slippery narcissistic hole where he can't be wrong about either Jews and Israel. His myopic solipsistic view of the world is very sad if it wasn't so dangerous to the safety of Jews in the US. He is afterall, the go-to-Jew for antisemites to Jew-wash their violent antiIsrael hatred and glorify Islamist genocide.
Shortly following the election, a former acquaintance (key word: former) posted a reel on Instagram that said, "My biggest flex as a mom is that someday I can look my daughter in the eyes and tell her I didn't choose cheaper gas over her rights." And it told me everything I needed to know about just how DEEPLY the Dems have completely lost the plot.
It aggravates me when people say we (as in, my party) lost because Americans are misogynistic and racist and don't care about rights for all. We lost because we've forgotten how to talk to Americans who can't really think about abortion or gender-affirming care because they need to decide between buying groceries or gas. It's not that people don't care about these issues--it's simply that they're just not issues that are going to directly impact the quality of their lives. And it takes an immense amount of blind privilege (see acquaintance above) to believe that most Americans have the luxury of prioritizing social causes. (Or foreign policy issues, for that matter, which is an elite concern.)
I hate to see Trump in the WH, but the Dems deserved this loss. It's the wake up call they needed to finally touch some grass and bring the party back down to reality. (She says, hopefully.)
Oh to think that the election was a big shift back to American principles of freedom! We have been through this before. 1980 was a big election and since then we have turned full circle. Our only hope is to convince people, outside of politics, that living the virtuous life will make you happy.
Like law enforcement, protecting our freedom from tyrants (from within or without) is a job that can never be finished, but must nonetheless be performed.
In truth, what the Democrat Party needs is a swift kick in the ass … and another, and another.
Democrats must stop demonizing fellow Americans. Just because somebody disagrees with the Democrat Party, this does not make him a racist, fascist, misogynist, transphobic hate-monger. Democrats need to keep in mind that their party members were the progenitors of the Ku Klux Klan and of the Jim Crow Laws that form some of the darkest chapters of American history.
Democrats must stop dividing people by race, by sex, by class, by gender, and by any other means that they seek to pit people against each other. This fetish with categorizing and pigeon-holing the American people is nothing more than a new form of apartheid.
Lastly, the Democrats must purge from their ranks the socialists who have imbedded themselves into their party. Just as the conservative movement drove out the ultra-right John Birchers some sixty years ago (h/t William F. Buckley, Jr.,) so too the Democrats must drive out the socialists who are infecting the party of JFK. Banish these socialists and drive them back to where they belong, in the Socialist Workers Party or in the Communist Party USA.
America is better off having two healthy main political parties that both revere and follow the U.S. Constitution, ALL of the Constitution. America has had enough of the cafeteria constitutionalists … picking and choosing those parts they like, while ignoring or even actively undermining those parts they don’t like.
But … the Democrats seem to just continue with their smug arrogance. Their leadership and intelligentsia condescendingly look down on the rest of America through their Ivy League degrees. In their eyes, they are not the problem … we are the problem. You know … all of us unwashed smelly masses who shop at Walmart and Costco.
Despite all of their elite college degrees, these Democrats do not seem to have studied mathematics very much. This past November 5 election has just revealed that the math is not in their favor. G’day.
People will tolerate a lot of BS if they're well off economically.
People will tolerate hard times if they're spoken to with honest, straight talk.
The Dems gave Americans neither.
I think people miss the point about Beinart. he views himself as a modern day prophet of Israel, everything in his life is about israel, the Palestinians and the evil Zionist. You see what happened was that Beinart once worked for AIPAC and they didn't embrace his idea on how things should be run, so he left and wrote a book about the evil Jews that run DC, which was touted by the NYTimes. (Which only sold about 2500 copies, mostly by those who believe in antisemitic conspiracy theories). From then on he continued to go down the slippery narcissistic hole where he can't be wrong about either Jews and Israel. His myopic solipsistic view of the world is very sad if it wasn't so dangerous to the safety of Jews in the US. He is afterall, the go-to-Jew for antisemites to Jew-wash their violent antiIsrael hatred and glorify Islamist genocide.
Shortly following the election, a former acquaintance (key word: former) posted a reel on Instagram that said, "My biggest flex as a mom is that someday I can look my daughter in the eyes and tell her I didn't choose cheaper gas over her rights." And it told me everything I needed to know about just how DEEPLY the Dems have completely lost the plot.
It aggravates me when people say we (as in, my party) lost because Americans are misogynistic and racist and don't care about rights for all. We lost because we've forgotten how to talk to Americans who can't really think about abortion or gender-affirming care because they need to decide between buying groceries or gas. It's not that people don't care about these issues--it's simply that they're just not issues that are going to directly impact the quality of their lives. And it takes an immense amount of blind privilege (see acquaintance above) to believe that most Americans have the luxury of prioritizing social causes. (Or foreign policy issues, for that matter, which is an elite concern.)
I hate to see Trump in the WH, but the Dems deserved this loss. It's the wake up call they needed to finally touch some grass and bring the party back down to reality. (She says, hopefully.)
Oh to think that the election was a big shift back to American principles of freedom! We have been through this before. 1980 was a big election and since then we have turned full circle. Our only hope is to convince people, outside of politics, that living the virtuous life will make you happy.
Like law enforcement, protecting our freedom from tyrants (from within or without) is a job that can never be finished, but must nonetheless be performed.
Otherwise...