"We are not going to get multiracial democracy through bipartisanship. We are going to get it, if we get it, through a hyperpartisan Democratic party willing to gerrymander the fuck out of blue states, expand the Supreme Court, enfranchise DC and other territories which want it, hold tribunals, and toss Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley out of the Senate for supporting insurrection."
The tribunals need to be thorough, ruthless, and very public. They also need to end in executions. Leaving any of these bastards alive after what they've done and what they'll do in the next few years would be equivalent to suturing a stab wound without disinfecting it and leaving shards of rusted metal embedded in the underlying tissue.
Bill Clinton wasted his political skill and broke my heart when he went ahead with workfare reform after the failure of HillaryCare healthcare reform. I actually took an almost 6 year hiatus from party politics and concentrated on social justice issues instead.
I hate gerrymandering with a passion but now want scorched earth responses. I am exasperated
"We are not going to get multiracial democracy through bipartisanship. We are going to get it, if we get it, through a hyperpartisan Democratic party willing to gerrymander the fuck out of blue states, expand the Supreme Court, enfranchise DC and other territories which want it, hold tribunals, and toss Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley out of the Senate for supporting insurrection."
This would fundamentally require an entirely different Democratic Party, though. I know the conventional wisdom is that it's wrong to first talk about changing the Democratic Party before defeating MAGA fascism, but I think you can't defeat MAGA fascism before you change the Democratic Party.
I see so many mainstream liberals who suggest a "reconciliation" approach to MAGA if Dems regain power. It astounds me, because it seems as if they forgot the entire Biden presidency. That approach was tried and failed horribly.
I don't think this is the best way to think about this.
The Democrats made a choice to become a party that relies on Black people. as a result, Black people *are* the Democratic party, in a lot of ways.
Now, a lot of Democratic leaders and voters are also racist and/or don't care about racial justice. But the party is structured in important ways around the votes and preferences and interests of Black people, whereas Republicans are...not. That's a huge difference, and it doesn't really have much to do with what individual politicians feel in their hearts.
"We are not going to get multiracial democracy through bipartisanship. We are going to get it, if we get it, through a hyperpartisan Democratic party willing to gerrymander the fuck out of blue states, expand the Supreme Court, enfranchise DC and other territories which want it, hold tribunals, and toss Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley out of the Senate for supporting insurrection."
The tribunals need to be thorough, ruthless, and very public. They also need to end in executions. Leaving any of these bastards alive after what they've done and what they'll do in the next few years would be equivalent to suturing a stab wound without disinfecting it and leaving shards of rusted metal embedded in the underlying tissue.
Excellent work, Noah!
Bill Clinton wasted his political skill and broke my heart when he went ahead with workfare reform after the failure of HillaryCare healthcare reform. I actually took an almost 6 year hiatus from party politics and concentrated on social justice issues instead.
I hate gerrymandering with a passion but now want scorched earth responses. I am exasperated
"We are not going to get multiracial democracy through bipartisanship. We are going to get it, if we get it, through a hyperpartisan Democratic party willing to gerrymander the fuck out of blue states, expand the Supreme Court, enfranchise DC and other territories which want it, hold tribunals, and toss Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley out of the Senate for supporting insurrection."
This would fundamentally require an entirely different Democratic Party, though. I know the conventional wisdom is that it's wrong to first talk about changing the Democratic Party before defeating MAGA fascism, but I think you can't defeat MAGA fascism before you change the Democratic Party.
I see so many mainstream liberals who suggest a "reconciliation" approach to MAGA if Dems regain power. It astounds me, because it seems as if they forgot the entire Biden presidency. That approach was tried and failed horribly.
They both only care about Blacks when it is convenient for them to do so.
I don't think this is the best way to think about this.
The Democrats made a choice to become a party that relies on Black people. as a result, Black people *are* the Democratic party, in a lot of ways.
Now, a lot of Democratic leaders and voters are also racist and/or don't care about racial justice. But the party is structured in important ways around the votes and preferences and interests of Black people, whereas Republicans are...not. That's a huge difference, and it doesn't really have much to do with what individual politicians feel in their hearts.
And even then it's barely even lip service.