On a personal level, it’s starting to feel like a distraction, and maybe even a manufactured one.
So we should just abandon every vulnerable minority on the grounds that protecting them or fighting for them in any way would just play into Republicans’ attempts to distract?
It’s only a distraction if you think solidarity can exist with only one group at a time. Or are looking for an excuse to drop solidarity with some groups because solidarity takes effort and involves treating voters as humans with agency.
I agree at the general prescription for the party. On a personal level, it’s starting to feel like a distraction, and maybe even a manufactured one.
So we should just abandon every vulnerable minority on the grounds that protecting them or fighting for them in any way would just play into Republicans’ attempts to distract?
Oh yeah! Definitely what I’m saying in good faith! /s
Focus on what an actual aligned group can: our class. We’d help those groups and more if we stopped doing this.
I say I agree with someone and I get bad faith questioning back.
It’s only a distraction if you think solidarity can exist with only one group at a time. Or are looking for an excuse to drop solidarity with some groups because solidarity takes effort and involves treating voters as humans with agency.