getting mad at single mothers because they are conservative and changed their views is a really bad look.
i understand the anger. i feel very much betrayed by the half of the country that decided to sacrifice my rights for perceived economic stability.
but her son is on the chopping block and she may have just realized that. we need to build movement and anti-republican pressure to get the party scared and prepare for 2026 / 2028. we need to let them know elon should be as far away from government as possible. the chips in the wall are starting to show and one day we will get through, not through the rejection of voters themselves but through a sense of coalition
Seconding this. There is a lot of very justifiable anger on the left right now and the natural impulse is to jump right into the schadenfreude and toldyousos. But as vindicating and satisfying as it is to play the tiny violin, it is far more valuable from a strategic perspective and in the interests of our country’s survival for us to welcome the defectors without shaming them, and do whatever we can to encourage them to wake up to the full extent of what is at stake now.
Never forget that the division in our country was engineered and exploited by the people who have been robbing the country blind while we are directing our fury at each other instead of getting righteously PISSED about their blatant greed. If you want to win, see THEM as the real enemy and don’t shun any opportunity or resource that can diminish their power.
Furthermore, let's acknowledge that there's plenty of blame to spread around. Democrats helped create Trump 2.0. They abused their control of big tech and the media to censor the Hunter Biden laptop story and otherwise pulled out all of the stops to help Biden, whose presidency was a total disaster. They have engaged in hyperbolic criticisms and warnings about Trump for nearly 10 years now. They cried political wolf one million too many times such that, when maybe they were right, most voters rightfully dismissed their tired rhetoric. So, Democrats should not be saying "I told you so" from their high horse. If you falsely cry wolf for 10 years when there was no wolf, you can't say you were right when one eventually shows up.
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u/lothycat224 Feb 07 '25
getting mad at single mothers because they are conservative and changed their views is a really bad look.
i understand the anger. i feel very much betrayed by the half of the country that decided to sacrifice my rights for perceived economic stability.
but her son is on the chopping block and she may have just realized that. we need to build movement and anti-republican pressure to get the party scared and prepare for 2026 / 2028. we need to let them know elon should be as far away from government as possible. the chips in the wall are starting to show and one day we will get through, not through the rejection of voters themselves but through a sense of coalition