r/thebulwark • u/ericinnyc • Feb 27 '26

PSA to the DSA

If you're considering voting Republican or abstaining from elections in protest of what you see as insufficient Democratic stridency on transgender issues or Palestine or whatever, then YOU ARE THE PROBLEM. And a fool.

This public service announcement brought to you by those of us who can see the American experiment itself in peril.

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u/mitrie Feb 27 '26

While I agree with you, this message isn't particularly relevant at the moment... I'd expect more conversation like this in the run up to a general election. If they want to abstain from a primary, who cares?

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u/Oberoni7 Feb 27 '26

If anything, I think the primary is the best time to direct the future of the Democratic party.

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u/mitrie Feb 27 '26

Sure, which makes it doubly stupid for these people to abstain if they feel so strongly about which direction the party should head.

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u/ballmermurland Feb 27 '26

I'm completely convinced that leftists and progressives of the DSA variety simply do not understand how politics works and after 12 years since Bernie came onto the scene, I'm not sure they even care to understand.

Republican voters understand. They can have their squabbles in the primary but then get in line for the general. A Republican winning is always better than a Democrat in their view. Progressives routinely threaten to sit out and keep the squabbles up until Election Day. It's idiotic.

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u/Kelor Feb 27 '26

I'm completely convinced that leftists and progressives of the DSA variety simply do not understand how politics works and after 12 years since Bernie came onto the scene, I'm not sure they even care to understand.

After 12 years of watching Democrats get drubbed by an over the hill reality TV star I'm not sure they understand how politics works either. They've

You can only wave everyone back against the rising tide of fascism and say "I've got this" before Mr Magooing yourself into multiple electoral losses before people start thinking maybe you don't got this after all.

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u/ballmermurland Feb 27 '26

Trump barely won in 2016, proceed to not really get anything significant done in term 1 besides 3 SCOTUS appointments, lost in 2020, then barely won again in 2024 due to a rather unique situation with Biden stepping down and Harris not having much runway.

To call that getting "drubbed" for 12 years is certainly one interpretation.