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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCan we stop hitting the panic button over everything right now?
Seems like no matter what Democrats are talking about, it seems like there are always a group of people who are flipping out that we shouldn't talk about x, y, z or "we'll just be walking into the Republicans' trap and will probably lose bad in 2020!" Some people are trying to advise candidates against talking about guns at all. Others want candidates to stop talking about Impeachment of Trump (or Kavanaugh). Some think that Democrats are talking too much about Trump and not about "policies". Others think we are not hitting Trump hard enough. Some are freaking out and thinking that if we nominate Biden, it's game over in 2020 because the progressives won't turn out for him. Others argue that if we nominate Bernie or Liz, we'll lose white, blue collar "Middle America" voters. It's just getting really frustrating and anxiety-provoking. I'm just as much up in the air about how things will go for us in 2020 and afraid enough that something will happen that will mess things up but we have to maintain some kind of perspective. I obviously don't have all of the answers and can't be more reassuring about things turning out ok in the end, but I think that the "hair on fire" approach is likely not going to help us either and is probably only going to make us all more anxious and more fearful than we all already are living under the Trump Presidency. I really miss it when, every time we got worried about McCain/Palin winning in 2008, we used to put up a pic of Obama telling us to "Chill the f**k out, I got this!"
hlthe2b
(102,360 posts)Though they were not 100% serious, the point remains. It might do all of us a world of 'calming" good.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)we need is the nuclear war clock to advance ... a lot. FFS, I check my news in the middle of the night to see what has gone out of control while I've been sleeping.
pwb
(11,288 posts)Just keep yourself focused your fine.
dweller
(23,661 posts)✌🏼
Cary
(11,746 posts)If I want nasty and punitive I'd talk to "conservatives." I like to think that we are more evolved.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)grumpyduck
(6,255 posts)LEW
(1,072 posts)I 100% agree with you!
Whiskeytide
(4,462 posts)... not hitting panic buttons! Im freaking out because Im sure the republicans will have a field day with that. I have 7 hair fire extinguishers lined up on my kitchen counter. Im ready. We need to get out the panic vote. Now is no time keep calm!
elocs
(22,600 posts)with the Russians and Republican voter suppression but nothing we do can ever be blamed for anything.
Yes, we have met the enemy, but it's never us.