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robertpaulsen

(8,697 posts)
Tue May 3, 2022, 04:00 PM May 2022

"Self-immolating ideological purity achieves NOTHING."




I’ve said since 2016 that when the stakes of an election aren’t just high but stratospheric, burning the house down for not getting all the cookies in the jar isn’t progressive in any sense of the term. Self-immolating ideological purity achieves NOTHING. You know who you are.
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"Self-immolating ideological purity achieves NOTHING." (Original Post) robertpaulsen May 2022 OP
I'm not sure who they are. Can someone enlighten me? Martin68 May 2022 #1
Not likely. aocommunalpunch May 2022 #2
There is nothing progressive about the failure to protect human rights. Budi May 2022 #3
 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
3. There is nothing progressive about the failure to protect human rights.
Tue May 3, 2022, 04:30 PM
May 2022

Nothing.

They heard the warnings. They just didn't give a shit.

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