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Scrivener7

(60,071 posts)
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 07:51 AM Sep 2025

Sorry, but insisting we all say nothing but "Yay, Democrats" isn't going to get us where we need to be. Our leadership

is not rising to the moment, and there is nothing wrong with pointing that out and stating the obvious: we need leadership that will rise to the moment.

My guess is that those you are chastising are out there doing the work, supporting the values Democrats stand for. There is nothing wrong with asking our leadership to do the same.

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