We just fucking cannibalize each other fucking ourselves over and over.

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81. Ditching the label is going to be hard. The reich wing media is running with it like and Olympic sprinter

Progressive, Social Democrat, whatever is fine. But you insert the word socialist and these fascists will/are pouncing on it. Its THE main reason you are hearing so many communist references in the media. I know where I live, and many liberals think we don't need the voters where I live (they are dead wrong), this socialist communist label is an absolute death blow as you said. As soon as the media started touting those wins in NYC I began to cringe. I completely disagree with the DSA platform as I believe many Democrats do. Many Democrats don't even know the DSA is a thing. We need to pivot with smart messaging quickly and loudly before the reich wing media set these words firmly into our platform. They are only words, they are not true Democratic Party ideals as a whole IMO.