Two Different Mindsets at DU

[TreasonousBastard]

12. Goals, mainly...

and there is usually more than one policy to get to the goal.

A major problem is that we all can easily fall into traps that keep us looking at one policy, or tribe, as the absolute one way to get what it is we think we need.

"All Republicans are evil." Well, not really. Evil Republicans certainly are, but most of them we can deal with to at least some extent. If we want, say, more birth control or abortion clinics, we might find a few Republicans who are willing to deal, but are afraid of being called out for talking to us. Ousting them is a long-term option, but rather than fighting a losing battle to oust them, we should be looking for a way to give them an out to vote with us at least halfway.

And we have to remember that the goal is not the policy. Do we want "Medicare for all" or do we want affordable and working health care for all? I want health care for all, and shouting Medicare might cause us to overlook other, and better, possibilities.

Gains are made step by step, with maybe two steps back for three steps forward. Again, we can fight to the death where no one wins, or we can look for something halfway and call that a win.

Out where I am, we have very few wingnuts, but Republicans are established in town government, so it's a tough road. The county is solidly Democratic, but that just makes the Rs fight harder. And, if some of the louder voices here saw how we run the county they'd have a fit. We usually don't vote on stuff-- we're told stuff.

Anyway, this is place to vent, not get much of anything worthwhile done, so I can't get upset about it.