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In reply to the discussion: Why have some decided the only way to improve the party [View all]BainsBane
(57,751 posts)How is refusing to engage with the data from the election and instead taking one politician's word on why the Democrats lost "clear eyed"? What about all the districts that may be lost due to low turn out because voters of color understand the party prioritizes white men above their second-class votes?
And lastly, what about social justice? What about doing what is right? What about standing for something other than upholding white male privilege?
There is a real irony that we see the same "progressives" insist that existing red states lawmakers should be purged while then arguing we need to focus on white Republican voters. It starts to look like the goal is not an electoral majority or "progressivism" but elevating whiteness. I don't mean you here. I'm surprised to see you make the argument you are. You have never been one to dismiss the concerns of women and people of color. I consider your new position a troubling sign of what I fear to be a rightward, or whiteward, direction of some in the party.