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In reply to the discussion: What rights are you willing to give up? [View all]SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)49. As Democrats why would we want to give up any of those hard fought rights?
But by the time the battle is down to an R or D, that part of the conversation is done. At that point in the process you vote D to stop R.
The battle for more progressive D's must be done during the primaries, duke it out, but the fighting has to stop once the race is down to R or D. You keep the pressure on the D candidate but you join in the overall strategy in that electoral moment: defeat the R's.
Winning is done strategically in a country as diverse as this one. It's the winning part that changes things. Protests highlight the problems but winning brings the change.
I don't get why this isn't simple...
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If you were actual human beings instead of incubators & ornaments, it wouldn't be an issue
Orrex
Apr 2017
#47
The democratic party is not supporting any candidates who are vowing to restrict reproductive rights
killbotfactory
Apr 2017
#18
Womens rights will not ne subverted by economically progressive ideas. Nt
killbotfactory
Apr 2017
#60
One right I will never give up is the right to trash threads, including this one.
Jersey Devil
Apr 2017
#21
So what you are saying is that when the facts don't suit your opinion you wont listen?
LostOne4Ever
Apr 2017
#65
Everything I stated is a verifiable fact and nothing was misrepresented and I will prove it.
LostOne4Ever
Apr 2017
#64
You go high by totally misrepresenting facts and telling untruths? That is not the high road. nt
LostOne4Ever
Apr 2017
#67
As Democrats why would we want to give up any of those hard fought rights?
SticksnStones
Apr 2017
#49