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25. No one has ever said we need to choose between fighting voter suppression and

Reply to Ken Burch (Reply #24)

Thu Sep 28, 2017, 06:06 PM

Sep 2017

progressive economics.

Not ever.

No one.

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We don't have to choose BETWEEN addressing voter suppression or being more progressive on economics. [View all] Ken Burch Sep 2017 OP

We should stop ignoring it when talking about "What Happened" bettyellen Sep 2017 #1

I don't know of anybody on the Left who IS ignoring it. Ken Burch Sep 2017 #5

"without needing to make any significant changes to what we stand for. " Weekend Warrior Sep 2017 #12

I'm not attacking Clinton-we don't need to pretend nothing needs to change to show respect to her. Ken Burch Sep 2017 #14

It's exactly what you did with this sentence. A sentence that holds no basis in reality. Weekend Warrior Sep 2017 #17

Not back away from...improve, add to a bit. Ken Burch Sep 2017 #18

Just what the Fuck does that mean? GulfCoast66 Sep 2017 #35

Don't talk to me like I'm NOT a Dem. I liked most of the platform. Ken Burch Sep 2017 #36

My response was a little caustic and I apologize GulfCoast66 Sep 2017 #37

Thank you for that. Ken Burch Sep 2017 #38

I like what we stand for. The Citizen United thing has to be reversed by the SC.... bettyellen Sep 2017 #13

Another classic. Who EVER said we need to choose between those two, Ken? Squinch Sep 2017 #2

That's what a lot of the people who keep saying "it was voter suppression" are essentially arguing. Ken Burch Sep 2017 #6

No. It really isn't. People who point out the existence of voter suppression are Squinch Sep 2017 #19

Everybody on the Left AGREES that there is voter suppression, though. Ken Burch Sep 2017 #24

No one has ever said we need to choose between fighting voter suppression and Squinch Sep 2017 #25

OK...then why, on virtually every occasion... Ken Burch Sep 2017 #30

I'm struggling to imagine a society that Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #3

No. The point is that we need BOTH, and to be working on both at once. Ken Burch Sep 2017 #7

That was my point. Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #9

That's been my point the whole time...prior to 2016 Ken Burch Sep 2017 #15

Unless you are being shot 6 times for jaywalking. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #26

It remains inseparable from economic justice. Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #27

I tried, never mind. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #28

Yes you tried and failed. Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #29

We all agree that that is top of the priority list. Ken Burch Sep 2017 #31

Only one group has stated one can happen without the other. nt. Weekend Warrior Sep 2017 #11

Where The Eff do you get this crap? This is so not a thing. Are you trying to make it a thing? (n/t) FreepFryer Sep 2017 #4

Wait a minute!!!!!!!!!!!! guillaumeb Sep 2017 #8

Nope. That's nothing like what he's saying. Squinch Sep 2017 #20

It is what Burch is saying applied to a specific issue. eom guillaumeb Sep 2017 #22

Why is the choice between those two. Weekend Warrior Sep 2017 #10

That's the opposite of what I'm saying Ken Burch Sep 2017 #16

But it obviously has not been accepted. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #21

Then your words are extremely unclear. Weekend Warrior Sep 2017 #23

What I favor is justice...for those who face injustice(s) and for all who need change from below. Ken Burch Sep 2017 #32

Thank you! I've been saying the same for awhile now! lovemydogs Sep 2017 #33

Sorry on double post. I think too many equate economic justice with old white repub men lovemydogs Sep 2017 #34