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In reply to the discussion: Democrats better embrace progressive millennials or get used to losing [View all]SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)are not aware of 1/10 of the things we political wonks are aware of. All they get are snippets from the nightly network news and that, my friends (and a few enemies) is nothing! I'm always amazed when I talk to other Democrats of their complete ignorance of what's actually going on in this country at the moment. I don't think it's laziness on their part, they just don't have the time to devote to learning the truth. That does not bode well for the upcoming mid-terms. Democrats don't have a 'FOX Noise' that devotes it's entire nightly broadcast time to Trump propaganda. Democrats don't have a Sinclair News Corporation to gobble up every local TV station possible for their right-wing forced propaganda. Democrats don't have a foreign enemy state(s) hacking into our election results, and forcing their fascist propaganda down our throats.
It's an uphill battle people, and anyone who's giddy about a "blue wave" this coming fall had better not be resting on their laurels already. It's going to take more hard work than we've ever expended before, and that might even be found to be lacking. We're in for the fight of our lives, a fight for the what used to be called, "the American way", and it's certainly NOT a given that we'll succeed.
I suggest we stop nit-picking and fighting among ourselves about purity, or political correctness, or hurting someone's feelings. If Democrats don't toughen up and start fighting with fire the battle is already lost, because the GOP certainly isn't standing still. They're out to win it all, permanently, and will use any low-down, dirty, thieving tactic they can to make it so. After almost 60 years of political awareness, and being a Democrat, I've come to the conclusion that if we use the same old cliches and techniques we're a doomed party, as well as a doomed country.