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In reply to the discussion: Here are the Confederate Memorials Getting Removed In US Cities [View all]The Mouth
(3,150 posts)? My question is merely will prioritizing these statues help or hurt in 2018, instead of talking about voter suppression, walls and healthcare.
If we would have just hung every last reb we wouldn't even be having this problem
If on one else thinks it is such a bad tactical idea in terms of 2018 then fuck it, tear 'em down. knock yourself out.
Personally, I think it is *tactically* a loser in terms of votes, or at least I find myself questioning if it makes sense to fight this battle at this time, but given the long-term highly regarded members who seem to think otherwise I'll fuck off. I'm sure things will go well in New York regarding Lee.
My original post was simply a suggested investigation: I wonder what the correlation between places where statues are removed (or where there is significant controversy around doing so) and places where Democrats either gain or lose elections. My personal opinion is that it won't make much difference in deeply blue or red areas at all, but might not be a great strategy in areas that could go either way, particularly if we have strong arguments to make for our platform in relation to those areas and perhaps the degree to which the impetus towards such removal is (seen as) local or external...