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> The left is ready to fight. I hope you're right. By idealism, I meant not fighting dirty. There's this moral superiority / higher ground thing with some poli
by rapind 1y ago
> The left is ready to fight.
I hope you're right. By idealism, I meant not fighting dirty. There's this moral superiority / higher ground thing with some politicians, that while I admire it, I doubt it's the right attitude for the moment.
For example, the retaliatory gerrymandering proposed by some democratic states is the right response IMO, as horrible as gerrymandering is. In fact, they should probably stop apologizing for it and just take a page from MAGA and sell it as "sticking it to MAGA" instead of calling it a necessary evil.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> There's this moral superiority / higher ground thing with some politicians Honestly, whom? Because I mostly see cowardice being draped in morality.
- rapind 1y agoMaybe I'm being too generous then. I suspect it's a mix of both and I'm even a little cynical that there are plenty on the left who secretly like this new age of grift. /shrug
- pibb_xtra_ 1y ago> For example, the retaliatory gerrymandering proposed by some democratic states is the right response Is it, this is just a hunch, but I’d imagine Texas or Ohio republicans stand to gain a lot more from redistributing districts than democrats in California do.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> this is just a hunch There is a lot of informed vote counting on this question. Going off a hunch is unnecessary. Commenting off it a waste of time.
- pseudalopex 1y agoEvery informed analysis I saw said Republicans would gain more seats than Democrats probably.