Arnold T. Pants
@andysecher.bsky.social
Actually, its because of NIMBY assholes like Robert Reich.
February 6, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Actually, its because of NIMBY assholes like Robert Reich.
Then why are we dying on this hill?
February 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Then why are we dying on this hill?
Forget nationwide. Just the cities themselves. Between 2020 and 2024, 573k fewer Harris votes in NYC and 94k more Trump votes.
February 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Forget nationwide. Just the cities themselves. Between 2020 and 2024, 573k fewer Harris votes in NYC and 94k more Trump votes.
The attacks are more effective when they don’t have to make up shit. Sometimes the attacks are just accurate quotes.
February 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The attacks are more effective when they don’t have to make up shit. Sometimes the attacks are just accurate quotes.
Other than the fact she was not guilty.
January 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Other than the fact she was not guilty.
And the same was true with gay marriage. I don’t believe that Bernie Sanders and Barack Obama really ever opposed gay marriage. But they knew to achieve that goal, they needed civil unions and state by state gay marriage first.
January 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
And the same was true with gay marriage. I don’t believe that Bernie Sanders and Barack Obama really ever opposed gay marriage. But they knew to achieve that goal, they needed civil unions and state by state gay marriage first.
No, there was a shitload of compromise/triangulation. The civil rights movement ended the Democrats’ once ironclad control of the south.
January 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
No, there was a shitload of compromise/triangulation. The civil rights movement ended the Democrats’ once ironclad control of the south.
The civil rights movement took decades. Again, progress was achieved incrementally.
January 23, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The civil rights movement took decades. Again, progress was achieved incrementally.
100 percent wrong. If it had come earlier before the public was ready, it would have backfired and likely delayed it. The first senator to support gay marriage - Russ Feingold - lost his next election. Was Bernie Sanders a triangulator? No, he just understood the electorate.
January 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
100 percent wrong. If it had come earlier before the public was ready, it would have backfired and likely delayed it. The first senator to support gay marriage - Russ Feingold - lost his next election. Was Bernie Sanders a triangulator? No, he just understood the electorate.
Now on this one I agree with you.
January 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Now on this one I agree with you.
Right. And after that happened, he realized it was an electoral liability. So he moderated his position on abortion. Was he lying? Almost certainly. Well, who really knows what he believes.
But the point is that he moved away from an unpopular while campaigning.
But the point is that he moved away from an unpopular while campaigning.
January 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Right. And after that happened, he realized it was an electoral liability. So he moderated his position on abortion. Was he lying? Almost certainly. Well, who really knows what he believes.
But the point is that he moved away from an unpopular while campaigning.
But the point is that he moved away from an unpopular while campaigning.
Gay marriage is the example that proves my point. It evolved slowly and incrementally - civil unions came first. In the 2000s Obama and Bernie Sanders opposed gay marriage because it wasn’t popular enough. You can’t go too much faster than the changing hearts and minds.
January 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Gay marriage is the example that proves my point. It evolved slowly and incrementally - civil unions came first. In the 2000s Obama and Bernie Sanders opposed gay marriage because it wasn’t popular enough. You can’t go too much faster than the changing hearts and minds.
They did in their campaigns.
January 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
They did in their campaigns.
I’m talking about how (most) Republicans realized they had a problem after Roe v. Wade got kicked and softened their messaging. Republicans don’t go after gay marriage anymore either, because that is very popular.
January 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I’m talking about how (most) Republicans realized they had a problem after Roe v. Wade got kicked and softened their messaging. Republicans don’t go after gay marriage anymore either, because that is very popular.
Not if the public opposes the message. All the hammering in the world wasn’t going to convince people to defund the police.
And the Republicans moderated to get elected, i.e. going soft on abortion because the public generally supports abortion rights
And the Republicans moderated to get elected, i.e. going soft on abortion because the public generally supports abortion rights
January 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Not if the public opposes the message. All the hammering in the world wasn’t going to convince people to defund the police.
And the Republicans moderated to get elected, i.e. going soft on abortion because the public generally supports abortion rights
And the Republicans moderated to get elected, i.e. going soft on abortion because the public generally supports abortion rights
To some extent, yes, but the change has to be incremental. If you get too far ahead of public opinion, it backfires and you need to recalibrate.
January 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
To some extent, yes, but the change has to be incremental. If you get too far ahead of public opinion, it backfires and you need to recalibrate.
To some extent, yes. But the policy changes have to be incremental. If you get too far ahead of popular opinion, it backfires.
January 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
To some extent, yes. But the policy changes have to be incremental. If you get too far ahead of popular opinion, it backfires.
Nope. Taking positions with little public support is what causes Democrats to lose. Its going to be a painful four years learning that lesson.
January 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Nope. Taking positions with little public support is what causes Democrats to lose. Its going to be a painful four years learning that lesson.
You’ve got it backwards - the wood chipper is what comes with the election of Trump. I want to avoid the wood chipper.
January 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
You’ve got it backwards - the wood chipper is what comes with the election of Trump. I want to avoid the wood chipper.
Defund didn’t have to happen. A few Democrats calling for it was political poison. And Thomas did win a title and set the trans rights movement back years. No one had to make stuff up - the truth was bad enough.
January 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Defund didn’t have to happen. A few Democrats calling for it was political poison. And Thomas did win a title and set the trans rights movement back years. No one had to make stuff up - the truth was bad enough.
Nonsense. Your saying the message is irrelevant. How well the media attacks take depend on the message. “Defund the police” made it easy. Lia Thomas did more harm to the trans community than anyone else. Popular, sound policy positions are more difficult to attack. You can always pick your battles.
January 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Nonsense. Your saying the message is irrelevant. How well the media attacks take depend on the message. “Defund the police” made it easy. Lia Thomas did more harm to the trans community than anyone else. Popular, sound policy positions are more difficult to attack. You can always pick your battles.
I only said it once. I just recognize that the extremists on the left are no different than extremists on the right. People just can’t get past their own perspective.
January 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I only said it once. I just recognize that the extremists on the left are no different than extremists on the right. People just can’t get past their own perspective.