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CrackityJones75

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3. No.

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Wed Nov 3, 2021, 10:01 AM

Nov 2021

If we have to be more like them to beat them we will become them.

We need norms and our institutions to remain intact. If we falter and fall from it we need to be able to return to them. Ultimately it is up to We The People.

We should fight like hell but we cannot trade in doing the right things in order to win.

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Are Democrats too genteel? Too respectful of rules and norms? [View all] Stinky The Clown Nov 2021 OP

We need to start fighting durty Jilly_in_VA Nov 2021 #1

We are naive. We think logic and facts and reasonable debate NewHendoLib Nov 2021 #2

Pretty much. Act_of_Reparation Nov 2021 #9

No. CrackityJones75 Nov 2021 #3

That only works if we can force them FoxNewsSucks Nov 2021 #5

And if we abandon norms and institutions CrackityJones75 Nov 2021 #17

There's a reason the old saying is "nice guys finish last" FoxNewsSucks Nov 2021 #4

But we were chided for lack of faith and patience, and speaking out of turn. msfiddlestix Nov 2021 #15

YES !!! WE CAN GO HIGH, STOKE EMOTIONS LIKE GQP **AND** TELL THE TRUTH. uponit7771 Nov 2021 #6

That's the key. Always be truthful, but stop being polite. Viciously attack evil. lagomorph777 Nov 2021 #10

+1 uponit7771 Nov 2021 #13

So glad to see a few other Democrats starting to catch on. Paladin Nov 2021 #7

YESYESYESYESYESYES! Greybnk48 Nov 2021 #8

We're bringing a sliver of soap to a massive manure fight Rorey Nov 2021 #11

lol uponit7771 Nov 2021 #14

Way too pedantic n/t Devil Child Nov 2021 #12

They will march over our bodies to seize power, without checking w the parliamentarian. NightWatcher Nov 2021 #16

THIS Justice matters. Nov 2021 #19

Exactly Texaswitchy Nov 2021 #20

It's not that we are too genteel. It is that we are behind the times when it comes to Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #18