I stand beside you fellow stan!

Then am I right to guess you’re one of those people who never criticized Twilight, and recognizes it as being on the exact same level as RP; a “successful” (like, wildly successful) fun romp that doesn’t NEED to be “liked by critics” or have things like good editing, plot or characters?

I use them because they’re the only people who have different politics than me that I routinely talk with; I avoid political talk with other people.

I see them everywhere on Twitter or The Hill or the Washington Post or Slate. I guess it’s possible they’re trolls, but we return to the No True Scotsman; are they REALLY left? They identify as left not-Democrat. It doesn’t sound like they’re *your* definition of left, but who gets to claim ownership of that title? I…

Ha, you get a hearty AMEN from me on that point. I honestly can’t believe how naive I was about the electoral college, even as close as last year; folks made the exact same point you did (rooted in slavery) that I’d never read. It wasn’t until I really dug into the history I saw how obvious it was. We have done a…

It does effect all Americans, and absolutely POC are getting screwed over worse than white men; which is why it’s so frustrating that whenever race is brought up (because race impacts economics which impacts race in a cycle), it’s shouted down by certain segments of the left as “identity politics.” I desperately wish…

I completely agree, and that’s why articles like this drive me crazy. Because part of “voting for the person who can do the best job” is compromising and not drawing absolute lines in the sand; it might involve someone who is a bit centrist, or doesn’t have the best white-working-class message, or appeals a bit more…

That would make sense, but then the issue isn’t Democratic policies (like the article and many others like it seems to be arguing), but American identity itself. So how do you adjust that through political discourse?

... What does that even mean? Was that... somehow an insult?

I agree, which is why I don’t think pandering to a lot of far-left voters that demand “identity politics” be dropped will only hurt Democrats, and yet that’s EXACTLY what I see so many non-Democrats are insisting happen for them to vote for the party.

What, you wanted to state an opinion and not have any of it called out? Not provide any solutions, just complain? And you just had to respond with a personal attack? (I must be on drugs to, what, care? To feel passionately? To express an opinion, just like you? To ask questions of your gutless opinion that you just…

Except this entire article and a lot of far-left progressives are incensed at Democrats for standing for things that they dislike, like identity politics over economic ones. And how long would a party that “stands for” things that nearly no one wants last, or even get into power? How is that at all practical? I mean,…

Yep, that’s my folks. They saw her as even more left/evil-liberal than Obama, and that’s saying something. They were *terrified* of her “liberal” policies.

So why did they lean differently in polls versus policy? If that is true, then aren’t we shooting ourselves in the foot by changing policy based on polls, when voters then turn against that policy when it comes to the actual mechanism to *create* policy? (Voting.)

I like that idea too, but I cannot get over the cynicism and brainwashing of those example same rural areas. We’ve already seen that with this healthcare; Republican and Trump voters benefited from Obamacare/ACA, and yet they voted for representatives that would strip them *of that very help.* They bite the hand that…

Or they were trying to be figure out which corner of their base to pander to. There was a huge outcry during the primary that the Dems SHOULD abandon abortion and gun rights, from the far-left wing of the party who will only vote for Democrats when they “ditch identity politics” and focus exclusively on economic…

So what exactly are you suggesting? No career politicians... so sticking people who have no experience or expertise into positions of power and influence, and then jerking them right back out again after a few years? Having a parliamentary system of lots of *different* career politicians who still have to work…

That’s kind of key, isn’t it? The reason Dems are failing to work with Republicans is because either Republicans are not listening to what their states actually want (for which voters should punish them), OR Republicans ARE listening and the issue is voters themselves *support* these horrific policies. There seems to…

The problem is when they do, far left economic “progressives” scream about Identity Politics!!! and how Dems are pandering and how those issues are “distractions” from the REALLY important economic stuff that we should care about because it impacts white working class men. I cannot total up all the comments I saw on…

So I’ve been pondering this for a while; the far-left is increasingly incensed at Democrats for being moderate-center, or not left enough, or trying to reach across to non-crazy Republicans. The belief seems to be that the reason Democrats are losing votes/power is because voters are sick of them being…