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In reply to the discussion: The hardest part is knowing who we live among. [View all]ancianita
(38,874 posts)63. Fair point. I realize the saying isn't perfect.
Call it nice posturing, if that's how you take it, but since I'm the poster, I tell you I write to caution that this party stay intentional in not being like them when we engage them. MLK's example strategy of non-violent resistance comes to mind, though it's not the only strategy; FDR's "I welcome their hatred" speech at Madison Square Garden also comes to mind. .
Question: what will Democrats start advocating?
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Ah, got it. I live in NYC, and not in the major drumphf loving areas which aren't that many thank goodness!
electric_blue68
Dec 3
#22
Huge influence on me via Eric and the times and places and being exposed to new ideas.
PufPuf23
Dec 4
#41
Since 2016, and even before that, the GOP has been designed to attract a certain... type.
Initech
Dec 3
#30
It's not just that he has free reign, it's that he has one party rule on top of that.
Initech
Dec 3
#34
Yes that is what I meant, I am well aware of all of this- free to do whatever he wants with a corrupt party and sc
Meowmee
Dec 4
#42
No matter how deeply or long you hate, they're not going away. And hate eats the soul of the hater.
ancianita
Dec 3
#33
So many things should have ended his political career but that ranks #1 with me too.
LoisB
Dec 4
#52
The division has been very effective. 40 years of Rush and Fox News told people who to hate.
Evolve Dammit
Dec 4
#97