Dems Reportedly Angry That Progressives Are Pushing Them to Act Like an Opposition Party | Common Dreams
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"Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer are architects of the crisis that allowed Trump's fascism to arise and succeed," argued one progressive organizer. "They have zero credibility to be leading the fights we face today."

House Democratic lawmakers reportedly used a closed-door meeting earlier this week to vent their frustrations with progressive advocacy groups that have been driving constituent calls and pressuring the party to act like a genuine opposition force in the face of the Trump administration’s authoritarian assault on federal agencies and key programs.

  • AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml
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    7 hours ago

    I think it’s of utmost importance to co-opt guns and 2A enthusiasm. We don’t say “You can keep your guns”, we say “You can use your guns! Shoot that way!”

    We also need to co-opt anti-liberal rhetoric. It’s important to maintain shared contempt toward common enemies: Basically, men in suits

    “Oh, you don’t like unions? Neither does your boss.”

    “Middle managers are human shields to protect your CEO from looking you in the eye.”

    Moreover, co-opt family values rhetoric: “Defend your family from parasitic health insurers.”

    “Defend your family from wage theft.”

    “Defend your family from your landlord.”

    “Protect your children from health insurance.”

    “Protect your children from predatory bank loans.”

    “Protect your children from your boss.”

    “Protect your children from for-profit education”

    We also have to co-opt their hatred of racist accusations

    “You’re not racist! Your CEO is.”

    • krashmo@lemmy.world
      1·
      5 hours ago

      You basically just described my politics lol. I’ve been saying forever that the left needs to adopt guns as part of their platform. It’s not exactly prophetic at this point to say that authoritarianism almost always comes from the right. The 2A is arguably more important for the left to take seriously. You gotta be able to defend yourself from fascism and anything else they try to pull.