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Showing Original Post only (View all)Democrats Still Don't Understand What They're Up Against [View all]
Kaitlin Byrd - HuffPoIt may seem counterintuitive that the only means of saving democracy is to jettison the civility and standards that lay at its foundations. But this mistakes civility as the source of good in democracy and not the product of a system that sees and protects the equality of its citizens. The former view ― seeing empathy, reciprocity and mutual respect as ends in and of themselves rather than tools of consensus and understanding ― only leaves the door open for abuse from those who have no interest either.
If Democrats are to change the course of events, they will need to process that they, like all of us, have been utterly betrayed.
It will be difficult. It will make our politics feel more rancorous, more hostile, less conciliatory. But it would be wrong for the Democrats to seek reconciliation while the Republican Party organizes government to recognize only its ideology as legitimate, systematically assaults Democratic constituents and actively condones the abandonment of international law and the heinous human rights abuses still happening to thousands of asylum-seekers.
There can be no peace on terms that leave this order intact. It may be that the only way to reveal the better angels of their nature is to purge them of their demons first.
If Democrats are to change the course of events, they will need to process that they, like all of us, have been utterly betrayed.
It will be difficult. It will make our politics feel more rancorous, more hostile, less conciliatory. But it would be wrong for the Democrats to seek reconciliation while the Republican Party organizes government to recognize only its ideology as legitimate, systematically assaults Democratic constituents and actively condones the abandonment of international law and the heinous human rights abuses still happening to thousands of asylum-seekers.
There can be no peace on terms that leave this order intact. It may be that the only way to reveal the better angels of their nature is to purge them of their demons first.
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I didn't like the title either. Don't tear Democrats down because we are humanists,
Nitram
Jul 2018
#60
No non-incumbent Democratic candidate has won after a Democratic presidency
Steven Maurer
Jul 2018
#72
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Jul 2018
#14
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Jul 2018
#25
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certainot
Jul 2018
#55
Democrats (we) on DU and beyond do realize that our favored institutions, our ...
SWBTATTReg
Jul 2018
#36
Has anyone noticed these "Democrats Suck" columns tend to originate from either New York or DC?
RandySF
Jul 2018
#43
As long as we respect the rule of law, I think we should start speaking factually,
Nitram
Jul 2018
#59
"If Democrats are to change the course of events, they will need to process that they, like ...
Lady Freedom Returns
Jul 2018
#65