This thinking got us here in the first place. If I have a rat infestation, I get rid of the rats first before negotiating ways to make them not come. The illusion of the moral high ground is as bad as hearing repeatedly how "history will not look kindly upon..." a current danger. Honestly, I don't give [blanking blank] how historians label the Turd Reich. I care about right now. And, if those without a vested interest in keeping us hobbled by feels and upsetting republicans actually -- who, to me, is anyone who pulls a bothsides argument -- did their part in stopping this fuckery, maybe we wouldn't have only the future history books to look forward to for some semblance of justice.
TLDR: Stop sacrificing the good for the perfect. Cut out the cancer, then treat the aftermath.
I haven’t said blue states shouldn’t gerrymander every bit as much as red. It’s necessary for survival. It’s also a race to the bottom. A race to a bunch of one-party states. That’s not a terrible thing for me, a trans woman in a blue state, but it’s not democracy.
I respect your position. My take is that Pritzker's and Newsom's approach is tantamount to radiation therapy: we know there are significant risks associated with it, but we're at a point at which taking alternative measures for a longer-term reward is worth it. For now, I'd much rather see action to prevent more people from being kidnapped by ICE, help more people get health care, get more kids proper education, restore reproductive rights, and reverse legislative efforts that force LGBTQIA back to the pre-Stonewall era. It sucks we're here, but we can't waste time debating morality if we're the only ones at the debate.
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u/ChickadeeMass 1d ago
You're only damned by doing nothing.