I must reiterate that this strategy of publicly scolding "the activists" for staking out "unpopular" positions and (supposedly) making the party look bad is not only morally cowardly but strategically counterproductive Activists aren't your employees, they won't change just because you told them to - ThreadSky

docvivileandra.bsky.social • 2 days ago

I must reiterate that this strategy of publicly scolding "the activists" for staking out "unpopular" positions and (supposedly) making the party look bad is not only morally cowardly but strategically counterproductive

Activists aren't your employees, they won't change just because you told them to

Reposted from Alejandra Caraballo

Good job being a useful pick me for Fox News, Sarah.

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friendotoday.bsky.social•2 days ago

BIG AGREE - ignoring the moral cowardice for a moment - to your point it is just dumb/unstrategic. An activist fills a different role than a politician - it is quite literally the activists job to be loud and force the issue to make the political space for politicians to ideally act.

docvivileandra.bsky.social•2 days ago

When you do this shit, you validate right-wing attacks on your party as "too extreme" while pissing off your own side's most energized and committed organizers

A world where transgender "activists" do not loudly advocate for our rights is not a world you can achieve - certainly not by scolding us

docvivileandra.bsky.social•2 days ago

It's a delusion, a delusion that they can dictate the actions of activists because they are the Managers of the political left and everyone who is "on their side" is their employee who they can dictate the actions of

What are you going to do if activists don't comply? Fire them?

docvivileandra.bsky.social•2 days ago

These worthless centrists blame "The Groups" because it is an easy way to shift blame for their own failure, not because it has any power to explain the 2024 election or, indeed, any potential to dictate a winning strategy in future elections

mxargent.bsky.social•2 days ago

They keep reflexively trying to hippie punch their way out of everything, and it pisses me off. Even if their imagined moderate existed, where's the vision there? What world do you build having everything revolve around them?

docvivileandra.bsky.social•2 days ago

Because none of this scolding will make "The Groups" shut up. We are, in fact, louder and bolder than ever.

What it WILL do is make us protest YOUR office instead of your opponent's. Because we are independent actors, not your employees, and you do not give us marching orders.

greymothvt.bsky.social•2 days ago

'is it our turn, yet?'

"SHUT UP, TRANNY!"

'i guess not...'

mjqwrites.bsky.social•2 days ago

I like this analysis, one thing I have found with "professional politicians" over in the UK, is they buy into this delusion as well + they view holding political power as the end in and of itself. Rather than political power being the means to improve people's lives, its why centrists seem so devoid

mjqwrites.bsky.social•2 days ago

of actual policy positions, it is just get us into office so the other side doesn't have power. Which is like, such a shit political strategy, it hardly motivates voters or captures the public imagination of what is possible

greymothvt.bsky.social•2 days ago

big Mattachine Society 'none of that!' vibes

kenburnside.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trans rights are human rights. Nobody is truly free until all are free.

Bigots looking to turn someone into the enemy du jour will always find a new group to turn into enemies.

So, they come for you? I treat them like they're coming for me and my relatives.

docvivileandra.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thank you, Ken.

alexissara.bsky.social•1 day ago

Democrats prove their own conservative ideology with this logic alone. They do not serve the people the people serve the party.

ajcherenkov.bsky.social•2 days ago

📌
Oh, the conversations where I wished I could share this explanation

goofygoober.ca•2 days ago

Can i be interviewed next and suggest that Rep. Sarah Mcbride is a spineless coward thats turning against the democrats because she thinks its a sinking ship and wants more votes from the middle and right?

marissarowan.bsky.social•1 day ago

When I call Sarah McBride a coward, I mean it. I don't think I have the temperament to be a politician and hob-nob with the donor class. But damn does she make me consider the idea of running realizing that the first trans congresswoman sucks.

redwitchlizzy.bsky.social•1 day ago

I've been constantly disappointed by the cowardly manner Sarah has approached these issues. She let's these people walk all over her for fucking nothing.

We deserve better. I'd have ripped that bigoted bitch Mace a new throat with that bathroom bullshit if I was in McBride's shoes.

redwitchlizzy.bsky.social•1 day ago

I don't tolerate bullies. When I get knocked down I get back up and hit harder. This is the kind of fucking representation we needed a decade ago. Trans rep who don't take any fucking bullshit.

Diplomacy doesn't mean being a pushover, it means having enough fight to force compromise.

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