2) willing to organize around. If Dems remain as passive, as supine as they are currently, people will mirror that passivity. It's going to take considerable courage to vote at some key precincts in 2026 - ThreadSky

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ems1944.bsky.social • 3 hours ago

2) willing to organize around. If Dems remain as passive, as supine as they are currently, people will mirror that passivity.

It's going to take considerable courage to vote at some key precincts in 2026

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chezmanieux.bsky.social•3 hours ago

I take your point. My point is that a passive Dem is better than an active GOP. I hear you saying that if voters are passive now we could lose our democratic republic. We agree on that in principle, but perhaps not as applied here. In any event, I suspect we are largely aligned.

ems1944.bsky.social•3 hours ago

1) I'm saying something different. I'm saying we can't afford a supine, passive Democratic party. The Party, such as it is, is the visible symbol of resistance, of sustaining what used to be the American Republic.

This is especially true in the House, which is majoritarian, and

ems1944.bsky.social•3 hours ago

2) which parliamentary tactics are not as useful as the Senate. In the face of the crudeness and violence of the GOP/Trump assault, one in which both rules and law are discarded, bi-partisanship is a losing proposition in all

ems1944.bsky.social•3 hours ago

3) aspects. It's a bit like consulting with one's executioner which calibre of bullet would be preferable for the one to the back of the head.

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