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.......when many geographical areas strongly support or oppose some of these causes?"
Double down, of course! I'm very disappointed -- haven't you been paying attention DIS?!
The Democratic Party has painted itself into a corner by brainwashing the left into believing all manner of lies and spin -- and is now well past the point where it can say....."Well, y'know......we've been off-base on the gun restriction issue. It's not the morally correct position, empirically supported or politically savvy one." Even if it simply stops talking about "gun control" the base will be at it's throat. Virtue posturing, and all that.
Between "gun-control", safe spaces/trigger warnings, nasty authoritarian shout-downs of everyone disagreeing with us and whitewashing the threat of Islam I think we're f*cked. I suppose it's possible that the party will begin a shift to Classical Liberalism. The movement seems to be gathering some momentum. I'm just not optimistic.
Double down, of course! I'm very disappointed -- haven't you been paying attention DIS?!
The Democratic Party has painted itself into a corner by brainwashing the left into believing all manner of lies and spin -- and is now well past the point where it can say....."Well, y'know......we've been off-base on the gun restriction issue. It's not the morally correct position, empirically supported or politically savvy one." Even if it simply stops talking about "gun control" the base will be at it's throat. Virtue posturing, and all that.
Between "gun-control", safe spaces/trigger warnings, nasty authoritarian shout-downs of everyone disagreeing with us and whitewashing the threat of Islam I think we're f*cked. I suppose it's possible that the party will begin a shift to Classical Liberalism. The movement seems to be gathering some momentum. I'm just not optimistic.
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