Well, as many of us progressives in this fight know, it doesn't matter how careful you are: if you are questioning gender ideology at all you are in bed with the Proud Boys. The broken clock metaphor might work for some people I guess, but it seems insulting and unfair too. Maybe the Republicans are just right about this issue because th…
Well, as many of us progressives in this fight know, it doesn't matter how careful you are: if you are questioning gender ideology at all you are in bed with the Proud Boys. The broken clock metaphor might work for some people I guess, but it seems insulting and unfair too. Maybe the Republicans are just right about this issue because they are...RIGHT. I came into this through radical feminism, so not from the right, but I agree with my conservative friends entirely on the reasons why this is bad. Why is that so hard for Democrats to admit? I get what people are saying about giving an off ramp so Democrats can save face. Maybe that is necessary. But at the same time, wouldn't it be refreshing if some Democrats simply said, "yeah, wow, was I wrong. I'm sorry. Let's move forward and try to get this right."
Well, as many of us progressives in this fight know, it doesn't matter how careful you are: if you are questioning gender ideology at all you are in bed with the Proud Boys. The broken clock metaphor might work for some people I guess, but it seems insulting and unfair too. Maybe the Republicans are just right about this issue because they are...RIGHT. I came into this through radical feminism, so not from the right, but I agree with my conservative friends entirely on the reasons why this is bad. Why is that so hard for Democrats to admit? I get what people are saying about giving an off ramp so Democrats can save face. Maybe that is necessary. But at the same time, wouldn't it be refreshing if some Democrats simply said, "yeah, wow, was I wrong. I'm sorry. Let's move forward and try to get this right."
All fair points. It’s a tough challenge, with everything so polarized.
For sure.