Democrats really do need to come to their senses. Ruy Teixeira is right on all aspects. But his party has become a cult.
https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/how-democrats-should-handle-the-culture
Democrats have a host of vulnerabilities on culturally-inflected issues, ranging from crime and immigration to race, gender, and policies around schooling. That is why Republicans attack them so vigorously on these issues. Republicans frequently overdo it but that doesn’t mean the vulnerabilities aren’t real. There’s a “there” there and smart Democrats know it.
Democrats have basically three choices in how to respond to this problem:
1. Ignore
2. Attack
3. Defuse
The Democrats have mostly toggled between choices one and two, which roughly correspond to the traditional fight or flight response to threat hardwired into the human psyche. Neither choice has been particularly effective. The “ignore” response allows the Republicans to continue to hammer away unimpeded at Democrats’ vulnerabilities. The “attack” response forces Democrats to engage in areas where they are not strong and defend controversial and unpopular positions which hurt them politically.
https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/how-democrats-should-handle-the-culture
Democrats have a host of vulnerabilities on culturally-inflected issues, ranging from crime and immigration to race, gender, and policies around schooling. That is why Republicans attack them so vigorously on these issues. Republicans frequently overdo it but that doesn’t mean the vulnerabilities aren’t real. There’s a “there” there and smart Democrats know it.
Democrats have basically three choices in how to respond to this problem:
1. Ignore
2. Attack
3. Defuse
The Democrats have mostly toggled between choices one and two, which roughly correspond to the traditional fight or flight response to threat hardwired into the human psyche. Neither choice has been particularly effective. The “ignore” response allows the Republicans to continue to hammer away unimpeded at Democrats’ vulnerabilities. The “attack” response forces Democrats to engage in areas where they are not strong and defend controversial and unpopular positions which hurt them politically.
