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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The toxicity of the far-left Democrats on these threads is the gift that keeps on giving for the Republicans. Can you imagine wanting any of these people with their zealous, obnoxious, hateful, condescending views as your neighbors, much less as your elected officials? It’s like they’ve been so brainwashed that they’ve lost any ability to engage in civil discourse. [/quote]

Sometimes I wonder if those posts are from trolls but then I remember my real life friends who think like this. Absolutely no critical thinking. It’s sad, like some kind of cult.  [/quote]

I'm a progressive (some would say far-left) Dem and I feel this way. People have fallen into this militant posture because of Trump and they have lost perspective. I am a socialist democrat (like card carrying) and I feel like I spend time talking down people who have always been kind of corporate centrists until about 3 years ago. A lot of people are just using politics to express general fear, unhappiness, and frustration.

One thing that has happened on the left to its detriment is that as people have gotten more interested and involved in politics over the last 5 years or so, they have misunderstood what it means to be a political actor. So many people think it's going to protests, arguing online, yelling at easy targets on the right (usually by taking the bait they have laid specifically for this purpose). It's not. It's voting, having quiet and calm conversations about ideology and policy with friends and neighbors, getting involved at school, maybe organizing with coworkers to improve conditions. I mean protests have their place, but this kind of knee jerk "well lets go march about that" shows a real lack of imagination or work ethic.

Anyway, McAuliffe was an absolutely awful candidate and has always been awful (he's not even progressive, just a hack). Youngkin sucks but is unlikely to do anything on education. I think people should pay closer attention to school boards and these anti-CRT nut jobs, as well as the greater movement to keep privatizing education. Abortion rights are the bigger issue but that's so much bigger than Virginia and I think we need to start thinking more radically about that issue.[/quote]

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