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One thing I'm struggling with, that I'll admit creates an inconsistency in any definition I might seek to create, yet seems to be true insofar as political viability goes.... Pacifism, per se, seems to be a problem for political candidates. Democrats and Republicans both seem to need to be seen...

The more I'm trying to explain every little thing, the less I'm able to work on the post I've already said I'd be creating to engage, here. Going ahead and being as "bad" as the opposition says you are doesn't sound wise to me. It sounds like insanity. I'm really not even trying to appeal to...

I doubt I qualify in the technical sense, but as an aspirational classification, it gets close. That said, I would absolutely acknowledge that being a pacifist would be very much one of those things that can cause liberals (whenever it's true of a specific candidate) to lose elections.

I won't deny that. But their violence can't justify my own.

I'll admit to a bit of inconsistency in myself at that point, but it actually is one of the items on the list I'm working through....

The question of definitions is more for the discussion I'm still putting together with Rhinox, but please note that I have NOT called Mamdani a left wing extremist. I have expressed concern that his opponent's harrassment issues seem not to be considered as part of the discussion about why...

But what, then, would you argue the moment calls for? It's clearly an important, if unanswered, question. Point blank, if there's violence involved, I'm going to be against it. This is non-negotiable.

I think I hear what you're saying, but to use that as a criticism of my position strikes me as singularly unhelpful. Suffice it to say, *I'm* not the politician, and policies DO matter.

Responding now just so you don't think I'm ignoring you. I'm going to take your advice to take my time. I'm trying to look up specific policies that, in my opinion, cannot generate sufficient popular support to win elections, while simultaneously being real positions advocated by real candidates...

A lot of the ones you, specifically, have promoted tend to leave me thinking you'd be okay with active violence, although you've routinely denied it, so I'm not sure I can answer that question in a way that will be helpful. It's not that I don't believe you (that you don't actually support...

The risk is in thinking that voters want left wing extremism, when they really just want (more moderate?) left wingers who won't abuse people. I want to make sure we actually win elections, first and foremost. If we push politicians that would do what we want, but they can't get elected, it...

FWIW, I found Threads (Meta's would-be Twitter-substitute) to be far worse, and far more quickly. I stopped using it because within only a week or two, my feed was flooded with left-wing political commentary. While Bluesky (in my experience, of course) definitely leans leftward, I find...

With some voters, it's clearly not, but it really IS with a lot of folks who lean more to the left.

Even if I agree re: court expansion, you do NOT want to keep promoting that idea for at least the next few years.

I've nothing against Mamdami, but I'm concerned about the narrative that attributes his win solely to his willingness to be the kind of fighter that liberals have been asking for (not at all a bad thing), and fails to at least acknowledge that Cuomo lost his previous job because he's a sexual...

I've noticed an uptick in complaining about BlueSky's supposed hyper-liberalism in recent weeks. It's not even just a conservative complaint. There are signs of moderates (or, at least, somewhat less liberal folks) complaining about liberals essentially eating their own and complaining when...

One thing that can be done (and, in fact, is currently being done in the Senate vis-a-vis the big spending bill, which I'll call the "Large Ludicrous Legislation" just to deny MAGA its preferred name) is to delay voting on things for as long as legally possible (in this case, by introducing...

One could easily argue that it already is. Especially in the Everglades (for humans, anyway. Other, typically rather dangerous, animals thrive in that environment).

It's probably worth remembering that JD Vance once wrote a book saying lots of anti-Trump stuff. Once he changed his tune to enter politics, he was warmly embraced, and is now the VP.

Fought out, no doubt, but that doesn't mean he'll lose. He doesn't always, even though he should.