Thank you for the fair response. I think that a lot of the behavior of these leftists can be explained by their position in the broader left coalition. As a small but decisive faction, it's entirely reasonable that they attempt to influence the party as a whole. Ironically the republicans seem to be able to function better as a coalition…
Thank you for the fair response. I think that a lot of the behavior of these leftists can be explained by their position in the broader left coalition. As a small but decisive faction, it's entirely reasonable that they attempt to influence the party as a whole. Ironically the republicans seem to be able to function better as a coalition. The Freedom Caucus is extreme and often obstructs the larger party (even removing the speaker of the house) but the republicans are able to compromise with them and enact policy. The mainstream democrats seem much less capable of doing this sort of thing and instead blame the faction for not falling in line without concessions. Then they lose.
I understand that you are mostly referring to people posting, rather than actual political actors, but those people don't have much political influence by definition. If these people didn't get attached to Palestine protests, it seems like they wouldn't be involved with politics at all. There's not much point in blaming apolitical people for losing elections. Once again, the republicans are much better at this. A lot of Trump's success comes from mobilizing people that are not usually politically engaged.
If you're trying to get in the head of why someone would misrepresent things in order to seem cynically above it all, I think the best first step would be asking yourself why people like this article.
Thank you for the fair response. I think that a lot of the behavior of these leftists can be explained by their position in the broader left coalition. As a small but decisive faction, it's entirely reasonable that they attempt to influence the party as a whole. Ironically the republicans seem to be able to function better as a coalition. The Freedom Caucus is extreme and often obstructs the larger party (even removing the speaker of the house) but the republicans are able to compromise with them and enact policy. The mainstream democrats seem much less capable of doing this sort of thing and instead blame the faction for not falling in line without concessions. Then they lose.
I understand that you are mostly referring to people posting, rather than actual political actors, but those people don't have much political influence by definition. If these people didn't get attached to Palestine protests, it seems like they wouldn't be involved with politics at all. There's not much point in blaming apolitical people for losing elections. Once again, the republicans are much better at this. A lot of Trump's success comes from mobilizing people that are not usually politically engaged.
If you're trying to get in the head of why someone would misrepresent things in order to seem cynically above it all, I think the best first step would be asking yourself why people like this article.