I guess with the fascist hordes at the gate, we should follow Melissa Harris-Perry's advice and focus our energies on lambasting the Tea Party and their ilk... this is the old trope of conceding ground to “legitimate” forces governing in the center... the liberals doing the best they can and fending off the "extremists" to their right.
On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am all for standing for one's principles - but anyone who has zero
> power and uses principles as an excuse not to face the inconvenient
> reality is a grandstanding clown. Let's face it - mildly liberal
> politicians passing mildly liberal measures here and there is the best
> this country can hope for in the current political climate. And
> sometimes these mildly liberal measures, such as protecting rights of
> "illegal" immigrants, are quite bold and courageous, given the fascist
> anti-immigrant fervor of the majority of the populace (not just here
> but in the EU as well.) So again, what good is being served by
> blasting people who pursue these measures?
>
>
> Wojtek
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