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Not a comparable analogy.

Police aren’t hired through elections or popularity.

That bytch has done nothing but be a thorn in the democrats side and drive up apathy which has weakened the party and contributed to them having less power.

She never says anything bad about the Republicans but always bytches about the democrats, even now.

Instead of highlighting how fascist and draconian Trump has governed she coats the criticism in a lens that shyts on democrats.

Again fukk her grifting ass, she’s no better than Charlie Kirk.. she’s actually worse because she does more harm to the party
The analogy isn't predicated on how these institutions are formed or supported, it's predicated on their mandate. The Democrats, like the police, do not have a mandate to only help the people who support them. They're not individuals who can take offense with criticisms, they are institutions that are (supposed to be) guided by ideals, not personal petty vendettas.

You tried to invalidate her invocation of Democrats to do their job and push back against the onslaught of right-wing authoritarianism by referring to her critical comments that "tarnished the democrat brand" and drove apathy, as if that's relevant to the Democratic Party's mandate. This is the exact logic - and even verbiage - that proto-fascist right-wing activists deployed against police reform protestors. "These BLM grifters want the police to save them when someone breaks into their home even though they've been calling for investigations and punishment of police misconduct and tarnished the reputation of the police".

If someone criticizes these structural institutions, even vociferously, that doesn't free the institution from their practical and supposed ideological obligations to that person. It doesn't matter the person is Briahna Joy Gray or even Charlie Kirk himself, they are members of this society that the Democratic Party is supposed to be fighting for. The Democratic Party doesn't get to put in loyalty tests before accepting criticism.

This stuff used to be widely accepted, bedrock principles for how our society is run and governed, but the schools have failed miserably at inculcating the public with civic knowledge, and Trump/MAGA have mainstreamed a politics of self-centered idiocy that is spreading like a plague across our entire social and political landscape. So much damage is being done to the social contract, to the point we have people who self-identify as Democrats openly flirting with concepts like loyalty tests and sadistic pleasure at seeing marginalized groups suffering.
 

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Stocks actually stabilized this morning and sell-off immediately resumed after this.

The real trump card we have is tariffs on oil exports, which would really lead to economic downturn. But our western province Alberta is still trying to curry favour with Trump, despite all indications that he wants to damage all of Canada.
 

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:dead: at you expecting something from the do nothing democrats

Exactly. The only way something is gonna happen is if a Trump foil comes to the fore. And that person has NOT revealed themselves yet. Politics is a fukking mob, and the mob needs blood. The Democrats insane need to be "smarter, calmer, and more equal" is what is actually makes them a weak opposition party. They do NOT want smoke. Obama was a outlier. He ain't coming back.

What needs to happen is a blustery, hyper-progressive attractive beacon of liberalism that could go toe-to-toe with the GOP on jokes and charisma. Policy CLEARLY is not a factor in winning.
 

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He’s a coward and continues to prove he’s not the leader the party needs.

He’s a step below being a complete Zionist shill and slave like Ritchie Torres and Bakari Sellars.
Yup and it's also why democrats don't have a unified message on anything. can't call republicans out on violating free speech, and billionaires when you have a group of corporatist zionist shills running your party. If you notice kamalas campaign was doing great poll wise with the voting electorate before she started talking about corporatist bs and warmongering with Liz cheney
 
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