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by tmountain 85 days ago
Thanks for this. It’s amazing how quickly people are trying to rewrite history.
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I understand the feeling, but I'd appreciate if my off-the-cuff feelings about the capabilities of one political party was not articulated as a bad-faith intentional rewriting of the historical record.
My correction was more for everyone else reading, and not specifically you.

Far too often the Democrats have been called out for "failing us" or other both-sides nonsense (not saying you did that here), when in reality they are the only viable choice (capable of winning elections, don't get me started on 3rd parties) to actually fix the calamity the Republicans always cause.

Describing them as "failing" is always going to trigger me. They've done a great job in every single hearing and debate at spelling out exactly how craven the Republicans are - if people just aren't listening and describe them as "failing", then that's a problem. They've done amazing work. The people that really failed us are the voters, but more specifically the people who just didn't show up to vote because they think the Democrats are losers, which is how "failing us" sounds to someone reading random comment threads.

You are thanking the guy who said "it was and always is the Republicans who fail is" for being true to history?
Since they adopted the "southern strategy", yes, definitely true to history.
Thanking them for reminding everyone to hold the GOP accountable regarding allowing Trump to return to power.