Thread by @DarlingEbony

#BrettKavanaugh is going to be the next SC Justice. Conservatives are smarter. They could think the long term and so-called Progressives were on "I hate Hillary". The GOP doesn't care about losing the House & the Senate in 2018 when they will have a Justice for 40 years.

Progressives had 11 months to know conservatives were going to hold up Merrick Garland's spot on the SCOTUS. What conservatives would have done is made sure they got the House & Senate in 2016 along with Dem President. But progressives are incapable of thinking like this. 2/?

That's why I never tolerate progressives saying GOP stole a SC seat. No they didn't steal it. Progressives gave it away. If someone says to you, if you get out of your car with the keys in it, I will take it. Only a fool would get out of the car with the keys in it. 3/?

Shiny objects can easily be flashed in front of progressives while conservatives were thinking the long game. Protecting Affirmative Action, Healthcare, Women's Rights and LGBT Rights would have been above all else 4/?

Conservatives are more passionate about taking my rights away than progressives are about preserving my rights. As cliche as it was Minnie Mouse in 2016 should have won if it meant it would have preserved these rights. 5/?

But no, the shiny object for so-called progressives: "I hate Hillary". So what you hated her, but how important was the SCOTUS for the next 40 years? Do you really care about what you claim to care about: Women's Rights, POC, Healthcare, LGBT Rights? 6/?

In fact let's look at some of the shiny objects that so-called progressives were focused on in 2016.

"Obamacare isnt perfect. Obama should have fought harder for medicare for all."

True! But Obamacare was better than before it. Ask someone like me with chronic illness 7/?

Another shiny object: Merrick Garland wasn't progressive enough.

Possibly True! But if we would have had Merrick Garland on the bench, we could have had a Progressive Court for the first time in 40 years. I take Merrick Garland over #BrettKavanaugh. 8/?

Shiny Object: Hillary stole the nomination from Bernie:

NOT TRUE! But even if it were, was it worth throwing the SCOTUS away for 40 years? I say no. Conservatives are more cut throat. They will accept things they don't want for long-term gains 9/?

Bernie and Hillary are not my concern. Healthcare, Affirmative Action, Reproductive Rights and LGBT Rights are my concern. 10/?

Speaking of Affirmative Action...

Shiny Object: "White women benefited more from Affirmative Action more than Black People".

VERY TRUE! White people, even if they are on the margins of eligibility, are always going to benefit more than PoC. But PoC benefited. 11/?

Continuation of Shiny Object Continuation: "White women benefited more from Affirmative Action more than Black People".

AGAIN, VERY TRUE! AA gave opportunity. It did not do the work for you. But if gave us opportunities that our ancestors could only dream of.

Shiny Object: Neoliberalism

I asked someone about a year ago what neoliberalism meant. The response was: "Well, Cornel West would say neoliberalism is"... STOP! Didn't ask you about Cornel West. So you simply don't know what the hell you're talking about. 13/?

Meanwhile, Evangelicals stayed focused. Trump laughs at these people. They know it. But they don't care. They care about how he can benefit their vision of U.S. 14/?

Bottomline, progressives need to get it together and stop playing checkers when the GOP is playing three-dimensional chess. 15/15