Thread by @rob_sheridan

You could say that a lot of what people do here, sharing news & political opinions to an audience of like-minded folks, is “preaching to the choir.” But in a country where 100 million people generally don’t vote, I see it as giving half the choir motivation to sing. #VoteThemOut

Someone asked me recently, when I praised @iamjohnoliver, “does it really matter, when everyone watching agrees?” And it really does. There is absolutely no reason to invest a second in trying to change a Trumper’s mind. There’s every reason to get the good people angry + engaged

This goes back to why the centrist Dems frustrate people so much: Stop trying to change the minds of swing voters! Start getting your own base excited! You have a majority waiting in the wings who just want to know that you’re there for THEM, not some racist in an Ohio diner.

Leftists rightfully feel disenfranchised, ignored, left behind by the 2-party system, and they’re right. But I truly believe “no one gives me what I want so fuck everything” is self-defeating long term. The revolution sadly hasn’t happened from without. So let’s look within.

https://twitter.com/rob_sheridan/status/1321819385917394944

. @AOC is the hero of the left but what no one wants to acknowledge is that she became a prominent voice by inserting herself into the existing system. She knew exactly how to play the game so she could gradually push on all the rules. She understands the long revolution.

Mitch McConnell won. He won. That’s just the truth. He’s the most hideous, evil, cynical, hypocritical ghoul in modern American politics, and he WON, by playing a long game of gradual erosions within the system. We have to be better at that. “Fuck everything” fails EVERY TIME.

I can’t think of a better counterpoint to leftist apathy/anarchy than @AOC. The same people saying “burn it all down” hold her up as an icon, but she is affecting change WITHIN THE SYSTEM. And wait til you find out Bernie IS A UNITED STATES SENATOR. #VOTE. Disrupt from within.