Thread by @JuliusGoat

Pundits: The fact that Ossoff and Warnock are unlikely to both win their elections means Joe Biden needs to court Republican votes rather than push a much-needed progressive agenda

*Ossoff and Warnock win handily*

Pundits: Ah. Nevertheless,

https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1350154248563159043

The only way political reporting in this country makes sense is if you understand that the almost universal, almost subconscious default assumption: that conservative white people are the protagonists of any story that's being told, no matter the facts of the story.

Just do the obvious and necessary good things and let the horrid evil people who hate good things squeal and cry about it forever.

I really need Democrats who will state the clear and obvious truth, which is that Republicans are our enemies, because they insist on attacking the very idea of a shared society and are more than happy to use violence to do it, which is the very definition of an enemy.

You can't make people who want to kill you not be your enemies even if you wish they'd be your friend.

They can stop trying to kill you, but until that happens they are your enemy, and acknowledging that fact isn't what makes that fact true.

Here's what I want to do to my enemies: Make sure all their basic human needs are secured as fundamental human rights, and make sure they're guaranteed equal protection under just laws fairly applied.

To accomplish this, we must refuse to entertain their beliefs about anything.

Here's what I want to do to my enemies: Make sure their children have access to free education that allows them to explore their potential, and make sure that when they get ill they receive free care.

To accomplish this, we must refuse to entertain their beliefs about anything.

Here's what I want to do to my enemies: demolish our white supremacist fascist police state, so they never fall victim to the brutality it has been engineered to deliver to its own citizens.

To accomplish this, we must refuse to entertain our enemies' beliefs about anything.

We tried conservatism. It led to an almost collapsed state, reeling from self-inflicted damage, controlled by malicious fools, on the edge of a host of terrifying but embarrassingly preventable disasters.

It failed. It's a failed philosophy. It's done.

It should be destroyed.

Conservatives: If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?