What Gavin Newsom is doing is cool, but it's not somehow magically going to put a dent in the Texas abortion law. Unfortunately the defeatists are already using Newsom's move as an excuse to inaccurately bash the Democrats in Congress for not waving magic wands of their own.
This is similar to when Texas Democrats left the state over the voter suppression law. The defeatists all pointed to it as "finally, Democrats with a spine!" But predictably, the move didn't change a thing, because stunts like that – while invigorating – never do change anything.
The Democrats always have to decide how much of their time to spend on the strategic grunt work that actually changes things, and how much time to waste on symbolic stunts that accomplish nothing but appease the dummies within the Democratic base who think stunts are action.
Most of you responding to this thread are completely missing the point of it. Newsom's stunt, while laudable, will change NOTHING. Texas won't back down, the Supreme Court won't back down, and gun control isn't that magically simple or we'd have just done it that way by now.
Far too many of you are just adrenaline junkies who care more about the rush of seeing your own leaders pull stunts, than you are in seeing your leaders put in the kind of grunt work that actually changes things. YOU are why we lose battles we should win.
When I pointed out that Texas legislators leaving the state would do nothing to stop the voter suppression law from passing, holy cow you guys came down hard on me. But of course I was proven 100% correct, because there's way things work in politics and that ain't it.
The more you idiotically pressure Democratic leaders to waste their time on "clever" stunts that can't possibly change anything, THE MORE HARM YOU DO. Change is accomplished through strategic grunt work. It's hard, and it's boring. Lazy dummies have no place in activism.
But by all means keep bashing the Democrats in charge for not waving magic wands. Keep praising the pundits who are pushing laugh out loud magic wand ideas. Keep being morons. Keep sabotaging your own side. What could possibly go wrong at a time like this?
THIS IS NOT A REALITY SHOW.
This is WORK.
Politics is adult stuff.
If you just want a reality show, go watch the Kardashians. Demand that they perform empty stunts for your amusement. They're good at it!
Leave the rest of us alone so we can fight and work to try to win.
This is WORK.
Politics is adult stuff.
If you just want a reality show, go watch the Kardashians. Demand that they perform empty stunts for your amusement. They're good at it!
Leave the rest of us alone so we can fight and work to try to win.
Again, the problem is not that Newsom is doing this. Good for him. It's good clean fun, even though it won't change anything.
The problem is that defeatist morons are pointing to this as "proof" that the Democrats in Congress are spineless idiots.
The problem is that defeatist morons are pointing to this as "proof" that the Democrats in Congress are spineless idiots.
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