it's really just a tired old argument of moderates calling for moderation. Worse, given the unprecedented transition the Republican Party and the trump administration has taken into a full-fledged criminal fascist cult, it effectively normalizes the extraordinary threat our country and freedoms are under.
Sorry, but this is not just another administration, not just another president, not just another election cycle, not just another opportunity for wonky message tweaking.
Thanks to republicans, America has turned from a nation of laws into a criminal organization run by a crime boss -- an actual convicted felon no less -- who prioritizes his own personal wealth and power over any discernible public interest. They advocate violence, and they clearly view the constitution and the laws of the land as barriers to overcome through corruption, by appointing people who will enforce any law they can find against democrats and ignore it for republicans, sometimes pointing to a loophole, and sometimes not even bothering to make an excuse.
Moreover, our media has shifted, largely abandoning journalistic principles in favor of amplifying right-wing messaging and lies. Opposition perspectives still get some coverage, though invariably presented as a partisan democratic view (and never anything like an objective truth) and Republican voices are always allowed to dominate any discussion.
Anyone strategy plan that ignores these elephants in the room isn't worth paying attention to.
I think it would be far more promising to develop effective messaging about fighting corruption and propaganda. Rally people around a rare threat to defeat an invasion of a toxic form of government abuse.
If we normalize them, in the long run all is lost.
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