06-28-2018, 09:36 AM
(06-28-2018, 09:29 AM)hollodero Wrote: I understand that. But as I said, it gets tricky to be the civil one. If the shoe is on the other foot in future years, democrats can't possibly expect the same courtesy, they can expect the exact same maneuver yet again. It would look a bit foolish to me to expect otherwise.
And to the public, there's a clear message, and it's not "one party is more civil". It's rather, look, we're winning, the democrats are losers. And in a sense, that would be true.
This is why we need to become more democratic. We need to codify the unwritten norms that are being thrown out the window by our current batch of elected officials. Lots of things need to happen, and they can with us being more civil and adherent to these norms. There is going to be a change in this country, either by ballot box or bullet. I want us to push for that change by ballot box.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
