02-04-2019, 12:50 PM
(02-04-2019, 12:32 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: On topic, I do have to wonder how long ago a stupid decision has to have been made for it to no longer have the ability to destroy your life? Not commenting on this specific example, but seriously. Joe Reed gets a pass for making blatantly homophobic comments around ten years ago. Understood that she's not an elected official but the concept is the same.
We had a long discussion about that on Saturday. We were pretty much on the consensus that the knee-jerk calls for his resignation from the Democratic organizations and officials really just perpetuated this climate of reactionary politics. It's one of the reasons why we didn't call for his resignation because of the photos. We did, however, talk about how everyone makes mistakes, but there needs to be the right response when those mistakes are brought to light.
I know this will probably come across as SJWish or something, but here is what we said as our official news release:
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"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
