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33. I'm not talking about theory.

Fri Feb 27, 2026, 04:21 PM

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I'm talking about the real world - the laws and practices that persist in giving some more rights than others.

I'm not talking about virtue signaling, putting up signs, or focusing on grievances. I'm talking about the real impact on, say, a man with a Hispanic name left by ICE to freeze to death in a storm. That never would have happened to me and I know it. So I can't say "don't think about race" when ICE is full of bigots who want to kill brown people.

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Democrats behaving stupidly. [View all] yardwork Yesterday OP

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Mahalo for this, yardwork... I'm so Cha Yesterday #3

Wow. That's some shit. CousinIT Yesterday #4

And so unnecessary. yardwork Yesterday #6

Kick MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #5

It really did not! yardwork Yesterday #7

The mayor of NY ran a positive campaign on the issues MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #8

similar situation in texas senate. rampartd Yesterday #9

It sounds like anonymous dark money is going MadameButterfly Yesterday #17

Damn right struggle4progress Yesterday #10

thx for breaking up into small paragraphs... WarGamer Yesterday #11

I try. yardwork Yesterday #12

Praise! Truth! QueerDuck Yesterday #14

Damn. Susan Calvin Yesterday #13

Disappointing this is going on BaronChocula Yesterday #15

There's bad blood from the 2024 campaign. yardwork Yesterday #18

Circular firing squad RetiredParatrooper Yesterday #16

This time I blame outsiders. yardwork Yesterday #19

"We know BETTER THAN YOU when it comes to how to 'do-politics' in your own back yard!" QueerDuck 6 hrs ago #23

The more I think about it the angrier I get. yardwork 4 hrs ago #28

well said! excellent post - great points - and plenty of homework and grist for the mill stopdiggin Yesterday #20

Completely appropriate critique Cirsium Yesterday #21

Thank you, yardwork, very well said. sheshe2 22 hrs ago #22

We shouldn't care about race, religion, or sex gulliver 6 hrs ago #24

That's easy to say when we occupy privileged positions. yardwork 4 hrs ago #29

Fixating on identity makes things worse... gulliver 4 hrs ago #30

I'm not talking about theory. yardwork 1 hr ago #33

Going negative and then suing a fellow Democrat? That alone tells you how Nida Allam would govern. PeaceWave 6 hrs ago #25

A bad progressive is just that...a bad progressive. Hopefully they will not win. walkingman 5 hrs ago #26

Thank you for bringing this up. Vegan4life 5 hrs ago #27

I am also voting for Valerie unc70 3 hrs ago #31

I live and work in district 3 dsc 3 hrs ago #32