Matt Yglesias has SOME NERVE suggesting if Democrats actually want to win in 2020 they’ll have to figure out how to appeal to more than just crazy, extreme Leftists who claim Trump is literally Hitler, want to disarm legal gun owners, and think abortion is AOK up to and including birth.
He speaks of concessions which is really just another word for compromise, and we all know Democrats will never actually do that.
Unpopular opinion:
There’s really only so long you can keep complaining that the GOP is an anti-democratic menace to the basic rule of law without concluding it might be smart to make some concessions to conservative cultural views to try to win more senate races.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) November 13, 2019
(Obviously on Twitter when you do an “unpopular opinion” you’re not supposed to offer one that’s actually unpopular, but so it goes)
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) November 13, 2019
Sad to report that I have been ratioed and now need to live out the rest of my life in internal exile in Siberia.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) November 14, 2019
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When the Left is too far left for Matt Yglesias … yikes.
And just guess how this went over with his more progressive brethren:
– Maybe we should try and win some elections.
– DIE IN A FIRE pic.twitter.com/mVOGkshVp4
— prop op (@ProperOpinion) November 14, 2019
Seems Parker is not a fan of common sense.
Gosh, this is shocking.
Usually folks on the Left are so calm, rational, and down to Earth.
HA HA HA HA HA … oh, that hurts. My sides.
ha ha ha
— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) November 14, 2019
I totally snickered.
There’s really only so long you can watch the Democrats continually move to the right, without concluding it might be smart to stop voting for them and start voting for the Green Party or the Socialist Workers Party. The continual slide to the right will kill the Democratic Party
— Prometheus, one of the Squad ??✊??☮️ (@IanBrettCooper) November 14, 2019
Because the Left has been moving to the Right? On what PLANET?
Hell no. We should not compromise with evil. Its beyond anti-Democratic. For example, Children separated from parents and kept in cages is evil.
I get you are talking about being practical. But the left already has compromise positions and it’s for this reason.
— Lover (@plantbasedlove1) November 14, 2019
This from a person in the party that has been more than happy to compromise with evil in the past is pretty damn hilarious.
You ever stop to wonder if the conservative cultural views are what make them an anti-democratic menace genius?
— Sweater Weather Underground (@h00rayforstuff) November 14, 2019
Yeah, genius.
They are so MAD.
I would really have to think of what conservative opinions I would want to accommodate. Kids in cages? The religious right to discriminate against gays? The ability of cops to shoot pretty much any black person in the back? Got to think it over.
— Gryphon501 (@Gryphon501) November 14, 2019
When I see tweets like this I always stop because honestly even after all of these years I still can’t believe they really believe this stuff. Some of these folks are walking, talking, DNC bumper stickers.
It’s nuts.
Which of your rights are you willing to give up? Or is it for the women and BIPOC to sacrifice yet more of themselves for your comfort?
— The Parallax View (@SallyChange) November 14, 2019
The last time I looked it was Democrats who were looking to take away an actual right.
No. Why? Because today’s GOP is NOT a political party, but an arm of the Kochs & RW. Period. We need to stop discussing, analyzing & setting our expectations within a political framework. This is NOT politics, it is a fight against modern day Fascists that have infiltrated the WH pic.twitter.com/hTPuo8aLsS
— Helen’s_not his type_5calls.org (@Cruellaisdevine) November 14, 2019
They seem a teensy bit paranoid, right?
Let us know which rights and basic human dignities you are ready to give up to win Senate races. You first.
— Nikki deLeon (@nikki_deleon) November 14, 2019
Human dignities?
So melodramatic.
What concessions do you suggest? Getting rid of gay marriage? Kicking immigrants in the teeth? Never mentioning racism? Outlawing abortion? Which group do you think should be thrown under the bus?
— The Resistance (@TaritaC) November 14, 2019
I almost wonder if this is somehow karma for Matt, considering he’s helped fuel so much of this paranoia and rhetoric over the years. Clearly none of these folks screeching at him have ever spent any time with any real Conservatives or taken the time to learn what it is they represent.
