I take all this as more evidence that “progressive” is a largely meaningless term, and the little it does signify is the avoidance of taking actual left-wing positions.
And yes, by not calling for an unqualified ceasefire, these politicians are taking bad positions on the issues of genocide and apartheid (issues that have an obviously cor…
I take all this as more evidence that “progressive” is a largely meaningless term, and the little it does signify is the avoidance of taking actual left-wing positions.
And yes, by not calling for an unqualified ceasefire, these politicians are taking bad positions on the issues of genocide and apartheid (issues that have an obviously correct position: against). They should be called out for taking bad positions, if you put any stock in electoral matters. We’ll never have actual “good” politicians in our government, but they do occasionally have less-bad positions. Almost everyone has failed in this.
Hacks like Warren have always been useless at best. Bernie gave us some hope, but little generally and less on this issue. Tlaib, unsurprisingly, has the best position.
I take all this as more evidence that “progressive” is a largely meaningless term, and the little it does signify is the avoidance of taking actual left-wing positions.
And yes, by not calling for an unqualified ceasefire, these politicians are taking bad positions on the issues of genocide and apartheid (issues that have an obviously correct position: against). They should be called out for taking bad positions, if you put any stock in electoral matters. We’ll never have actual “good” politicians in our government, but they do occasionally have less-bad positions. Almost everyone has failed in this.
Hacks like Warren have always been useless at best. Bernie gave us some hope, but little generally and less on this issue. Tlaib, unsurprisingly, has the best position.