Unify the left to save Roe

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

https://www.editorialboard.com/unify-the-left-to-save-roe/

The broad left is this close to eating itself over the Democrats’ reaction to the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Roe.

When I say “the broad left,” I mean the full range of leftist politics. (I’m not counting communists. They are as unserious as they are dogmatic, violent and dangerous. I don’t care what they think. Neither should my compatriots. As for Marxists, they are dogmatic, but they aren’t dangerous. In any case, Marxism has some utility.)

On the one hand are what I’ll call progressives, who are not always liberal, who say the Democratic leadership was wholly unprepared to act in the wake of the court invalidating federal protection of the rights of women (or anyone who can get pregnant) to privacy.

On the other hand are what I’ll call liberals, who are not always progressive, who say the Democratic leadership indeed prepared in the form of legislation passed by the House that codified Roe into federal statutory law. That bill stalled in the Senate. Liberals say the president is right. It’s now up to the voters to decide. If they want Roe turned into law, they need to install more Democrats in the Senate.

*snip*

[slightlv]

1. Anybody else not fit in any of these boxes? N/T

[Fiendish Thingy]

2. That "unity" will require unified support for the following:

Codifying Roe
Expanding and reforming the courts
Killing the filibuster

Anyone against those three actions doesn’t deserve to hold office as a Democrat.

I’m sure we can find enough Democratic candidates who support those actions to hold majorities in both houses of congress, as well as the White House.

[Sympthsical]

3. I already have my strategy to unify the Left

I will tell revisionist and selective stories about a certain election until the end of all time.

I'm not sure what Plan B is. Probably same as the above, but with more yelling. I may pepper generously with various permutations of fuck to really drive the point home.

I may also vote. Assuming said schedule of the above allows for it. Day planners tend to fill up fast with these things.

(I hope this doesn't need a tag)

[johnp3907]

4. So the essay on left unity begins with attacks on leftists.

Glad they got that out of the way at the start so I didn’t have to waste my time reading the rest.