Why I'm NOT interested in "listening" or "understanding" MAGA

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52. I hear this argument a lot--that there are "inroads" to be made with Republicans and Independents--but...

but it’s mostly wishful thinking at this point.

Let’s be honest: most Independents lean right but avoid the label because they want to seem above the fray. And chasing after Republican voters by dragging the Democratic Party to the right has consistently backfired. It demoralizes the base and alienates the very people Democrats need to turn out—those who want real, material policies that help the middle class, the working poor, and the marginalized.

MAGA Republicans aren’t interested in compromise. They’re invested in power, cruelty, and control. Independents often enable that by pretending to be neutral. I’m tired of seeing Democrats cave to either group. It's not strategic—it's self-defeating.

Real progress doesn’t come from pandering. It comes from standing firm in values that serve the many, not appeasing the few.