Is the cross today's version of the hakenkreuz?

[TommyT139]

13. It doesn't matter if you are offended.

Sounds like you're not challenging a blanket assertion, which is fine if you personally agree with that. If you do, wow, sorry that's been your experience.

But if Democrats in large numbers are fine with this, it's a losing strategy, in the short term and in the long term. Abdicating entire domains of progressive values because of an inability to conduct respectful and nuanced discussions hasn't worked in the past -- for instance during the rise of fundamentalist power in the US; leaves lots of people outside the diversity of a democratic, progressive movement (LGBT people, but likely others, perhaps Black people who grew up in the church); and appears to provide evidence for the rightwing talking point that "Democrats hate Christianity."