There is one thing, probably more than anything else, that has held Back Progressives from Achieving Electoral Success regularly. Care to Guess what it is? It is an Internal, Self- Inflicted Mindset that Conservatives, especially Far-Right Hate Groups and the Fascist Majority that runs the GOP, have exploited come Election Time.
IT IS THE FAILURE OF PROGRESSIVES AND LIBERALS TO STAND TOGETHER. TO OFTEN, GROUPS THAT PROCLAIM THEMSELVES AS PROGRESSIVE, EXIST AS ONE OR TWO ISSUE GROUPS. THE REASONING THAT LED TO CREATING AND ORGANIZING OTHER LIKE- MINDED INDIVIDUALS TO PASS LEGISLATION AND ELECT SYMPATHETIC CANDIDATES, IS NOT CARRIED OVER INTO OTHER AREAS.
It is Astonishing to Listen to a "PROGRESSIVE VOTER", Who sees an Injustice and Wants to Affect a Change in the Law to Remedy this Iniquity, Refusing to use the Same Thought Process if it Deals with an Issue That Doesn't Appeal to Them Directly.
Unfortunately, this Lack of a Consistent Line of Moral Guidelines that are NOT UNIVERSAL IN NATURE, SETS PROGRESSIVES AGAINST ONE ANOTHER, AND BREEDS RESENTMENT THAT LEADS TO ELECTORAL FAILURE.
I have heard the Argument that concludes with the- "...their not all the same. Social , Economic, and Other Domestic Agenda Issues Deal with Different Problems, and Need Different Solutions."
That may be, but it Doesn't Explain or Solve the UNDERLYING PROBLEM THEY ALL HAVE IN COMMON; INEQUALITY UNDER THE LAW, WHETHER IT IS...
- UNFAIR LABOR OR WAGE PRACTICES.
- TAX LAWS THAT BENEFIT THE WEALTHY
AT THE EXPENSE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS.
- ELIGIBILITY AND AVAILABILITY FOR
GOVERNMENT FUNDS TO ADDRESS HARDSHIP,
IN ALL ITS FORMS.
- FAILURE TO GIVE ALL COMPETENT
ADULTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENTER
INTO A LEGAL MARRIAGE CONTRACT.
- ENSURING EQUAL TREATMENT IN A COURT OF
LAW, WHERE THE SIZE OF YOUR WALLET DOESN'T
= THE AMOUNT OF JUSTICE YOU'LL RECEIVE.
- IGNORING THE ATTEMPTS BY A CORRUPT/INCOMPETENT
JUDICIARY ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL FAITH-BASED MORALITY
INTO PUBLIC POLICY, DESTROYING THE CONSTITUTIONAL
FOUNDATION THAT CREATED THE U.S. LEGAL SYSTEM.
WHO IS THE WINNER WHEN THIS HAPPENS?
Why don't we ask the Citizens of RUSSIA, IRAN, CHINA
AND OTHER REPRESSIVE REGIMES.
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