Just to refresh memories, the assassination attempts on Trump were done by people with right wing backgrounds.
I just got back from a peaceful "No Kings" protest in Illinois, and aright wing chud waving a Trump flag swerved his oversized SUV right onto the shoulder in front of some protesters. This is not a both sides problem.
Exactly. There is no such thing as a labor shortage, only activities that people don't think are worth the cost.
if we currently had stricter gun control
The original comment I responded to was "let's not act like a gun control zealot is what the US "left" needs right now". Right now, we don't have those stricter gun control laws, so your theoretical universe with the slippery slope is irrelevant. This is a race for NY Mayor, and Mamdani is exactly what we need right now.
Gun control isn't disarming everyone.
Hogg and others should form a shadow DNC (DSC?) as an organization with the goal of primarying weak Democrats. I've been done donating to the DNC for years, but I'd jump right on board with the DSC.
Let me try to explain something to you. "Large" is not a fixed concept, it's a relative measure. Can you point to me where any bill or proposal for increasing the minimum wage has proposed doing it overnight? They always get phased in, even in the most progressive proposals. When you say "large", or even "large sweeping", no body is going to presume that you are jumping to something that far out of scope.
You have been trying to "replace" them for decades. How is that working out for you?
You too have been trying to "replace" them for decades. How is that working out for you? We've gotten a few elected and pushed a few more in that direction. Where is your progress? You don't get to start the clock over every election and pretend that your approach hasn't been tried.
There is no coming over to the progressive side, because the progressive side doesn't exist in that party.
I'm talking about voters, and I think that was pretty clear. If all you do in alienate voters, then your movement is nothing but performative.
And, where in the thread again was an instantaneous $5.00 raise to the minimum wage mentioned? Alluded to? Implied?
You are absolutely right, I'm not following the thread. I'm following the discussion, but the thread is a figment of your imagination, and I don't know how to do that.
The comment in question pulled a "both sides" on an issue that is beyond overwhelmingly coming from the right side of the spectrum.
Two Democratic state Senators were just brutally attacked, and at least one killed. That's not the time for Democrats to introspect, it's a time to be outraged.
Drawing some kind of similarity between internet commenters wishing a conservative assassin had succeeded in killing Trump, and a (almost certainly) right wing chud actually assassinating two Democratic Senators is bullshit. Political violence in this country comes almost entirely one direction. Pretending otherwise just blunts that reality and makes future attacks all the more likely.