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pecosbob

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6. The law is designed for stability, not justice.

Reply to PeaceWave (Original post)

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 02:48 PM

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Controlling institutions matters more than winning arguments, and constitutional veneration is useful only to prevent reform. Actual American resistance history—Samuel Adams, Ona Judge, the Underground Railroad, the Radical Republicans acted outside the channels political culture called legitimate.

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Senate Democrats have always been cringey. How did we ever think they'd bravely stick up for us? [View all] PeaceWave Yesterday OP

Most of them did. Ocelot II Yesterday #1

Special math applying only to Democrats. "Handful" means all of them. THEM (enemy) vs US, the populist way. betsuni Yesterday #5

We just need to put up candidates that understand our viewpoints. Baitball Blogger Yesterday #2

Senators are elected from their own states. MineralMan Yesterday #3

Centrist Democrats are elected by largely centrist states. It's quite likely that trying to primary an incumbent... QueerDuck Yesterday #4

Has a centrist ever run on Medicare For All? leftstreet Yesterday #8

It's not a theory, it's a fact. QueerDuck Yesterday #9

I think we're starting to see a shift leftstreet Yesterday #11

I think we can all agree that "socialism" is a charged term... QueerDuck Yesterday #12

Gosh I hope not! leftstreet Yesterday #14

Gosh, I hope SO! Even with the "ick" factor considered... QueerDuck Yesterday #15

More Joe Manchin's Emile Yesterday #7

Better to have an "unreliable" Joe Manchin who never votes with-the-Dems... QueerDuck Yesterday #13

The law is designed for stability, not justice. pecosbob Yesterday #6

We keep voting for "harm reduction" and yet no harm is ever reduced. BlueTsunami2018 Yesterday #10

Bad Example DET Yesterday #16

Respectfully, what you just wrote was essentially the Republican talking point at the time... PeaceWave 23 hrs ago #17

You Make Good Points DET 21 hrs ago #18