I'm not sure how ambivalence about homelessness matches up with common decency and common sense, but I agree that the Democratic Party readily accommodates it.
I'm not sure how ambivalence about homelessness matches up with common decency and common sense, but I agree that the Democratic Party readily accommodates it.
Jonathan and E2, Decency and Sense -- the title of my Substack -- are my watchwords.
I am an active member of the Democratic Party -- a local party officeholder and the nominee of the party last cycle for a seat in my state legislature.
Notwithstanding all of that, I refrain from identifying myself as "a Democrat."
The best path forward is for more of us -- of whatever party or none at all -- to identify as small-d democrats and small-l liberals.
Partisan identity -- as affirmation fir oneself and denigration of the other -- is a major vector of our political and societal dysfunction.
Also, repeating the self-promotion of my standalone comment to JVL's essay, read my latest essay!
I'm not sure how ambivalence about homelessness matches up with common decency and common sense, but I agree that the Democratic Party readily accommodates it.
Jonathan and E2, Decency and Sense -- the title of my Substack -- are my watchwords.
I am an active member of the Democratic Party -- a local party officeholder and the nominee of the party last cycle for a seat in my state legislature.
Notwithstanding all of that, I refrain from identifying myself as "a Democrat."
The best path forward is for more of us -- of whatever party or none at all -- to identify as small-d democrats and small-l liberals.
Partisan identity -- as affirmation fir oneself and denigration of the other -- is a major vector of our political and societal dysfunction.
Also, repeating the self-promotion of my standalone comment to JVL's essay, read my latest essay!
https://decencyandsense.substack.com/p/advocate-and-argue-in-good-faith