E Pluribus Unum:
This is a story that @ReadeAlexandra has been trying to tell since it happened in 1993. It's a story about sexual assault, retaliation and silencing. #meToo [Link] ?s=20

Natalie: *sigh* I will be voting for Biden in November. There is just too much at risk right now for us to be playing stupid games. I personally don’t have the luxury of voting for a third party, unlike Mr. E Pluribus Unum. Transgender rights will be threatened if Trump wins another term. We will see more inaction in regards to fighting climate change if Trump wins another term. Affordable healthcare will certainly be threatened again if Trump wins another term. You get the point.

You centrists win, I suppose. Now I am done giving a **** about politics for awhile. See you all again around November!

E Pluribus Unum:
Biden won't be doing much for those issues either. Especially if he loses the House/Senate which can easily be done by associating him with Down The Ballot Candidates. And besides there's a decent amount of talking/speculation that Biden will not be on the ballot in November and someone like Cuomo will be swapped in. Which is literally just a cop out, they dug their graves now they have to lie in it

WA Indy: Just as easy to associate Bernie's socialism with every senatorial candidate down ballot so don't pretend he would have had long coattails anywhere outside of your imagination. And seriously, that speculation is largely from bored columnists. Like a brokered convention, it ain't gonna happen.

E Pluribus Unum: With Bernie the socialist Label could easily be refuted by stating what he means.

RP: That he likes communist dictators like Fidel Castro?

E Pluribus Unum: With Bernie the socialist Label could easily be refuted by stating what he means.

DylanSH99: I honestly don't understand people who are Democrats who are having a hard time voting for Biden. If you don't like Trump but either vote third party or don't vote at all, then you shouldn't complain if he wins again.

E Pluribus Unum: Biden won't be doing much for those issues either.

WA Indy: I know this'll come off as super lecture-y, but...

if your interest in politics, public service, or civic action wanes whenever a candidate of your choice loses, prepare to be disappointed a lot of choose a different interest. I've only been voting since 2006 and since then I've been excited to vote for precisely three people, one of whom lost a primary and one I cast my first mayoral ballot for (she got 2%) and later worked for. I don't know how many of my preferred candidates lost, how many times I've written in a name, or just straight up wished anyone challenged an incumbent just so I could cast a meaningless protest vote against. Vote how you want, but try not to get cynical when someone you like loses. In any democratic process, lots of people will disagree with you and if my voting history is any indication, the person you don't prefer will end up winning far more than you want. Keep paying attention and find other avenues to register your opinion, keep your voice heard, and holding your officials at every level to account.

E Pluribus Unum: That he wants people to not go bankrupt due to healthcare costs, that he wants the top 1% to pay their fair share in our rigged economy, that he wants to help the poorest in the nation.

Natalie: He certainly will be doing a lot more than Trump.

Natalie: I mean even I will say that defending Fidel Castro's record on anything is a terrible idea before the Florida primary. An extremely stupid moment that helped destroy an almost perfect campaign.

E Pluribus Unum: Citation for that? Cause his record doesn't exactly put my faith that he will fight for anything we want. Otherwise I'dve supported him during the primary.

E Pluribus Unum: Establishment coalescing behind Biden probably did more than that

E Pluribus Unum:
Citation for that? Cause his record doesn't exactly put my faith that he will fight for anything we want. Otherwise I'dve supported him during the primary.

So where does the left go from here? The answer seems simple enough. Instead of using political campaigns as a proxy for testing industrial-era Marxist theories of social alignment, those who want to see leftist policy actually enacted should meet voters where they are and maximize gains within the partisan reality that actually exists. This means, among other things:

1) Embracing the Democratic Party and its voters as a positive force for change. Rather than seeing the party and its voters as an obstacle in the way of transforming society and the country, work to persuade Democrats that candidates who espouse more leftist policy while embracing the liberal side of modern cultural divides can and will win in general elections.

E Pluribus Unum: Establishment coalescing behind Biden probably did more than that

There is nothing surprising, immoral or even unsavory about moderates who were fractured and losing to a candidate consolidating 30% of the vote, uniting to beat a candidate with only 30% of the vote.

Natalie: Have you even bothered looking at his issues page? Or do you just oppose his platform because of one of those dumb Bernie vs. Biden vs. Trump comparison memes from Twitter?