"Progressives should not make the same mistake that Ernst ThƤlmann made in 1932. The leader of the German Communist Party, ThƤlmann saw mainstream liberals as his enemies, and so the center and left never joined forces against the Nazis. ThƤlmann famously said that ā€˜some Nazi trees must not be allowed to overshadow a forestā€™ of social democrats, whom he sneeringly called ā€˜social fascists.ā€™

After Adolf Hitler gained power in 1933, ThƤlmann was arrested. He was shot on Hitlerā€™s orders in Buchenwald concentration camp in 1944."

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    Thatā€™s a neat way to say ā€œbeing too lazy to actually make a difference, but I donā€™t want to feel bad about itā€.

    I donā€™t believe the way forward is by passing laws in a system that cannot be reformed into a good one, so it doesnā€™t make sense to judge my praxis by passing laws within said system.

    Iā€™ll just add that if you arenā€™t interested in passing laws you should vote for Harris if only to annoy the Right.

    I think this right here illustrates your political views perfectly, ā€œowning the chudsā€ is more important than actually working towards progress.

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      Iā€™m sure your outside organizing will be much easier under the ā€œletā€™s arrest or deport everyone that does agree with us, burn all the books with ideas we donā€™t agree with, and youā€™ll never have to vote againā€ candidate.

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      I donā€™t believe the way forward is by passing laws

      Name one piece of actual progress youā€™ve made. One would be nice.

      You probably love to rail at Obamacare and point out that it was originally created by Mitt Romney.

      Maybe the ACA wasnā€™t perfect, but 40 million people have some health insurance who wouldnā€™t have had it without Obama and the Dems.

      What have you done thatā€™s helped anyone?

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          What have you done thatā€™s helped anyone?

          Itā€™s a simple question.

          Either your way of doing things has produced results, or it hasnā€™t.

          Talk all you want about ā€˜strawmanā€™ and Iā€™ll point to 40 million people with some kind of health care.

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              Letā€™s turn it around.

              Explain why me asking you to produce actual results is a ā€˜strawman.ā€™

              You keep saying it, so you must have an idea of what it means.

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                You probably love to rail at Obamacare and point out that it was originally created by Mitt Romney.

                Maybe the ACA wasnā€™t perfect, but 40 million people have some health insurance who wouldnā€™t have had it without Obama and the Dems.

                I have never railed at Obamacare, nor do I point out that it was created by Romney. You spent the next several comments working off of that same false assumption.

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                  Explain why me asking you to produce actual results is a ā€˜strawman.ā€™

                  No, I asked you to provide some actual results youā€™ve produced.

                  I cited the ACA as an example of something that has produced results.

                  You still havenā€™t shown anything like actual progress.