Do you think people who ignored the Nazis in the 1930s -- thinking if they only concentrated on the good, that was a wisest strategy for dealing with the problem --turned out to be correct? Does that work with a loved one who's an addict, that we just concentrate on the good?
The same could be said about slavery but Abolition succeeded anyway. The status quo never gives away easily, but ultimately succumbs before the moral force of a higher good.
One party owned lock stock and barrel by corporations; the other home to a huge and broiling fight between those who think corporate money is needed to win, and those who reject the corporatocracy altogether. Join the effort; don't just criticize it from the sidelines.
I was a passionate Bernie supporter. Once that was over, I was a Hillary supporter. Never for a moment did I waver from a Democratic candidate. Thank you for the apology.
The effort at authoritarian takeover of US democracy, wherever it's coming from, isn't counting on the uprising that is going to meet it in the midterms '18. We're gonna meet it, defeat it and learn from it. It took us a while, but we're awake now.