1/ Few people complain about a rigged system when it’s been rigged in their favor. It becomes very tempting to acquiesce to a lie when you know the lie is more likely to be rewarded than is holding to the truth in your heart,
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2/and sometimes, on a temporary basis, you might align yourself with a less-than-truth in order to get to a place where telling the real truth and having it be heard is even possible.
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I expect better than this from you, Marianne. Aligning yourself with less-than-truth until it's safe to tell the real truth is incompatible with everything I've learned from you over the past 20 yrs.
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Replying to @angelasanford22
I don’t think you would see it that way if you read what I was saying in full. Either that or I miscommunicated.

Aug 13, 2020 · 10:48 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
All the Democratic candidates are telling the truth. But this moment is like when you take an oath in a court of law: it’s to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Only seriously radical truth-telling is going to be deep enough to defeat big lies next year.
Replying to @marwilliamson
I did read it in full, more than once, before responding. I agree with the first part, but the 2nd and 3rd part of the thread doesn't feel right to me.