IF we all agreed, THEN no one could stop us.
IF we all worked on the same issue, THEN no one could stop us.
IF we all just phonebanked OR just doorbelled OR just leafletted OR just protested FOR / AGAINST some issue or some candidate, THEN that issue or candidate would win.
yawn.
IF everyone was nice, THEN the world would be nice.
yawn ... yawn.
IF we were all on the same page, IF people would understand our message, THEN we'd win!
yawnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn...
What a great Myth, What a great Trap.
For decades, "Solidarity" and "Civility" have been defined to appease the upper middle cla$$ inhabitants of leafy neighborhoods, and for decades we the peee-ons of the community have been getting our asses kicked by right wing lying thieves.
How about a little "Do Unto Others as You'd Have Them Do Unto You"?
YOU don't want my hardball message pushed on you, WHY do you push your stuff on me?
YOU don't want hardball strategy and hardball tactics shoved down your throat? Well, I ain't kicking my time into your weenie whiny losing sniveling.
YOU don't want to fund my stuff, WHY should I fund your stuff?
How about having Diversity of speech and message? How about having Diversity of tactics and of strategy? How about having something beyond the upper middle cla$$ salon speak of euphemism and obfuscation with its imposed insipid "Solidarity" and wimped out salon "Civility"?
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