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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://sfba.social/users/drahardja/statuses/114922526495333263">Dave Rahardja (drahardja@sfba.social)'s status on Sunday, 27-Jul-2025 10:11:19 JST</a><a href="https://sfba.social/@drahardja" title="drahardja@sfba.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/101928-48-20260129210235.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Dave Rahardja" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Dave Rahardja</a></section><article><p>Accurate.</p><p>Dems MUST learn to create a “big tent” party and stop doing purity tests. No one is aligned with you 100%, but PLENTY of people are aligned with you 90%. We must band together as allies, despite our imperfections.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Democrats" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/leftWing" rel="tag">#leftWing</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/purityTest" rel="tag">#purityTest</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/5412959#notice-10620787">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-07-27T10:11:19+09:00" title="Sunday, 27-Jul-2025 10:11:19 JST">about 7 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://sfba.social/@drahardja/114922526495333263" rel="external" title="Sent from sfba.social via ActivityPub">sfba.social</a></span></span><a href="https://sfba.social/@drahardja/114922526495333263">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/4993695">If you're on the right, shitting on Dems is how you demonstrate the shared hatreds that make you part of the tribe. If you're on the center-left, shitting on Dems is how you demonstrate the above-it-all independence that earns the admiration of peers.If you're on the left, shitting on Dems is how you demonstrate the moral &amp; ideological purity that are the price of membership.If you're in the media, shitting on Dems is how you fight off accusations of bias &amp; establish your "objectivity." There is no faction in US politics -- barely even elected Dems! -- for whom praising Dems is socially advantageous. There's no approbation waiting, no repetitional boost, for anyone. It is, from almost every vantage point, uncool. (Just try it on Twitter to see for yourself.) Thus we get today's information environment...</a></label><br><a href="https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/114/922/526/478/340/929/original/f256e0d81b4e6bec.jpeg" rel="external">https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/114/922/526/478/340/929/original/f256e0d81b4e6bec.jpeg</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Dave Rahardja (drahardja@sfba.social)'s status on Sunday, 27-Jul-2025 10:11:19 JST Dave Rahardja
Accurate.
Dems MUST learn to create a “big tent” party and stop doing purity tests. No one is aligned with you 100%, but PLENTY of people are aligned with you 90%. We must band together as allies, despite our imperfections.
#Democrats #leftWing #purityTest
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1. If you're on the right, shitting on Dems is how you demonstrate the shared hatreds that make you part of the tribe. If you're on the center-left, shitting on Dems is how you demonstrate the above-it-all independence that earns the admiration of peers.If you're on the left, shitting on Dems is how you demonstrate the moral & ideological purity that are the price of membership.If you're in the media, shitting on Dems is how you fight off accusations of bias & establish your "objectivity." There is no faction in US politics -- barely even elected Dems! -- for whom praising Dems is socially advantageous. There's no approbation waiting, no repetitional boost, for anyone. It is, from almost every vantage point, uncool. (Just try it on Twitter to see for yourself.) Thus we get today's information environment...
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