The naivete (the symbols won't show in the title line for some reason) here has GOT to go.

[SpankMe]

23. Funny thing

I post about how Dems have to be bigger assholes and grow a spine, and I get flamed by the "we go high" crowd, or the post gets jury-hidden for "bashing Dems".

I agree with the spirit of the OP. Dems are going to have to shift from being "nice" and "demonstrating that we are the party of maturity" to forceful and relentless activism.

Repubs have engineered their way to where they are by breaking traditions and doing what they do simply because they legally can. Example: Holding Obama's SCOTUS pick for over 10 months until after an election to get a Repub into a SCOTUS seat, and then rushing Amy Coney-Barret through 2 weeks before an election to get ANOTHER Repub into a SCOTUS seat.

But when we suggested urging Sotomayor to retire so Biden and a Dem Senate could get in a younger left-leaning justice in place for a longer term SCOTUS seat hold, we were flamed for betraying Sotomayor and thwarting traditions. Now, if Sotomayor's health deteriorates further in the next 4 years, we're going to be reduced to a 7-2 SCOTUS.

The excuse is that if we do it, that'll give Repubs an excuse to do it. Well, Repubs are doing it anyway. I don't see why we shouldn't throw the throttles to the firewall and do what needs to be done.

Sometimes you stick to tradition and decorum. Sometimes you employ rough strategy. Now is the time to be rough.