I'm going to be honest and say I that I have to get this out.
We preach to the choir too much while the church around us burns down. Now some may complain about making that comparision but I think it is apt.
That goes for anybody. Pro-Obama. Anti-Obama. Third party people. Whatever. We are just sitting here and talking and arguing to ourselves while everything goes to shit around us. Talking over one another instead of getting out there and actually changing the narrative to the issues that matter to us. This is not to say that Dailykos isn't a great avenue of progressive thought or can't clarify issues through argument or debate. This is not even a full indictment to those who go out everyday and work hard to improve their communities and use DK as a way to also organize effectively.
But I have been troubled the last few weeks, days, and hours in watching the debate turn into "We're all screwed. Forget about it." Or being angry at voters for voting the way they did. Or being defeatist in the face of enormous odds.
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