Fuck it. Yeah, go ahead. If they are going to normalize gerrymandering, do it. Fuck the high ground.
Playing on an even field with Republicans never works. They lie, cheat, and steal then accuse Democrats of the same. It’s time to match them and beat them at their own game.
Dissolve the antiquated Senate while we’re at it.
Honestly, I don’t understand why it took THIS for Democrats to respond in kind to a thing Republicans have been doing for fucking decades. The refusal of the DNC to employ even the most rudimentary aspects of game theory for such a long time is just… absolutely insane.
The DNC has been captured by the wealthy. It is a controlled opposition party that only does performative opposition.
Yeah, note that wealthy Republicans in Texas aren’t going to get any of their plans there disrupted by this nonsense. This is just using their bullshit as an excuse to screw over democracy in New York.
It’s honestly about time.
No state should be gerrymandered, and I would have been upset about this years ago. But we can’t try to win by arguing over the rules of the game while the GOP is snapping the gameboard in half, stabbing other players, and setting fire to opponents’ pieces.
This is still reactionary behavior- until left leaning politicians go to full on assault against the fascist party, they’ll be stuck playing catch up. Not that this isn’t great news- CA and NY should absolutely embrace this, and every other tactic, legal or otherwise, to defeat the fascist takeover of the US
Good. I want a democratic party that is willing to ratfuck even better than conservative scum. Exceed their ruthlessness in every way. Stop being the only side that plays by the rules.
Good. Beat then at their own game
As The People of this country, we should be rioting over this. This is invalidating your voice as a voter. Taking away your right to choice. This is antidemocratic in every way.
This is in response to Texas trying to doing it abruptly 5 years before redistricting. They will do every damn other state with Republican trifectas if dems don’t response in kind
Taking the high road doesn’t work. Unilateral disarmament is not the move here. It’s either banned for all or none. Republicans have been chipping away at any federal requirements against it for decades and using that to their advantage
Yeah and we as the American People should be spreading their ass cheeks like jelly every time this happens. It subverts our very will. Undermines the only reason any of those bitches are there.
Yes, it should be banned, but it should be banned nationally. Why focus on the people responding to an egregious behavior? Stop Texas from doing it, then it won’t spread. If they go through and dems don’t respond in kind, the voters will has already been subverted. What are we protecting really but republican power?
Texas dems have left the state to block quorum (Texas requires 2/3 legislature present to operate) so that Texas legislature can’t put the bill through. Keep the pressure on Text first and foremost instead of focusing rage at the people actually trying to fight back. It’s not a given that any of the response will be needed, but if that is needed, we must do it. If Republicans maximize gerrymandering of every state and there is no counterbalance, our republic will struggle to hold on. There will be no saving of the voter will if a party that wants to destroy it is left to continue holding the reigns
I dont see in any of my posts where I said to attack the dems. I’m just stating how angry citizens should be at this fuckery. Plain and simple. All of these replies I agree with but I dont not see how they relate to what I said. People should be mad.
I interpreted the word “this” in the original comment to mean at “New York, specifically” since that was the original topic for the reply. Maybe that’s not what you intended, but I think that’s how most people in this chain read it and understood it
I mean its about time they get some dick punches in. But its still doesnt make it right just because blue team finallu caught on. The people need to force this if it is ever going to be fixed. Our only real tool is unrest at this point in time. Trump responds to it every time.
A year ago I might’ve agreed with this sentiment. There’s a time to break bread and a time to break bones. Let’s not confuse the two.
And gerrymandering each state into fractals is not a time to break bones? Okay.
You never been hit with a baguette before?
Monsieur Meauxtheaux? Is that you? You ran away, leaving crumbs scattered across my rectum.
Choice doesn’t matter until districting is codified into law with standards and a non partisan organization to oversee it. Until that tune comes, Democrats have been taking the high road for 50 years and losing the entire time.
Choice does matter, its why the elite have rat fucked it for nearly a century. That tune ain’t comin’ unless the people write it and publish it.
But “my side” is doing it so its okay. /s
when both sides do it, then it becomes ilegal … there’s no point in cheating if you don’t gain an advantage.
Well the problem is that at first, one side will have a clear advantage
And they already have for the last decade. It’s time to stop letting Republicans get away with it unchecked
