I agree with your first paragraph to the extent they can be taught, but if they insist on holding onto their primitive ideas like denying evolution, global warming , etc, then that won't work; as in 50 years I have found little common ground. They are wrong about so much stuff.
With regard to your second paragraph I disagree with you based on my understanding of the demographics.The new women and new kids are fundamentally liberal and not a reaction to just Trump, but also the Republicans in general who are intransigent and monolithic and not going anywhere until they are defeated.
And the liberal mind numbers grows every day, while the right wing mind numbers are diminished.
And it is a worldwide phenomena.
<<As I said to Sun Tzu, you may be right in your first paragraph, but it doesn't mean we should stop trying.
I disagree with your second paragraph. The numbers are there now because Trump, and the Republicans, have done such a bad job of doing the things needed to court the middle and have gone too far to the right. But if the Democrats over reach and go too far left, don't be surprised that these people in the middle won't abandon the Democrats and head back to the other side. It is a real balancing act but someone has to be able to do it. I think the future of the country depends on it. Don't forget how easily 2016 happened. Don't forget 2008 when we thought the Republicans were on life support, much worse than where they are today. Don't forget 2018, where a lot of the gains the Dems got were not just on the left but in the center/left as well. I think the far left is misreading 2018, which may be very detrimental in the long term. |
