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In reply to the discussion: I am a "CENTRIST" Democrat, have been for 46 years, and am proud to be so! [View all]Tom Rinaldo
(22,912 posts)but that was a dumb interpretation of what I said. Yes there are some virtual all or nothing scenarios and I am confident that you and I can agree on quite a long list of them. A woman's fundamental right to choose would be one. Equal justice before the law regardless of race, religion etc etc would be another. Equal pay for equal work regardless of gender would be another. When absolute push came to shove it is conceivable I could agree to some tactical compromises in areas of those sorts rather than lose everything. But it sure as hell wouldn't be for half a loaf. That's what I meant by maybe settling for 9/10ths temporarily
Nurse Jackie, Unions call strikes when an unacceptable offer is made. And when they do there is always a chance that they will risk everything by not accepting a poor offer to settle. Sometimes unions have been busted because of strikes. It's a risk. But organized labor would never have won the victories that it did had risks of that sort not been taken when it really mattered.
Not every situation is worth drawing that type line in the sand over. When the Affordable Care Act was being developed Single Payer was not allowed on the table for serious consideration. I as you might guess favor Single Payer, but the ACA still represented meaningful progress. Which is why, of course, someone like Bernie Sanders voted for it - and I still regard it as a step forward.