Reply #49: My Reading of "Should Advocate" is "to propose". Your Reading... [View All]

[BlueCaliDem]

...of it, is more sinister; aggressive even, although BOTH definitions of "advocate" are correct--and it's up to the reader to decide how they wanna interpret the verb.

I guess it's down to how one perceives things: positively or negatively.

No one is saying that "it can be forced", simply because, as you've pointedly pointed out, it just can't happen.

The Democratic Party is supposed to stand for "choice"; tolerance, good-will, equality and prosperity for everyone, right?

I read dsc's post in context with that solemn belief, and from that point-of-view, that's why I was baffled by your passionate response.

I also read dsc's post to be a positive one; that we've been fighting to get laws passed that would bolster a living wage in our country, but the Republicans have successfully framed the issue, and made people think that having a living wage is a BAD thing (like universal health care in a country where 45 million don't have any insurance), so perhaps we need a different strategy in order to revisit, and present this important issue anew, and begin eradicating the hungry poor; help heal the ailing sick, and help ensure, if not facilitate an environment that will curb illegal and immoral behavior?

That's what I took away from his post.

It's not about Ozzy and Harriet dreams...it's about fair, hard dollars for fair, hard work, while simultaneously trying to raise the next generation of Americans, happy, healthy, and stronger than we are.

The Democratic Party has a big enough "tent" to be open to ALL ideas, and as Democrats, we should be too.