to allow me to repost a wonderful essay from DailyKos comments here at corrente.

(Hat tip to DKos poster BeninSC.)

Of COURSE we can lift the discourse!

We do it every NIGHT here in Top Comments. Every night.

(Spoiler alert: this is a LONG comment. ;x )

The idea that we are too ’small’ or too ’few’ to make a change is the greatest challenge to democracy that we face in this country (I am certain it is not a feeling exclusive to here). It is a thought which builds depression consequences. Democrats, particularly in red states, ask themselves the same question, come voting time, and all too often the answer is, my vote isn’t going to matter, my vote is too small, too insignificant, too inconsequential … those voting like me are too few …

If you regard conservatives as a terrible political adversary, that is nothing compared to the inner adversary of the idea that there isn’t much we can do.

Please take time to read it all in its original glory here:
BeninSC.

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