Progressives (Liberals)

Those small minded people are the Leftists telling these people to risk their children's lives to break the laws of another country.

Advocating for humane treatment of migrants

It's the righties

Is it humane to tell them they can break the law and not suffer the consequences. How dumb are you people?

Is it humane to tell them they can break the law and not suffer the consequences.

No; it's just stupid — which is why no one's telling them anything like that.

Democrats, let me explain to you how this works, since you apparently haven't learned one goddamned thing from our last presidential campaign cycle.

Candidates will begin announcing their intent to run in 2020. I promise you, not one of these people is going to be your magical ******* unicorn. There will NOT emerge the superhero you long for - no Marvel comic character, no movie heroine, no one who can leap tall buildings in a single bound or spin the planet backward to turn back time.

You're going to have problems with EVERY POTENTIAL CANDIDATE. Get over that **** right now. That's YOUR baggage, not theirs. But if you continuously post your baggage online, you MAKE IT THEIR BAGGAGE. You drag them down and increase their chances of defeat.

Jesus, did you learn ANYTHING?!?!?

Pay attention. Gather closely, and don't miss a word, for this is very, very important:

What will happen in 2020 does not depend on whether Democrats offer charismatic, perfectly progressive but not too progressive, young but not too young, attractive but not too attractive candidates who speak with the eloquence of a moonlit ocean, the intellect of Aristotle, and who can make a room swoon when he rolls up his sleeves.

What will happen in 2020 depends entirely upon you. Upon your ability to learn from your mistakes.

With each candidacy announced, it is your civic responsibility to examine the person's record and positions - NOT whether you think he or she can "beat Trump."

Determine, to the best of your ability, if the person can perform the job - NOT whether you think he or she can "beat Trump."

Based on that criteria, get to the Democratic primary and vote for the person you would like to see in the job of president - NOT the person you feel is most likely to "beat Trump."

If you are not a registered Democrat, go do that if you live in a state that doesn't let you vote in a Dem primary if you're not a registered Democrat. Then you will have a say about which candidate is ultimately put forward. Don't wait til it's too late to register and then bitch that "primaries are rigged." They're not; you're just a lazy asshole who couldn't be bothered.

After the primaries, throw your unconditional support behind whomever becomes our front runner. Go to your Democratic office and ask how you can help get out the vote, then go do that.

And that's not all. There are still just under 2 years left to fight voter suppression and gerrymandering. This is crucial. Find out what's happening in your state, your county on these 2 issues. Get involved - write, call, march, whatever needs to be done to curb the GOP's power grab in your state.

Are you prepared to do all this? Do you understand why all of this is the path to victory in 2020 and beyond?

Or are you still stuck in some major motion picture plot where Trump is the Joker and we need a superhero to take him down? Know who thinks like that? MAGAts. No facts, no adherence to democratic principle - just emotion. "This guy makes me FEEL good!"

If you think I'm being harsh, well, **** off. I watched you do this to Hillary. You tore her down online, fed the anti-Hillary beast until it grew so large it changed the course of history.

And you're still so obtuse that you don't realize YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CONTROL THE 2020 NARRATIVE. If you are constantly belittling our own candidates, the media will follow!! Don't you get that??

Example - articles this morning about Elizabeth Warren. Comments piling up - "Oh no. She can't win. She can't beat Trump. We need somebody better."

Based on public response, how do you suppose the media will immediately begin covering her run? We will soon see headlines that mirror the skepticism and negativity, neither of which, by the way, are based upon her Senate record. That garbage is all coming from YOU, from your FEELINGS. If you INSTEAD showered those posts with factual positivity, the media will instead reflect THAT.

*bangs head against desk*

Seriously, I'm pissed. We have a bigger problem than Trump if you people don't grow the **** up.

Try this: instead of commenting on a Warren article about your doubt and concern for her electability, go google details about her anti-corruption bill and talk about THAT instead.

Let your New Year's Resolution be that you refuse to be complicit in the smearing of our own candidates. That you will learn from the past and focus the conversation on policies and ideas instead of gossip and trash talk.

No one is "telling them" anything.

Overall, there's no evidence foreign nationals or immigrants commit more crimes than Americans, which Texas' data specifically notes.

Here: This is pretty straight forward on immigration

The problem with migrants and borders and crime is not whether migrants are criminals but whether they are targeted by criminals for use as mules, prostitutes, etc.

ISIS Terror Threats 2019: ‘We’re Coming to America’