re: #69 lawhawk

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All the concessions must be made by Democrats/progressives all the time, and conservatives will never make concessions, because reasons.

This isn’t how politics is supposed to work, but this is how things are working in the real world. Democrats better realize that there’s no negotiation with a bunch of extremists who are hell bent on destroying the rule of law as it applies to them, but wants to impose harsh and draconian policies towards everyone else, especially women and minorities.

One of Limbaugh’s most insidious arguments, back in the early aughts, was that “compromise” in DC speak meant “Democrats get everything they want and Republicans agree to it.” That sentiment spread throughout the wingularity over the next decade or so, to the point where the “obvious” reaction was “no, compromise now means we get what we want, you’ve had your turn.”