Florida Democrats fight to restore party’s lost pride in era of DeSantis
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Progressives aim to reinstate equilibrium to state’s lopsided politics that DeSantis has, in the eyes of some, dragged into fascism

Progressives aim to reinstate equilibrium to state’s lopsided politics that DeSantis has, in the eyes of some, dragged into fascism

  • Whiskey_iicarus@lemmy.world
    11·
    1 year ago

    Here is my problem:

    “We’re just at the start of it,” she said. “Every registered voter, every elected official, every volunteer, needs to start taking ownership and ask what they can do for the Democratic party, not what the Democratic party can do for them."

    emphasis is mine We are so stuck in team mentality. Why should we ask what we can do for a party and not how can we better help the American Citizen? Maybe she is trying to echo JFK, but that was a different time and for a different reason that he was making that statement, I believe. I do agree with her that DeSantis isn’t as popular as he thinks. I moved from Texas where they have open primaries, and when I moved to FL last year I registered republican because you have to pick one to vote in primaries, but I voted for almost all democrats in the last election. The contrast between what I see in the news and what I feel in my community are different as well. I live in a small city in central FL and there are pride flags everywhere. I have seen less and less trump flags or bumper stickers as well in the last year. I want Florida to be better. There is no reason people who hate so much should control such a beautiful state.

    • GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee
      2·
      1 year ago

      I see in the news and what I feel in my community are different as well. I live in a small city in central FL and there are pride flags everywhere.

      Your community sounds like it could end up in the crosshairs of the Desantis regime. You might want to see if there’s any sort of pride, leftist, or other social justice group unaffiliated with the Democratic Party.

      Every registered voter, every elected official, every volunteer, needs to start taking ownership and ask what they can do for the Democratic party, not what the Democratic party can do for them."

      A political party is SUPPOSED to serve MY political interests, that is the POINT of making a PARTY. If they want my support, they should actually campaign for it instead of asking me how I can serve THEM.

      If the politics of the party don’t align with my own, I will seek one that does. If that third party is structurally locked out of representation like it is in the US, I will seek to build support for the ideology in the community around me while voting for policies and candidates on an individual basis that support my political aims.