PLEASE DON’T CRITICIZE DEMOCRATS

She posted.

A social media connection wrote something like “Please don’t criticize Democrats. Ours is the best party and has done the most for America and the world than any other party.

I found it rather insulting.

Here’s my response. Maybe I wasn’t showing her enough empathy for her pain. We all grieve in different ways. Allegiance to one’s party and tribalism is very strong.

I probably will be blocked. Because Yay America! Free speech! USA! Democrats can do no wrong and all that.

…sigh. tribalism at its best/worst. my country love it or leave it.
I live in a very Democratic Blue state with more homeless people than any other state, 1/3rd of them with jobs, a supermajority in the state capitol, Dem Mayors, 60% living paycheck to paycheck, a massive housing shortage, and more income inequality gap between the rich and poor than any other state in the nation. Please don’t tell me not to try to make Democrats do better.

It’s insulting. America is all about forming a better union, and dissent is patriotic. It’s actually written explicitly into the Constitution in fact. If they didn’t want us to protest our government they’d have written that instead of what’s in the 1st amendment. I’m sorry if criticizing our party offends you or upsets you.

Also, the party has done more for us and the world than any other group?
We are behind every other nation in the rate of children lost at birth and its 5xs worse for black women here.
We don’t have paid sick leave.
We don’t have guaranteed healthcare like every other nation.
We don’t have free college like every other advanced nation.
We have a higher gap between the poor and rich than all but a few advanced nations.

And our party had done precious little for us and the world since FDR and LBJ.

sorry, I respectfully disagree.