The only defense is offense. The only way to fight this fire is with solidarity. Unmitigated principled stances. Without compromise

there has to be a balance between trying to brute force your way to living in a childhood memory vs having the knowledge that there are ways that life used to be, and can still be, better

Like, very obviously, many things have improved! My kids get accommodations in school that would have been unthinkable in the 90s! Gay marriage is, right now, legal! If you spend all day thinking about how much worse things are you're basically talking yourself into being a reactionary

2/2 link:

Statement of the “Former JAGs Working Group” on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes

www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...

Zohran's policies too are slogans. "Freeze the Rent," "Fast and Free Buses," "Universal Childcare," those are easy-to-grasp policy ideas that double as demonstrative of who Zohran is.

"For the Many, Not the Few," good slogan. "Stronger Together," good slogan. They express the campaign's approach to the world.