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| Jaicee said: I consider this the ultimate concession on the issue Stateside: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's (DCCC's for short) internal analysis recommends that Democratic Congressional candidates drop their support for mask requirements, among other things. That is the voice of institutional Democratic Party itself now saying this. Matter-of-factly, I'd say the DCCC's assessment of the current political situation in this country as a whole strikes me as overall realistic and largely correct concerning the broad perception (which includes mine) that the Democrats today are preachy, judgmental, condescending assholes who need to get serious about law enforcement in general, both in our cities and on our southern border, and stop calling everyone concerned about those things (which is the vast majority of the population) racist bigots. But I also agree with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's contention referenced in the same linked article above that the party's failure to enact crucial economic campaign promises like the general contents of the Build Back Better Act are also a major issue that serves to help persuade the public that not only do the Democrats judge them, but also that, at the same time, they're not serious about offering that public the kind of help and support that they need amidst a rapidly rising cost of living and the erosion of all remaining Covid relief measures. I would bet anything that it says as much to about anyone else as it does to me that Covid relief has been allowed to expire sooner than Covid restrictions. That mentality needs to be put into full reverse immediately if the Democrats are to have any hope of salvaging their standing in the midterms: the party needs to project and prioritize empathy and aid over condemnation and lifestyle control. (I stress the ongoing need to actually pass legislation because, well, you can't run on help you ain't provided. You're not going to convince people that the economy is great if their bank accounts are shrinking. That's just a fact. The Democrats shouldn't even attempt gaslighting the public about how great their economic conditions supposedly are, lest it simply reveal how out of touch they truly are. Rather, they need to tangibly act to improve those conditions in order to have an argument.) Anyway, getting back to the main takeaway for our purposes here, the Democratic Party itself, the institution, is now coming out against indefinite compulsory masking. |
So the DCC want to drop mask support because it plays out better politically instead of scientific reasons. I find this line of reasoning from you actually pretty bad. Because of the inconvenience of wearing a mask, you are more concerned about lifting restrictions not because our heath systems, public and expert opinion that its now the time but instead because it plays better politically.
